<p>The Indian government has revised a controversial draft bill following strong opposition from the southern state of Tamil Nadu.</p> <p>The education bill that looked to make Hindi a mandatory third language across the country, removed specifying Hindi as the third language.</p> <p>The removal has not completely quelled tensions in Tamil Nadu, as the introduction of a third compulsory language is stills seen as a method to impose Hindi.</p> <p>Speaking over the weekend, the leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MK Stalin, who’s party swept a majority in Tamil Nadu, said, he would ‘wage a war; against the BJP government, adding,</p>

<p>Security forces in Sudan have used live ammunition to disperse protesters in the capital, Khartoum.</p> <p>The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, a medical group affiliated with the protesters said 13 people have been killed and hundreds injured.</p> <p>Protesters have been staging a sit-in for several weeks now, demanding an end to military rule since the fall of Omar al-Bashir in April.</p> <p>The Sudanese Professionals Association, the group leading the protests said, “The protesters holding a sit-in in front of the army general command are facing a massacre in a treacherous attempt to disperse the protest.”</p>

<p>Former foreign secretary and Ambassador to the US, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, has been appointed as India’s foreign minister, in what marks the first time a diplomat has been appointed as foreign minister without running for election.</p> <p>Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who is not officially affiliated with any party, previously served as India’s&nbsp;ambassador to the United States, China and Singapore. During his time as ambassador to the US, under the Obama administration,&nbsp;he played an instrumental&nbsp;role in removing Modi's travel ban to the US.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Carles Puigdemont, an&nbsp;exiled Catalan leader, has been denied access to the European Parliament after he was successfully elected as an MEP in the recent European election. &nbsp;</p> <p>Puigdemont told his supporters on Twitter that he, as well as Catalan minister Toni Comin,&nbsp; were prohibited access to the parliament by the secretary-general.&nbsp;</p>

Amnesty International has found that Myanmar's army is committing new war crimes against ethnic Rakhine rebels. 

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) say that Egyptian security forces and militants in the Sinai governorate, Egypt are responsible for crimes against humanity.

Photograph: Human Rights Watch

In a report released yesterday, HRW has reported on the conflict in the Sinai province, after a two-year investigation which has found crimes including mass arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture, extrajudicial killings and possibly unlawful attacks on civilians.

<p>The British Prime Minister has announced that she will step down as Conservative leader on June 7th, in a press address today.</p> <p>In a statement made in front of 10 Downing Street the Prime Minister said that it was with ‘deep regret’ that she had made the decision to step down after failing to secure parliamentary backing on her Brexit deal.</p> <p>The Conservative Party said that a new leader could be in place by the end of July.</p>

<p>The bombing of a mosque on Friday in Pakistan’s western city, Quetta, has killed 3 people and wounded 28, leaving three in a critical condition.</p> <p>Abdul Razzaq Cheema, Quetta’s police chief, told reporters that the attack occurred before Friday prayers. The local police officer, Tauseef Farman, reported that an explosive device went off next to the prayer leader, who was among the killed.</p> <p>Quetta is the capital of Baluchistan, a region of Pakistan that has suffered from cycles of separatist and government violence. Recent attacks in the province killed at least 10 people.&nbsp;</p>

Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is to secure a second five-year term with a resounding majority.

Results so far project that the BJP is set to win over 300 of the 543 seats in parliament, while the main opposition led by Rahul Gandhi’s Congress Party is expected to win fewer than 100.  

Modi’s victory is certain but results are still being declared. Rahul Gandhi has accepted defeat and congratulated Modi on his win during a press conference.  

Britain lost a vote at the United Nations General Assembly, urging Britain to withdraw its colonial administration from the Chagos Islands within six months.

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116 countries voted in favour of the motion, six voted against and 56 others abstained.