A private Russian military group has reportedly beat off competition from American rivals to a Mozambique government contract, that will see troops take on militant Islamist groups in the country.

An 18-year-old protestor has been shot in the chest by Hong Kong’s security forces after violent protests in the city marked 70 years of Communist party rule in China.

As a military parade took place in Beijing, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Hong Kong in one of the largest days of protest so far. Chinese flags were burnt and calls for independence were heard throughout the city, as protestors clashed with police.

New Zealand’s Maori groups are expected to hold protests this week, as the UK stopped short of apologising for the killing of local tribesman by British Captain James Cook in 1769.

Commemorations are being planned this week to mark Cook’s arrival in the country, and though the British government is set to express regret over the killings, it is reported that it will not apologise to the Maori people.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan warned of a “nightmare scenario” with India as tensions continue between the nuclear-armed neighbours continue over Kashmir.

A tanker exploded in Bamako, the capital of Mali, has killed six people and badly wounded 46 others on Tuesday. 

Reuters notes that there have been no immediate connections made to Islamist groups who frequently carry out violent attacks in the north and the center of Mali.

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