In Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan police fire tear gas to hold back thousands of demonstrators mobbing the premier's office in Colombo on Wednesday, AFP reporters at the scene saw.

Sri Lanka is in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters, angry over the country's economic woes.

The Romanian internal intelligence service, SRI, could see its powers extended under a draft law being debated by the governing coalition, which has drawn opposition from NGOs.

The new law may oblige civilians or companies, as well as public authorities and institutions, to assist SRI inquiries about their operations, according to the news portal G4Media, which has seen the document.