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The number of people forced into modern forms of slavery has risen by a fifth in recent years to around 50 million on any given day amid a surge in poverty and other crises, the U.N. International Labour Organization (ILO) said.

Fossil fuel firms may have to share their excess profits to help European households and industries cope with red-hot energy bills, a draft European Union plan showed on Monday as the cost of the West's "energy war" with Russia took a growing toll.

Indonesia will review minimum wage and other labour rules, the president's office said, after trade unions staged nation-wide protests against a recent hike in petrol prices that they say has come even as incomes stagnate.

The addition of Indian bonds to global indexes could fuel only short-term gains in rupee and bonds, with focus shifting to other factors after the announcement, DBS said.

A fuel tank exploded in a massive blast in the southern Libyan city of Sebha late, injuring 17 people, the health ministry said in a statement.

Sri Lanka's economy shrank 8.4% in the quarter through June from a year ago in one of the steepest declines seen in a three-month period, amid fertiliser and fuel shortages during the nation's most severe financial crisis in more than seven decades.

India's state-run Bharat Petroleum Corp said it had signed a preliminary agreement with Brazil's national oil company Petrobras to help it diversify its crude oil sourcing.

A fire that started at an electric scooter showroom in India killed at least eight people and injured 11, police said, in what is the deadliest such incident involving electric vehicles in the country.