Leak scandal: Pope's bodyguard resigns
Vatican City: Pope Francis' main bodyguard Domenico Giani, the Vatican's security chief, resigned Monday over a leak to the media of details of a financial wrongdoing probe.
Putin in Saudi arabia: Oil, Iran top agenda
Riyadh: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday, where he was set to seal oil agreements and try to use his influence to defuse tensions boiling in the Gulf.
Drug scandal: Philippine drug war chief quits
Manila: The Philippines' top policeman, who leads the nation's deadly drugs crackdown, quit on Monday as he faces allegations of protecting officers accused of selling a huge haul of seized narcotics.
Afghan poll results likely by month end
Kabul: Afghan election officials say delayed presidential election results should be ready later this month, after technical problems with the counting. Hawa Alam Nuristani, head of the Independent Election Commission, said on Monday that the goal is to meet the deadline for announcing the preliminary results on Oct. 19. She said the data of more than one million voters has been successfully transferred to servers.