News in Brief - Mon - May 25 - 4:30 GMT

1 Protesters in Saudi Arabia’s eastern city of Qatif hold another rally to condemn the recent terrorist bomb attack on a mosque there. The demonstrators gathered outside the mosque in the village of Qudaih where 21 Shia worshippers where killed on Friday. They demanded justice for the victims.

2 The UN postpones talks on the conflict in Yemen originally set for May 28. A U-N official says the meeting is delayed due to uncertainty over who would attend the negotiations. Yemen's fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has said he would not attend peace talks unless his demands are met.

3 Record-setting flash floods have hit southern US states, leaving at least three people dead and several others missing in Texas and Oklahoma The flooding has also destroyed hundreds of houses. Meanwhile, tornado warnings have been issued in eastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois.

4 Tensions boiling in the U-S city of Cleveland over the acquittal of a white officer in the fatal shooting of two African-Americans. Authorities have warned against fresh protests after dozens of arrests on Saturday. A court has ruled that officer Michael Brelo is NOT guilty in the 2012 killing.

5 Severe heat has hit India, leaving nearly 500 people dead. The southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telan-gana are the worst hit areas, with some 250 deaths. 80 percent of the victims in the capital New Delhi are said to be homeless people.

6 In Spain, partial results from Sunday’s local elections show the anti-austerity protest movement Indignado won the most votes in the race for mayor of Barcelona. Indignado also came second in Madrid, where it could forge a governing coalition. Grass-root new parties have won seats in almost all the regional governments.

7 Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski concedes election defeat to conservative rival Andrzej Duda. Exit polls show Duda won 53 percent of the ballots in the run-off vote. The victory is a blow to Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, an ally of Komorowski, ahead of parliamentary elections in autumn.

8 Burundi’s prominent opposition figure Agathon Rwasa says he and other anti-government politicians are hiding in the capital Bujumbura following the killing of an opposition leader. Burundi has seen violent protests after President Pierre Nku-run-ziza announced his bid for a third term.

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