Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Nov. 2

The UN Security Council on Tuesday welcomed the election of Michel Aoun as the new president of Lebanon as "a critical step to overcome Lebanon's political and institutional crisis," and urged the swift formation of a unity government in the Middle East country.

"The Security Council urges the new president of the Republic of Lebanon and Lebanese leaders to build on their efforts thus far by continuing to work constructively to promote the country's stability, and by swiftly forming a government," the 15-nation UN body said in a presidential statement issued here. (UN-Lebanon)

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HANOI -- A fierce fire broke out at a karaoke lounge in Vietnam's capital city on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least 13 people, according to local Fire and Rescue Police Department.

By Tuesday mid-night, fire-fighters and rescuers brought 13 bodies out of the karaoke lounge on Tran Thai Tong Street, Cau Giay District, online newspaper VnExpress quoted brigadier Doanh Manh Viet from the Fire and Rescue Police Department as saying. ( Vietnam-Fire)

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HELSINKI -- Teuvo Hakkarainen, a member of Finnish parliament, was charged with "instigation against an ethic group", media reported on Tuesday.

Hakkarainen is from the populist Finns Party. The lawsuit was filed after Hakkarainen published a social media post in the wake of the terrorist attack in Nice, France in July, in which more than 80 people were killed when a lorry ploughed into a crowd.

Assistant state prosecutor Raija Toiviainen was quoted by national broadcaster Yle as saying that "the freedom of speech by a member of parliament does not include hatred speech targeting generally all Muslims and creating intolerance." (Finland-MP-Prosecution) Endi