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Women's pensions are nearly 40 percent lower than the men's on average in the European Union.
A total of 173 people were injured in clashes between protesters and policemen in the nationwide protests in the past week, according to Turkish authorities on Monday.
A unit of Russian Pacific Fleet ships left Vladivostok on Monday for a "Cruise of Memory."
Three members of Britain's upper house of Parliament stood accused of offering to use their influence for personal gain.
The statue of Indian spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy is seen in the flooded Vltava river in central Prague, Czech Republic.
Turkish Interior Minister said more than 1,700 people have been arrested in the demonstrations over the past days.
Britain's opposition Labour party will seek to convince sceptical voters it is fit to run the economy.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Turkey's four biggest cities on Sunday and clashed with riot police firing tear gas on the third day of the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years.
The first quintuplets were successfully born in a Prague maternity hospital shortly before 8:00 am (0600 GMT) on Sunday and the babies and their 23-year-old mother are in a good condition, said a doctor in the Prague-Podoli hospital.
About 5,000 protesters attacked Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office with stones in Istanbul on Saturday night, leaving at least 7 policemen injured.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called for an immediate end on Saturday to the fiercest anti-government demonstrations for years.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan acknowledged on Saturday that police had used excessive force in cracking down recent demonstrations.