SAUDI ARABIA: Women’s rights activists on trial
Ten women’s rights activists have gone on trial in Saudi Arabia, raising questions about the kingdom’s human rights record. Those who appeared include
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JAPAN: Game sales halted after cocaine arrest
Games firm Sega is to stop sales of its video game Judgment in Japan, after actor Pierre Taki, who appears in it, was arrested for alleged drug use. M
FRANCE: Chickens ‘gang up’ to kill intruder fox on farm
Chickens in a school farm in north-western France are believed to have grouped and killed a juvenile fox. The unusual incident in Brittany took place
Sudan unveils new government after months of unrest
Sudan’s embattled President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday appointed a new government, after months of protests. Bashir, whom demonstrators have been cal
8 killed in Somali market blast, Official says
At least eight people were killed when a bomb exploded at a busy livestock market in a village in Somalia’s south-western Bay region, an official said