Rights group criticised the ruling, saying “no one should be detained for having organised or called for a peaceful demonstration”.
Islamic militants released US journalist Peter Theo Curtis on Sunday, less than a week after grisly footage emerged of the execution of James Foley.
Eight people were crushed to death when a crowd of survivors from Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines stormed a government rice store, says an official.
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls’ education, has pleaded at the UN to make teaching a priority.
Explosives experts are searching for possible booby-traps in the wreckage of Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall after a four-day bloodbath.
Edward Snowden has awaited permission to leave the Moscow airport, as the US turned up the heat on Russia to send him back home.
The army in Democratic Republic of Congo has engaged in heavy fighting in Nord-Kivu province with mutineers.
A bra with built-in ice packs has been unveiled in Japan, promising to keep women cool in summer. It also features a wind chime and a sprig of mint.
The army in the DRC has vowed to go after mutinous troops who fail to return to its ranks before the expiry of an ultimatum issued at the weekend.
Jackie Selebi launches the appeal of his corruption conviction today, with the ex-top cop arguing that he was the victim of a Scorpions conspiracy.