Alleged protesters – many of whom appeared frail after weeks in detention – appeared in court on Friday.
Category: World
Designer Rohit Bal, who dressed Uma Thurman and Naomi Campbell, dies at 63
Bal was one of India’s biggest fashion designers, whose innovative creations were worn by stars and supermodels.
Botswana’s politician who did the unthinkable
Duma Boko is elected the country’s first president not from the ruling party, in power for 58 years.
Andy Warhol artworks stolen in Dutch gallery heist
Two works in the Reigning Queens series were taken, according to the gallery’s owner.
Georgian vote result makes no statistical sense – Western pollsters
Their reports come in the wake of widespread violations highlighted by election monitors.
Thirteen dead in Serbia railway station canopy collapse
The outdoor canopy fell on people sitting on benches below in Serbia’s second city Novi Sad.
Search for Spain flooding survivors continues
More than 200 people are dead and dozens more still missing after torrential rain earlier this week.
Valencia floods: ‘There is mud everywhere here’
The BBC’s Nicky Schiller says the La Torre area of the city has been completely devastated.
France shooting injures five and sparks mass brawl
Authorities say it’s is an alarming sign of the spread of drug-trafficking violence across the nation.
Ex-police officers jailed over Brazil politician’s murder
Brazil’s justice minister said the homicide was “evidently politically motivated”.