An Indian court suspends the release of four people convicted of involvement in the murder of former PM Rajiv Gandhi, while it decides who has the authority to free them.

Venezuela's President Maduro says more than 50 deaths can be blamed on two weeks of protests, as the opposition says it will boycott talks.

People in cities across the world stage protests in support of journalists from the al-Jazeera network who are being detained in Egypt.

More than 900 Olive Ridley turtles are found dead on the southern Indian coast, with conservationists blaming vessels fishing illegally.

The acting police chief and two officers in a rural California town are sacked after being accused of selling vehicles seized from poor residents.

Morocco is to suspend judicial ties with France because of a row over lawsuits that accuse its intelligence chief of complicity in torture.

A US court orders Google to remove from its YouTube site a crude anti-Islam film which sparked deadly riots in the Muslim world in 2012.

Struggling Australian airline Qantas is to cut 5,000 jobs after reporting a half-year loss of A$252m ($225.8m: £135.5m).