A court case opens in France against author Gregoire Delacourt over claims that one of his characters defames US actress Scarlett Johansson.

Natalie Nougayrede, the first woman editor-in-chief of the French newspaper Le Monde, resigns amid a newsroom rebellion over the paper's future.

Better Call Saul, a spin-off of hit television show Breaking Bad, will be filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where the shows are set, officials say.

The US Secretary of State holds "informal" talks with the Palestinian president for the first time since peace talks with Israel collapsed last month.

Police in Venezuela detain some 80 demonstrators who were marching to demand the release of those arrested in recent anti-government protests.

Major trade unions in Turkey announce a one-day strike in protest at the country's worst ever mine disaster, as a period of national mourning begins.

Two people have been killed and 22 injured in an attack on an anti-government protest camp in the Thai capital, Bangkok, police say.

The Brazilian Congress approves a plan to compensate workers sent to rubber plantations in the Amazon during World War Two.