The widow of murdered US-Bangladeshi blogger Avijit Roy says she will continue to speak out on the causes of secularism and science.

Italy's highest court confirms former leader Silvio Berlusconi's acquittal on charges of abuse of office and paying for sex with an underage prostitute.

Colombia's President Santos suspends bombing raids against Farc rebels for a month to support continuing peace talks between the two sides.

The chief executive of the US city of Ferguson, Missouri resigns after a federal report released last week alleged widespread racial bias.

Brazil's ruling party received kickbacks from state-owned oil company Petrobras, a former executive tells a congressional hearing.

Paramilitary troops in Pakistan raid and seal off the headquarters of the MQM party, the biggest political party in Karachi.

Laws aimed at boosting Iran's population reduce women to "baby-making machines", the rights group Amnesty International warns.

Zaur Dadayev, a suspect charged with murdering Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov tells human rights monitors he confessed under duress.