BBC, India: A student leader from a top university in India charged with sedition may be expelled from campus. Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested last month, after a rally against the execution of a Kashmiri separatist convicted over the 2001 Indian parliament attack. A panel from Jawaharlal Nehru University…

BBC, India: Police in India have lodged a case against a politician from the ruling BJP for allegedly attacking a police horse during a protest in the northern state of Uttarakhand. Ganesh Joshi, a legislator from the hill town of Mussoo­rie, allegedly assaulted the animal with a stick. The horse,…

Russia will continue air strikes in Syria despite the withdrawal of most of its forces, a senior official has said. Deputy Defence Minister Nikolay Pankov said it was too early to speak of defeating terrorism, after a campaign that has bolstered Syria's government. Russian forces started leaving…

AFP, Norway: Mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik made a Nazi salute yesterday as his lawsuit opened against Norway over his prison conditions, confirming fears he would use it to display his extremist views. Despite the theatrical entrance, Breivik's lawyer Oystein Storrvik insisted the suit, which…