leading egyptian political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and his co-defendents Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, known as Noubi, and Wael Metwally were released on bail, following a court ruling on Monday of this week.
Nato airstrikes killed 11 people, including children, in the eastern province of Kunar in Afghanistan on Wednesday of last week.
Sweden’s Social Democrats came top in the general election last Sunday, but did not get an absolute majority
Up to 2 million people protested in Barcelona for the right to vote on Catalan independence on Thursday of last week.
More than 200 African migrants are believed to have drowned after their boat sank off the Libyan coast last Sunday night.
Heavy fighting raged between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatist forces last weekend, despite a ceasefire being in place since 5 September.
Workers from across Greece marched in the northern city of Thessalonica last Saturday against the government’s austerity programme.
Nurses at the JFK hospital in Liberia’s capital Monrovia have gone on strike demanding better protection against Ebola.
Fast food workers across the US struck on Thursday of last week. The action was part of an escalating campaign for $15 (£9.30) an hour wages and the right to join a trade union.
Geoff Brown argues the protests represent real anger, but the movement has to look to its own strength, not the leadership
The right wing mayor of Calais, northern France, has been demanding the British government show it isn’t “soft” on immigration.
Thousands blockaded in slums as west African government can’t cope with epidemic, writes Dave Sewell
