25 November 2014 Last updated at 08:28
Ferguson decision: Verdict sparks night of violence
The St Louis suburb of Ferguson has seen rioting and looting after a jury decision not to bring charges over the killing of Michael Brown.
A local police chief said the violence was "probably much worse than the worst night we ever had in August" after the black teenager was killed.
St Louis county police chief Jon Belmar said he had heard 150 shots fired by crowds.
Mr Brown was shot by a white police officer on 9 August, sparking protests.
Many in the African American community had called for police officer Darren Wilson to be charged with murder.
President Barack Obama joined the teenager's family on Monday in appealing for calm, urging Americans to accept the decision was "the grand jury's to make''.
The BBC's Aleem Maqbool reports seeing more vandalism and looting after the ruling than on any night in August.
Gangs targeting Bollywood stars again in search for ‘new business model’
Police say gangs are targeting high-profile stars in order to boost credibility when trying to extort cash from even wealthier people
Mumbai gangsters have returned to targeting Bollywood celebrities in an effort to find a “new business model”, police in India’s commercial capital say.
A key aim of the threats to top stars is boosting the gangsters’ credibility when trying to extort cash from less well-known – but often wealthier – targets.
In recent years local criminals have largely abandoned the nation’s high-profile, high-octane film industry for less risky ventures in sectors such as real estate and finance.
But last month Mahesh Bhatt, a well known director, escaped a third attempt on his life by gunmen in the city hired by a gang leader living overseas.
Saudi Arabia says Islamic State ordered attack on Shia
Four main suspects arrested over shootings that killed seven in al-Ahsa
Saudi Arabia has arrested the four main suspects in an attack on Shia Muslims this month and believes it was ordered by Islamic State militants from abroad, an interior ministry security spokesman said.
Seven members of the Sunni-ruled kingdom’s Shia minority were shot dead in theEastern Province district of al-Ahsa on November 3rd as they marked their holy day of Ashoura.
Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, put down an upsurge of Islamist militancy a decade ago, but fears that jihadist groups such as Islamic State or the al-Qaeda affiliate Nusra Front now operating in Syria or Iraq will radicalise Saudis to mount a new wave of strikes inside the kingdom.
Summit of Failure: How the EU Lost Russia over Ukraine
One year ago, negotations over a Ukraine association agreement with the European Union collapsed. The result has been a standoff with Russia and war in the Donbass. It was an historical failure, and one that German Chancellor Angela Merkel contributed to.
Only six meters separated German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych as they sat across from each other in the festively adorned knight's hall of the former Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. In truth, though, they were worlds apart.
US police chief defends officer who shot 12-year-old boy wielding replica handgun
November 25, 2014 - 2:52PM
The chief of police in Cleveland has defended the conduct of an officer who fatally shot a 12-year-old boy. He says the officer is "broken up" about the shooting.
Washington: The chief of police in the United States city of Cleveland has defended the conduct of an officer who fatally shot a 12-year-old boy who was wielding a replica handgun.
Tamir Rice died in hospital early on Sunday after two police officers, responding to an emergency call, confronted the African-American youngster at a recreation centre.
"There is no time that a Cleveland police officer wants to go out and shoot a kid, period," Cleveland police chief Calvin Williams said.
Ecuador: Can President Correa's popularity keep him in office indefinitely?
Correa's approval ratings float between 70 and 80 percent, making him Latin America’s most popular leader. But when it comes to keeping him in office beyond 2016, most believe it should come down to a vote - not a constitutional change.
QUITO, ECUADOR — A meme circulating on social media features a portrait of Ecuador’s controversial president, Rafael Correa, winking at the camera. The image is split down the middle, with one half reading "before" and the other "after."
In the before section, he’s quoted in November 2007, soon after he was first elected, saying, “indefinite reelections are absurd, because democracy requires a rotation in leadership.”
But on the "after" side is a quote from a speech he gave in June 2014: “Rotation of leadership is a bourgeois discourse that no one believes anymore. It’s a myth.”
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