Julian Assange has been arrested
Updated 0939 GMT (1739 HKT) April 11, 2019This is a breaking news story, more to come...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, police announced Thursday.
India elections: Voting under way for first phase
Over 140 million voters will elect their parliamentary representatives in the first phase of mammoth elections.
Indians are voting in the first phase of mammoth general elections, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a second term.
The first phase covers an electorate of 142 million voters across 20 states and federal territories, who will decide the fate of 91 candidates. Almost 900 million of India's 1.3 billion people are eligible to vote.
In the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, a supporter of the ruling Telugu Desam Party died in a clash.
Sudan's army to make statement as anti-Bashir protesters celebrate
Evidence mounts that army is ousting president, as Khartoum demonstration enters sixth day
The Sudanese army has said it will make an “important statement” on Thursday, amid mounting evidence that it was orchestrating the ousting of President Omar al-Bashir after 30 years in power.
“The Sudanese army will issue an important statement soon. Wait for it,” a state television anchor said, as a sit-in by protesters outside the defence ministry compound in central Khartoum entered its sixth day.
State media offered no further details, but government sources and officials told wire news agencies that Bashir had stepped down, and a government minister told the Dubai-based al-Hadath TV that consultations were under way to set up a transitional council to run the country.
South Korea's top court strikes down abortion ban
The court ruled against the country's abortion law, though it is allowed to stay in place until the end of the year. Under the current law, both the doctor and the woman can be sentenced to time in prison
South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the country's law criminalizing abortion is unconstitutional, as well as a law making doctors who perform them liable to criminal charges.
"The law criminalising a woman who undergoes abortion of her own will goes beyond the minimum needed to achieve the legislative purpose and limits the right of self-determination of the woman who has become pregnant," the court said.
Iraq offers to try foreign IS suspects, for a price
Iraq has offered to put on trial hundreds of accused foreign jihadists in Baghdad in exchange for millions of dollars, potentially solving a legal conundrum for Western governments but sparking rights concerns.
Western countries have been rocked by fierce public debate over whether to repatriate citizens who joined the Islamic State group, which held swathes of Iraq and Syria for years before losing its last speck of land last month.
Around 1,000 suspected foreign IS fighters are in detention in northeast Syria, in addition to around 9,000 foreign women and children in Kurdish-run camps there.
Brexit: UK and EU agree delay to 31 October
European Union leaders have granted the UK a six-month extension to Brexit, after five hours of talks in Brussels.
The new deadline - 31 October - averts the prospect of the UK having to leave the EU without a deal on Friday, as MPs are still deadlocked over a deal.
European Council president Donald Tusk said his "message to British friends" was "please do not waste this time".
Theresa May, who had wanted a shorter delay, said the UK would still aim to leave the EU as soon as possible.
The UK must now hold European elections in May, or leave on 1 June without a deal.
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