At least 100,000 people march through the northern Spanish city of Bilbao after a rally in support of jailed Basque militants is banned.

French comic Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, who has convictions for anti-Semitic hate speech, drops his controversial show after it is banned.

Venezuela's interior minister gives out his mobile phone number on live television and urges police officers to call him to report cases of corruption, amid public outcry after a former beauty queen's murder.

Libya's deputy industry minister has been shot dead by gunmen during a visit to his hometown of Sirte, east of the capital Tripoli, reports say.

Russia says it has arrested five terror suspects in the restive North Caucus region, which will host the Winter Olympics next month.

Israelis are beginning a period of mourning for ex-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has died at 85 of heart failure after eight years in a coma.

Ukraine's ex-Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko is moved from intensive care after being treated for injuries received in clashes in the capital Kiev, an MP says.

A permit to kill an endangered black rhino in Namibia is sold at auction in the US state of Texas, despite protests and death threats.