Burmese authorities have raided the office of the True News Weekly Journal (Thitsa) after an increase in sales amongst the supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi waiting outside Insein prison on 25 May, the first day Suu Kyi was present at the trial. Read...
A key suspect in the murder of the prominent editor Ivo Pukanic and his colleague Niko Franic who were killed in Croatia last year, has been arrested in Belgrade. Read more here
Cuba has criticised Microsoft for blocking its Messenger instant messaging service on the island and in other countries under U.S. sanctions, calling it yet another example of Washington's "harsh" treatment of Havana. Read more here
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has halted a marathon edition of his programme Alo Presidente after challenging Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa to debate. Llosa replied that he would only debate directly with Chávez. The programme did not...
The families of American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling, who go on trial this week, for what North Korea calls “hostile acts” have decided to speak out and are scheduled to appear on NBC and CNN later today. Read more here
China’s biggest news portal, Sina, has shut down artist-turned-activist Ai Weiwei’s blog without explanation after he refused to self-censor his posts ahead of 4 June, the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen protests. Read more here
Italian police have confiscated hundreds of photographs taken of allegedly topless women at Silvio Berlusconi's villa in Sardinia, after a court appeal ruled in favour of the Prime Minister, deeming the photos to be an invasion of privacy. Read...
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to fight defamation procedures against her by radio DJ Michael Savage, who was barred from the UK. Read more here
A Texas Rangers fan was nearly ejected from a Rangers baseball game against the New York Yankees in Arlington, Texas for a T-shirt that read “Yankees suck”. A security guard told her to turn it inside out, buy another shirt or they would eject her....
In an unprecedented effort to crack down on self-serving edits, the Arbitration Committee of Wikipedia has banned contributions from all IP addresses owned or operated by the Church of Scientology and its associates. Read more here