Around 30 human rights protesters gathered in Beijing, claiming they are being harassed or detained in a government effort to clean up the city, as US President Barack Obama's first visit to China approaches.
The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled leader, began a weeklong visit to a remote Indian state also claimed by China, a trip that has renewed tension between the Asian giants struggling to settle an old border dispute.
Railway unions in Belgium staged a one-day nationwide strike on Thursday forcing many train commuters to stay at home and leaving many international travellers stranded.
U2 will play a sold-out free gig at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate Thursday night to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, as part of the return of the MTV European awards to the German capital for the...