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Added on the 18/07/2020 07:37:40 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Rallies resume in Khabarovsk, some 6,100 kilometres (3,800 miles) east of Moscow, to protest the arrest of regional governor Sergei Furgal in a murder probe, though on a smaller scale. Furgal was detained last week, flown to Moscow and is to be held in custody until early September on charges of ordering the killings of businessmen 15 years ago. IMAGES
Doctors in India's capital New Delhi hold a protest calling for justice and safety after the rape and murder of a doctor as widespread strikes by healthcare workers enter a second week. IMAGES
Bangladeshi security forces patrol the capital as protesters demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation say they will take to Dhaka's streets again following the deadliest day of unrest since demonstrations erupted last month. IMAGES
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says Russia must free jailed US journalist Evan Gershkovich, after prosecutors sent his case to court on espionage charges. "He's conducting his work as a journalist for free media and therefore he should be released," Stoltenberg tells journalists at a NATO meeting in Brussels. SOUNDBITE
Pro-Palestinian protests continue at Sciences Po Paris, where students are blocking the main entrance to the school's historic building. IMAGES