By Paul KirbyBBC News
Moscow courtsAnastasia Ivleeva (R) appeared at Lefortovo court in Moscow on FridayTV presenter and influencer Anastasia Ivleeva has already apologised twice for hosting an "almost naked" party in a Moscow club that sparked a moral backlash in wartime Russia.
Now Lefortovo court in Moscow has imposed a 100,000-rouble (£870; $1,100) fine on her for arranging it.
"I would like to ask you, the people, for a second chance," Read More...
At least four people have been killed in violent protests in Thailand with several police seriously hurt by a grenade apparently thrown by protesters.
Fighting broke out as police attempted to clear protesters from their camps in the capital. Jonathan Head reports from Bangkok.
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I woke as the plane crossed into Afghanistan. It was a January evening. Outside my window, snow-covered mountains cut through the desert. In less than an hour, we would descend into Kabul. As a journalist, I had made this trip 10 times over the years — reporting on soldiers at remote military bases; embedding with Special Forces as they tried to train the Afghan army and build goodwill with the Afghan people; interviewing countless Afghans about the war that has, for nearly two decades, consumed their country. Read More...
