Brazil: Race charge for player
A Brazilian football player has been prosecutored with racism after insulting an opponent during a match.
UK: Arson attack on takeaway was racist
Police have arrested a man over an arson attack on an Indian takeaway which officers believe was racially motivated.
Pakistan: US agents executed
Two men accused of spying for the US have been killed in Pakistan's tribal region of Waziristan, officials say.
Switzerland: Norwegian envoy in rebel talks
A Norwegian envoy is due to hold talks with Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers rebels to persuade them to attend peace talks with the government.
UK: Force to pay damages for racism
A former director of intelligence from Pakistan has been awarded £65,000 in compensation after Kent Police racially discriminated against him.
Germany: Adidas trainer is ‘racist’
Adidas, the sportswear giant, is facing complaints over a new trainer that some say features a racist cartoon image.
US: Lawmaker alleges police racism
A US congresswoman has accused police in the nation's capital of racism after an altercation on Capitol Hill.
Russia: racist student murder
A Senegalese student has been killed in St Petersburg, Russia, in what police believe is a racially-motivated attack.
UK: Immigration cells like kennels
Cells used by British officials to hold immigration detainees in Calais were so small staff dubbed them "dog kennels", a prisons watchdog report says.
UK: Muslims experience racist slurs
Muslim worshippers outside a Cumbria mosque in the UK experience racist slurs by a man who has now been jailed for his remarks.