After a chaotic brawl in Senegal's parliament, two opposition lawmakers have been jailed for assaulting a pregnant colleague from the country's ruling party.

For the fifth year in a row, the rule of law has declined globally. That is the finding of the 2022 Rule of Law Index. It measures factors such as the protection of fundamental rights or constraints on government powers.

A small group of women rallied in the Afghan capital for the first time in months, demanding a return of their freedoms, after the Taliban reneged on promises to maintain the marginal gains women made in recent years.

Ryan Giggs arrives at Manchester Crown Court for the start of his trial after being accused of assault against two women.

A video of teenagers behaving badly at a train station has been shared by a far-right politician in France who called for the troublemakers to be deported from the country. The insinuation was two-fold: that the events took place in France and that the youths were immigrants. 'France 24 Observers' have fact-checked the video.

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Eight youths have been given prison sentences ranging from 10 to 20 years for assaulting police offcers by throwing petrol bombs at their cars during clashes in Viry-Chatillon, a town 21 km to the south east of Paris, in 2016.

The rapper arrives for a pre-trial conference for her misdemeanour assault and attempted case.