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Former Islamist president Mohammed Morsi's organized jailbreaks trial has been postponed on grounds that defense lawyers have challenged the capacity of the judges to preside the hearing, News24 said in a report.

The new bill Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni recently signed increased penalties, which include death penalty for some same-sex acts, to curb homosexuality in the region, CNN said.

Protesters held an unsanctioned rally outside a courthouse while a verdict has been handed out to seven anti-Putin rallyists over charges stemming from a 2012 Moscow ruckus, The Associated Press said in a report.