Police in southern India say they've arrested seven people suspected of involvement in an illegal kidney transplant ring. The men including some government officials were allegedly arranging for kidneys to be removed from the poor and sold for transplant. Investigators say they paid the donors only a fraction of the money they took from recipients. Trade in human organs is illegal in India but there are widespread concerns that the law is not properly implemented.
A colonel in the Nepalese army has been denied bail by a London magistrate in order to return to court later this month. He's charged with two counts of torture during the Nepal's long civil war. Ben Geoghegan was in court.
Colonel Kumar Lama is alleged to have committed the offences when he was the commander of an army barracks in western Nepal in 2005. It's claimed he intentionally inflicted severe pain or suffering on two people. Although he's charged with offences that are alleged to have taken place in Nepal. The legal concept of universal jurisdiction means he can be prosecuted in the UK.
Police in Northern Ireland have clashed for the third day running with protesters opposed to a recent decision to restrict the flying of the Union Flag at Belfast city hall. Police used water cannon against a hundred demonstrators who threw bottles, bricks and smoke bombs. Cars have also been set alight. A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following reports that shots were fired.