AFGHANISTAN: Taliban-run media have stopped showing images of living beings to comply with new morality laws regulating aspects of everyday life, sparking concerns about the consequences for Afghan media and press freedom.

Article 17 bans the publication of images of anything with a soul, meaning people and animals, with broadcasters showing nature videos instead.

UNITED STATES: A top court has given two top associates of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman until November to provide evidence in a lawsuit by a former senior Saudi intelligence official who says he survived a plot to silence him at the same time as journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.

The order is among other recent rulings suggesting US courts are becoming more open to lawsuits seeking to hold foreign powers accountable for human rights abuses, where they previously would have been thrown out.

UNITED STATES: Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with a new wave of lawsuits accusing him of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy, adding to a growing list of legal claims.

The six new claimants, echoing others who have accused Mr Combs in recent months, allege that he used his fame and the promise of potential stardom to entice victims to lavish parties or drug-fuelled hangouts where he then assaulted them.

CANADA: Six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, accused of links to the murder of a Sikh independence leader have been expelled amid allegations of a broader effort to target Indian dissidents in Canada.

India retaliated by ordering the expulsion of six high-ranking Canadian diplomats and claimed that it had withdrawn its envoy from Canada, rather than any expulsion taking place.