Lady Gaga has been refused a permit to perform in Jakarta, Indonesia.

A banner with a picture of a young, bespectacled Christian man is draped in front of a mosque, a fiery noose around his neck and the words, “This man deserves the death penalty!”

Ivory Coast’s opposition declared it will no longer recognise Laurent Gbagbo as president – a move likely to complicate his efforts to form a new government, after he dissolved the old one along with the West African country’s electoral commission.

Police say they are questioning 57 members of a hardline Muslim group following a bloody attack on an interfaith rally in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.

Supporters of Indonesia’s largest Islamic organisation clashed with Muslim hard-liners following a bloody attack on interfaith activists by the radicals.