Three people have been killed in protests over the repeat of the presidential election in Kenya, police said.

An aid convoy made up of around 250 vehicles is being held at the port of Dover after being refused entry to France by authorities.

Egypt's highest court has asserted its ruling that led to the disbanding of parliament is final and binding, state television said, setting up a showdown with the new president.

Egyptians in nine provinces have started voting in the second round of the first parliamentary elections since a popular uprising ousted president Hosni Mubarak in February.

Two Moscow art curators are facing prison after being accused of staging a show that allegedly mocked religion.