British author Alan Shadrake has been released from a Singaporean jail after serving five weeks for contempt of court, according to his lawyer.

Lawyers for one of the two US University students accused of secretly webcasting the sex life of a fellow freshman who later committed suicide said their client is innocent.

A UNIVERSITY student jumped to his death from a bridge after a recording of him having a sexual encounter with a man was broadcast online.

A US teenager committed suicide a day after two classmates secretly recorded him having sex with a man and broadcast it over the internet, it has emerged.

Israeli police today surrounded an encampment of opponents to the Gaza withdrawal, pushing back a surging crowd marching against the plans to demolish Jewish settlements.

Israeli police today pledged to stop more than 20,000 marchers, including teenagers with backpacks and parents with pushchairs, who were en route to the Gaza Strip to protest the summer's planned withdrawal – in the tensest showdown yet between protesters and the security forces.