Human rights activist Rasul Jafarov has also been detained in what Human Rights Watch calls "an effort to silence its critics".

The Wikimedia Foundation published its first transparency report - following a similar practice by Google, Twitter and others.

Apple is the latest U.S. technology company to be excluded from Chinese government purchases amid escalating tensions.

The TV report said 60 militants were killed in the strike and about 300 people who were in the militants' custody were set free.

“Russia has amassed around 20,000 combat-ready troops on Ukraine’s eastern border,” NATO spokeswoman said.

Separate figures showed industrial output increased by 0.9% from May to June, the biggest increase in five months.

“Azerbaijan is continuously preparing for war and Armenia should be ready to counteract anytime,” Seyran Ohanyan said.

In his "peace declaration" speech, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui invited world leaders to his once-devastated hometown.

Yawar said 50,000 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority who fled the offensive risked starving to death if they are not rescued.