World number one Novak Djokovic, returning to Grand Slam action for the first time since his US Open disqualification, eases past Sweden's Mikael Ymer, ranked 80, in straight sets.
French police break up a camp of about 800 migrants in the port city of Calais, but rights associations say the operation was pointless.
Ankara says it will continue to stand with Azerbaijan as clashes with Armenia intensify over occupied Karabakh as Minsk Group members urge the Caucasus neighbours to resume talks.
French authorities have resorted to "overly broad laws to arrest and prosecute thousands of protesters who did not commit violent acts," Amnesty International says in a report.
Rafael Nadal tastes straight-sets victory at the French Open while Serena Williams makes a successful start in her latest bid to equal Margaret Court's all-time mark.
Gerald Marie, former European head of Elite Models, is the target of a complaint by a former BBC journalist and claims of rape by three ex-models, Paris prosecutor's office says.
Turkey, US, Russia, France, Germany, and the EU have called for an "immediate ceasefire," while political observers say global powers should intensify talks to stop the conflict.
Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei Foreign dismissed Western countries' protest crackdown complaints as "nothing but attempts to bring chaos and anarchy" to Belarus.
The 18-year-old said he wanted to avenge the republication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed by the satirical weekly, which in January 2015 was targeted in a massacre carried out by gunmen.
The European Union and its allies need to play a more constructive role in the eastern Mediterranean row between Greece and Turkey.
A suspect was arrested after a knife attack took place near the former office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a police source said.
Hardliners in the EU are pushing for tougher measures against Turkey, but they could have the opposite effect of bringing Ankara to the table, warns a new report.
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