The inmate had accused the rapper of drugging and sexually assaulting him nearly 30 years ago.
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‘If we can’t speak, why live?’ – BBC meets women after new Taliban law
The new law, banning women from raising their voice in public, is the latest crushing women’s rights.
Firefighter ‘who wanted to be hero’ arrested over deadly Chile blaze
The fire was Chile’s deadliest, killing a total of 137 people and leaving many more homeless.
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission blasts off
The expedition, funded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, will attempt the world’s first private spacewalk.
More than 127 dead in Vietnam super typhoon
The most powerful storm to hit the country in 30 years has also left thousands stranded.
Second CIA officer behind ‘Argo’ rescue dies, aged 81
The CIA officer’s role in the operation to rescue six US diplomats from Iran long-remained classified.
Israel says ‘highly likely’ its troops killed US-Turkish protester in West Bank
It says she was probably hit indirectly and unintentionally at a protest in the occupied West Bank.
Row over aircons in classrooms as China swelters
Parents’ calls to install air conditioners in classrooms spark a debate online.
Tariq Ramadan convicted of rape in Switzerland
A Swiss appeals court convicted the prominent scholar of Islam, Tariq Ramadan, of rape at the end of last month.
French village torn apart by horror of mass rape trial
Fifty-one men are on trial in France for raping a woman drugged by her husband in the village of Mazan.