Indian authorities are pandering to emotions over the arrest of two Italian Marines for the killing of two Indian fishermen, Italy's Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi has said.

The Iranian lawyer of a woman who was sentenced to death in 2006 for adultery has himself been sentenced to six years in prison by a court in Iran, according to human rights group Herana.

London authorities are planning a massive security exercise this week for the upcoming Olympic Games, the Metropolitan police said.

News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch will unveil the first issue of Sun on Sunday next week.