Le Monde

• In pictures: In China, the lost battle of a village of defiant Christians

  Videos, testimonies and satellite footage obtained by Le Monde reveal the scale of the crackdown targeting part of the Chinese Christian community.

• Yuri Dmitriev, the Russian historian imprisoned for denouncing Kremlin attempts to rewrite history

  Detained in a penal colony in Mordovia, the 70-year-old historian, who specializes in the Stalin regime's crimes, is one of Russia's oldest political prisoners. His crime? Refusing to accept historical falsifications that the Kremlin aims to impose on public opinion.

• A growing number of teenagers in Russia are being sentenced for 'terrorism'

  Accused by the Federal Security Service (FSB) of being recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services, two minors aged 14 and 17 have just been sentenced to seven and four years, respectively, in prison.

• Melania Trump's documentary premieres at the Kennedy Center ahead of global release

  The documentary, titled simply 'Melania,' was funded by a multi-million-dollar deal with Amazon, eliciting accusations that Jeff Bezos is attempting to curry favor with the US president.

• US eases Venezuela sanctions after oil sector reforms

  Trump pressured Caracas to open up its oil fields to US investors after overthrowing Nicolas Maduro in a deadly US bombing raid on Caracas on January 3. The US president backed Maduro's deputy Delcy Rodriguez to take over, on the proviso that she give Washington access to the world's largest proven oil reserves.