A federal judge has ruled that Google illegally monopolized the publisher ad server and ad exchange markets, marking a significant setback in its antitrust battle with the US government. While the judge didn’t find a monopoly in advertiser ad networks, this ruling opens the door for potential remedies, including a forced breakup of Google’s advertising business.

A 25-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death with a broken beer bottle by his 17-year-old wife and her lover’s aides in Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur, police said on Thursday.

Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday removed the Taliban’s designation as a “terrorist organisation”, a symbolic gesture aimed at building friendly ties with Afghanistan’s de facto rulers.