Argentina striker Martinez has agreed to pay 5,000 euros ($5,463) as part of a plea bargain with the FIGC, whose rules ban taking the Lord's name in vain.

Blasphemy is an incendiary charge in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where even unsubstantiated accusations can incite public outrage and lead to lynchings.

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom says the South Asian country is one of the world's strictest and most frequent enforcers of blasphemy laws.

Pakistan's powerful military warned yesterday that its patience had been thoroughly tested after being threatened by Islamist hardliners enraged at the acquittal of a Christian woman for blasphemy, as thousands joined mass protests.

A Dhaka court rejects a complaint brought against challengers of state religion Islam.

A court in Kushtia sends a young woman to jail for her alleged derogatory comment on Allah and demeaning the holy Quran in Kumarkhali upazila of the district.

Pakistan hangs the former police bodyguard who shot dead Punjab's governor over his opposition to blasphemy laws, officials say.