Inspire Middle East El Gouna Film Festival: Short film competition tackles social issues in the MENA region
Sport Players, coaches and famous football names get behind Special Olympics ‘Faces of Football’ campaign
World Azerbaijani forces recapture strategic dam in Nagorno-Karabakh The farmers claim that when Armenians took control of the dam in 1992, they diverted the water away from them. 27/10/2020
Thailand Thailand: Protesters call on Germany to probe king over Bavaria visits Protesters in Bangkok marched to the German Embassy calling on Angela Merkel’s government to investigate whether Thailand’s king has exercised political power during his long stays in Bavaria. 27/10/2020
Pakistan Bomb at seminary in Pakistan kills 7 students, wounds 112 A powerful bomb blast ripped through an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar. 27/10/2020
USA Southern California: 100,000 evacuated due to fast-moving wildfires An electricity firm says its equipment may have caused a wildfire which forced mass evacuation orders and injured two firefighters. 27/10/2020
Italy COVID-19: Protests in Italy over new pandemic crackdown turn violent Hundreds turned out in Turin, Milan and other towns and cities on Monday night to vent their anger, sometimes violently, at the latest restrictions on bars, restaurants and other leisure centres. 27/10/2020
USA Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to US Supreme Court by divided Senate Trump's choice to fill the vacancy potentially opens a new era of rulings on abortion, the Affordable Care Act and even his own election. 27/10/2020
world news Influence of protests and armed groups on US election campaign Some commentators believe the violent activities of armed miltia groups is influencing the US election campaign. There have been a series of incidents connected with these groups, despite their lack of a connection to actual law enforcement. 27/10/2020
Germany Angela Merkel is reportedly considering a nationwide 'lockdown light' The German Chancellor will push for the strict new measures in a meeting with regional leaders on Wednesday, Bild newspaper reported 26/10/2020
USA Frozen water discovered in more places on Moon, scientists confirm The discovery of reserves of ice water on the Moon could mean future lunar bases will be able to access drinking water. 26/10/2020
USA US election: What do opinion polls say about the presidential race? The US presidential election is sure to be a close race, but what do the polls say about who's ahead? 26/10/2020
Belarus Will Belarus' political crisis kill off its booming IT sector? Belarus' IT sector is one of the nation's few economic success stories. But will the country's ongoing political turmoil put a nail in its coffin? 26/10/2020
Belarus Belarus: Workers go on strike as Lukashenko ignores call to resign Hundreds of students have gathered outside universities in the capital Minsk clapping and chanting slogans. 26/10/2020
World Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks Facebook to ban Islamophobic content Pakistan's prime minister, Imran Khan, has asked Facebook to ban Islamophobic content, as tensions deepen between the presidents of France and Turkey. 26/10/2020
Germany Germany health institute attacked amid tensions over COVID-19 rules A building of the agency for disease control, the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, was attacked with Molotov cocktails this weekend. 26/10/2020
Germany Germany's CDU party delays electing Merkel's successor for second time Current party leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer had announced in February that she would not run for chancellor in the expected 2021 election and would relinquish the party leadership. 26/10/2020
Portugal Azores elections sees Portugal's socialists lose majority Portugal's socialists suffered a surprise loss of their majority in Sunday's Azores elections, while the far-right Chega party entered the regional parliament for the first time. 26/10/2020
Turkey Europe's Muslims being treated like Jews before WWII, says Erdogan Turkey's president calls for a boycott of French products in a growing row over Emmanuel Macron's remarks about Islam 26/10/2020
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