Violence erupts in Kenya over new election law
Kenyan police have fired tear gas at opposition protesters a day after their leader Raila Odinga announced his withdrawal from the presidential race, saying he does not expect it to be free and fair.
His supporters are unhappy at a new election law and fear it could lead to a walkover victory for incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta, in the rerun of the election later this month.
Election officials have been locked in crisis meetings since Odinga's decision, as debate rages over what his move could mean for an election after President Uhuru Kenyatta's August 8 victory was annulled by the Supreme Court.
California wildfires: Winds fan 'catastrophic' blazes
Renewed high winds are fanning "catastrophic" wildfires that have killed at least 23 people in northern California, the state fire chief says.
Thousands of people have been left homeless by the 22 huge blazes, which are spreading fast and unpredictably.
Nearly 300 people are missing, but police say that may be due to the chaotic nature of evacuations.
Entire towns in the state's wine-producing region have been abandoned.
The fires are among the deadliest in California's history and have sent smoke as far south as San Francisco, about 60 miles (100km) away.
Rodrigo Duterte pulls Philippine police out of brutal war on drugs
Deadly crackdown, which has seen thousands killed, will be left to drug enforcement agency, president’s office says
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has ordered police to end all operations in his deadly war on drugs after a 15-month campaign in which officers have killed thousands.
Duterte’s office released a public memorandum telling police, the military and other state bodies to leave the conduct of all campaigns and operations to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
The agency’s 1,800 staff make up just over 1% of the 160,000-strong national police, meaning the new order could significantly reduce the extrajudicial killings.
'White Widow' Sally Jones 'killed by US drone strike in Syria'
British jihadi reportedly killed fleeing Raqqa in June
The so-called British "White Widow" Sally Jones had reportedly been killed by a US drone strike in Syria.
US spy chiefs are said to have told their counterparts at MI6 that the Islamist militant, who left Kent to join Isis in 2013, was killed close to the border between Syria and Iraq in June.
A US Air Force Predator strike reportedly took her out as she was attempting to flee Raqqa – which is currently the subject of intense fighting as Isis are driven back by coalition forces.
Donald Trump's expected withdrawal from Iran deal threatens world peace: experts
Most analysts expect US President Donald Trump to abandon the landmark nuclear agreement with Iran this week. Will he really do it? And if he does, what will it mean for Europe? Max Hofmann reports from Brussels.
In recent days, it has seemed as if President Donald Trump was ready to challenge Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to an IQ contest. Perhaps Trump should extend the same challenge to the EU's top diplomat, Federica Mogherini. Who would win?
"That's easy," said Middle East expert Koert Debeuf, with a smile on his face. But such a victory wouldn't be much comfort for Mogherini if the US ends up abandoning the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran. Trump would essentially be killing the art of diplomacy in favor of nuclear saber-rattling. Thus, the great expertise Europe has shown in negotiating compromises would be of no use to anyone.
Report: Massive morale problems aboard US Navy ship
Updated 0001 GMT (0801 HKT) October 12, 2017
Morale aboard a US warship operating in the Pacific reached such a low ebb that one sailor described serving aboard the ship as being akin to being on "a floating prison," according to surveys obtained via the Freedom of Information Act.
The Navy Times obtained three command climate surveys featuring hundreds of pages of anonymous comments from sailors revealing widespread morale issues aboard the USS Shiloh, a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser based in Yokosuka, Japan.
Two Navy officials told CNN that the information reported from the surveys was accurate.
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