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UNICEF: 500,000 children are on the run from Boko Haram

UNICEF says attacks by armed extremist group Boko Haram have forced 500,000 children to flee their homes in the last five months. The U.N.’s children agency says 1.4 million children overall are “on the run” in Nigeria and neighboring countries where the group has sown terror in recent months. More than half of the 1.2 million children who have fled ...

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Syria conflict: Russia ‘to continue Assad military aid’

Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged continued military support for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad despite growing concerns over Moscow’s role in the war. Mr Putin urged other countries to join Russia in sending “military-technical assistance”. He said the influx refugees to Europe would have been “even bigger” without Russian support for Syria’s government. The US and its Western allies oppose President ...

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China economy: New signs of economic slowdown

Growth in China’s investment and factory output in August has come in below forecasts, in a further indication that the world’s second-largest economy is losing steam. Factory output grew by 6.1% from the year before – below forecasts of 6.4%. Growth in fixed-asset investment – largely property – slowed to 10.9% for the year-to-date, a 15-year low. Growing evidence that ...

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Italy’s Beppe Grillo given jail term for slander

Beppe Grillo, who leads Italy’s second biggest party, the Five-Star Movement, has been given a one-year jail term for slandering a science professor. Prof Francesco Battaglia said that he had been threatened and his car vandalised after Mr Grillo criticised him for backing nuclear energy. Mr Grillo, who is unlikely to go to jail, also faces damages of €50,000 (£36,000; ...

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Thailand journalist detained for “attitude adjustment”

A Thai journalist has been detained by Thailand’s military rulers for “attitude adjustment” in what appears to be a fresh crackdown on dissent. Pravit Rojanaphruk is a columnist for the English language Nation newspaper. He was detained on Sunday because statements made by him violated junta policies on information, said junta spokesman Col Winthai Suvaree. Thepchai Yong, Nation Group’s editor-in-chief, ...

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Kuwait mosque attack: Seven sentenced to death

Kuwait has sentenced seven people to death over the suicide bombing of a Shia mosque in which at least 27 people were killed. More than 220 people were wounded in the 26 June attack, which targeted the Imam Sadiq Mosque in a busy area to the east of Kuwait City. Another eight suspects were given terms of between two and ...

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Migrant crisis: Hungary declares emergency at Serbia border

Hungary has declared a state of emergency in two southern counties as tough new laws to stop migrants entering illegally came into force. Police said they had arrested 60 people accused of trying to breach a razor-wire fence on the border with Serbia. The state of emergency gives police extra powers and would allow troop deployments if parliament approves. The ...

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17 killed in Zambia after truck hits bus

Seventeen people were killed in Zambia on Saturday when a truck hit a minibus in the capital Lusaka, police said. “The accident happened after the driver of a Mercedes-Benz truck cut in front of the Toyota Hiace (minibus)” which was trying to turn, police said in a statement. The crash occurred about seven kilometres (four miles) west of the city’s ...

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30,000 rally in Copenhagen in support of migrants: police

Some 30,000 people joined a rally in Copenhagen on Saturday in favour of taking in thousands of refugees seeking shelter in Europe, police said. “Everything is taking place in a calm and orderly way,” said a post on the official Twitter feed of Copenhagen police, indicating that roughly 30,000 people had gathered for the demonstration. Demonstrators held up signs reading ...

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Europe migrant crisis: Germany expects 40,000 weekend arrivals

Some 40,000 migrants could arrive in Germany over the next two days, officials say – double the number who entered the country last weekend. Most are expected to arrive in the southern city of Munich but there are concerns about how the region will cope with another large influx. Around 4,000 troops are being deployed in Germany for logistical support. ...

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