Protesters storm Pakistan state TV

Pakistan's national television channel is taken off air after anti-government protesters storm the state broadcaster's offices.

Russia urges Ukraine ceasefire talks

An "immediate ceasefire" in Ukraine must be the priority for key negotiations taking place on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says.

Dozens of Turkish police detained over 'anti-government plot': media

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Dozens of Turkish police officers, including a former chief of a police financial unit, were detained on Monday in a fresh wave of arrests over allegations that officers were involved in plotting against the government, local media said.

AUDIO: Should you recline your plane seat?

The use of gadgets to prevent passengers putting their seat back has lead to mid-air arguments, should airlines allow them to go back at all?

VIDEO: Malaysia Airlines to cut 6,000 jobs

Malaysia Airlines is to cut 6000 jobs, nearly a third of its staff, as part of a recovery plan following the loss of two planes this year.

Fighting erupts between Syrian army, rebels on Golan Heights

EIN ZIVAN Golan Heights (Reuters) - Heavy fighting between Syrian army forces and rebels erupted on the Golan Heights on Monday, a Reuters photographer said, but it was unclear if either of the two sides had gained an advantage to control a key frontier crossing.

Coalition locked in terror aim talks

Negotiations between the Tories and Lib Dems are to continue ahead of the unveiling of a new plan to tackle the threat of Islamic extremists.

Greenhouse gas fear over meat eating

New research estimates greenhouse gases from food production will go up 80% if meat and dairy consumption continues to rise at its current rate.

India unveils new village toilets

An Indian charity unveils 108 new lavatories in a village which gained notoriety when two young girls were found hanged from a tree there in May.

Manhunt after New Zealand shooting

Police in New Zealand are hunting for a man who shot two people dead and injured a third at an unemployment office.

VIDEO: 'Emotional journey' WW1 cavalry ride

A musician from the Household Division tells the BBC about the riding the route taken by a British cavalry unit who held the line against the German advance early in World War One.

Three stabbed to death at central China school

BEIJING (Reuters) - A man armed with a knife forced his way into a primary school in central China on the first day back from the summer vacation on Monday and stabbed nine people, killing three, state media said.

Somalia's Intelligence HQ Attacked By Islamist Rebels

A Somali government soldier holds his fighting position against suspected militants during an attack at the Jilacow underground cell inside a national security compound in Mogadishu August 31, 2014.

Credit: REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Islamist Rebels Attack Intelligence Site In Somalia, 12 Killed -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Islamist rebels blew up a car bomb and gunmen attacked a national intelligence site in Somalia's capital where suspected militants are held, in an assault on Sunday that left at least 12 people dead.



Three soldiers and two civilians were killed along with seven militants, including the suicide bomber who detonated the vehicle packed with explosives, government officials said.



After the initial blast, gunmen stormed the compound but did not reach the underground cells where suspected militants were being detained, Security Ministry spokesman Mohamed Yusuf told reporters at the site.



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Update #1: Shebab rebels stage major attack on Somalia intelligence HQ -- AFP

Update #2: Al-Shabab attacks Somalia's intelligence HQ -- Al Jazeera



My Comment: This is an embarrassing intelligence failure.

Islamist Fighters Have Taken Over The Abandoned U.S. Embassy In Libya

Islamist Militia 'Seize' U.S. Embassy Compound In Libya And Post Video Online Of Triumphant Gunmen Leaping Into The POOL While Giving Tours Around The Evacuated Residents Quarters -- Daily Mail

* Footage reportedly taken inside the compound shows men gathered around the embassy villa's swimming pool, with some even jumping in

* An official claims the compound is being 'safeguarded' and was not 'ransacked'

* The compound has been unoccupied since July 26 when U.S. diplomats evacuated to neighboring Tunisia under a U.S. military escort

* It comes near the two-year anniversary of the death of US ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Libya’s second-largest city, Benghazi



Islamist militiamen stormed the residential annex of America's embassy in Tripoli on Sunday then took the time to give curious journalists in the Libyan capital a tour.



The group has taken up residence in the annex just over a month after diplomats fled to Tunisia over fears of mounting violence in the North African nation in recent months.



An Associated Press journalist walked through the U.S. Embassy compound Sunday after the Dawn of Libya, an umbrella group for Islamist militias, invited onlookers inside.



Windows at the compound had been broken, but it appeared most of the equipment there remained untouched.



A commander for the Dawn of Libya group said his forces had entered and been in control of the compound since last week and are there to protect the compound from looters.



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Update #1: Islamist militia now guards US Embassy in Libya -- AP

Update #2: Libyan Armed Faction Takes Over U.S. Embassy Annex In Tripoli -- Reuters



My Comment: I have a feeling that communiques have already been sent to the U.S. State Department from this militia .... and they are promising that they will guard the abandoned U.S. embassy .... but for a price.

Captured IS Suicide Bomber's Terror Warning

The first IS suicide bomber caught in Iraq tells Sky News there are many more foreign fighters - including Britons - like him.

China's AgBank chairman to assume provincial party post: government website

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The chairman of Agricultural Bank of China Ltd (AgBank), the country's third-largest listed lender, plans to take on the role of deputy party secretary in the country's northern province of Jilin.

NFL Player Arrested For Domestic Violence

Ray McDonald faces assault charges just days after tougher penalties are announced for players convicted of the crime.

Cuba introduces new customs limits

Cuba restricts the amount of foreign goods that travellers can bring into the country, where locally-made items are scarce and expensive.

Umunna: Brown's denials hurt Labour

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna says Gordon Brown's refusal to use the word "cuts" in 2010 is still hurting Labour.

Explosion fells building outside Paris, killing at least four

ROSNY-SOUS-BOIS France (Reuters) - A building in a Paris suburb collapsed after an explosion on Sunday morning, killing two children and two women, and teams were searching the rubble for four other people still missing by evening.

Hong Kong braces for protests as China rules out full democracy

BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pro-democracy activists vowed on Sunday to bring Hong Kong's financial hub to a standstill after China's parliament rejected their demands for the right to freely choose the former British colony's next leader in 2017.

Pakistan PM still surrounded by protesters after deadly clashes

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's powerful army said on Sunday any further use of force to resolve an escalating political crisis would only worsen the situation, after weeks of protests demanding Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's resignation turned violent.

Putin calls for talks on east Ukraine 'statehood'; rebels fire on ship

MOSCOW/MARIUPOL Ukraine (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Sunday for immediate talks on the "statehood" of southern and eastern Ukraine, although his spokesman said this did not mean Moscow now endorsed rebel calls for independence for territory they have seized.