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- Thousands in Sierra Leone break Ebola quarantine to find food
'The quarantine of Kenema, the third largest town in Sierra Leone, is having a devastating impact on trade,' officials said in a statement. 'Food is becoming scarce, which has led to prices increasing beyond the reach of ordinary people.'
- Gunmen kill 5 in attack in eastern Saudi Arabia
Witnesses said the attack happened inside a Shiite mosque as worshippers were marking Ashoura. Sunni militants in neighboring Iraq frequently target Shiites during the holiday.
- Ukrainian president orders more troops to eastern region
On Tuesday morning, the separatist leader in the Donetsk region, Alexander Zakharchenko, 38, was sworn in as head of a self-declared secessionist territory.
- Mexican mayor, wife arrested in connection with students disappearance
43 college students have been missing since a Sept. 26 attack by local police on their group in the Mexican city of Iguala.
- Ukraine president denounces 'electoral farce' after rebels win Eastern vote
Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko has called an emergency meeting of his security chiefs, after insurgents won local elections in two of the country's Russian-speaking areas.
- IS militants kill 36 members of Iraqi Sunni tribe, officials say
The victims were shot to death near Ramadi. IS militants also claimed responsibility for a pair of car bombings in Baghdad on Sunday.
- Ghoncheh Ghavami: Men's volleyball game lands her one year in Iranian jail
Ghoncheh Ghavami: Volleyball, at least a men's game, is off limits to women in Iran. Ghoncheh Ghavami, a British-Iranian citizen, was detained for attending a men's volleyball game in June, and was sentence to a year in prison for spreading "propaganda against the ruling system."
- How Saudi Arabia battles Islamic State jihadi recruitment
Saudi Arabia has a multi-pronged campaign to discourage its citizens from joining the Islamic State jihadists fighting in Syria.
- Separatists hold elections in eastern Ukraine
The Russian-backed rebels around the eastern cities of Donetsk and Luhansk elected legislators and executives for their breakaway region, though the polls were widely denounced by the international community.
- Power restored in most of Bangladesh
The nation was plunged into a country-wide blackout after a power line failed.
- Burkina Faso appoints military colonel as transitional leader
Lt. Col. Isaac Yacouba Zida was unanimously appointed by the army to lead Burkina Faso, after the West African country's president resigned from 27 years in office amid violent protests against his continued power.
- Egyptian court convicts 8 men of 'inciting debauchery' in alleged same-sex wedding
Eight men were convicted for 'inciting debauchery' after appearing in a video showing an alleged same-sex wedding. The verdict is the latest in a crackdown by Egyptian authorities agains homosexuals and atheists.
- Bank of Japan ups stimulus to combat low inflation
Citing prices that are too low, the Bank of Japan moved Friday to inject more stimulus into Japan's financial system. Excessively low inflation can be just as destructive economically as runaway price increases.
- Bangladesh struggles to restore power in nationwide blackout
A transmission line bringing electricity from India to Bangladesh failed Saturday, leading to a cascade of failures and power plants shutting down across the impoverished South Asian nation. Power may not be restored until Sunday.
- Islamic State executes at least 50 in Iraq's Anbar province
On Friday, Islamic State extremists lined up and shot dead at least 50 men and women in the village of Ras al-Maa in Anbar province. Authorities also found the bodies of 48 Sunni tribesmen killed by the group in Anbar Thursday.
- Canada bans travel visas from West Africa amid signs of progress on ebola
Canada joined Australia in suspending entry visas for people from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa. The World Health Organization said this week that the rate of infection in Liberia appears to be falling.
- US Marine released from Mexico jail, a PTSD judicial first
A Mexican judge on Friday called for the release of retired Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi who says he mistakenly drove into Mexico with guns in his car. His mother said jail in Mexico was worse than two tours in Afghanistan.
- In video, Boko Haram rejects truce, says girls have been married off
In a new video Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau says the issue of the missing schoolgirls has been forgotten because he 'married them off.' The video discredits the Nigerian government's claim that they negotiated a ceasefire with the Islamic extremist group.
- Will Roman Polanski finally face extradition and serve his sentence?
Roman Polanski is being questioned by Polish officials. Because of his 1978 conviction, his movements are restricted by an Interpol warrant in effect in 188 countries, but he travels freely between Switzerland, France, and Poland.
- Anti-Islamists take control of Tunisia's parliament
An explicitly anti-Islamist party won 85 seats in Tunisia's parliament, giving it the right to name a prime minister. The moderate Islamist Ennahda Party, which had previously dominated the parliament, won 69 of the 217 seats.