Italy migrants: Amnesty accuses police of torture

A leading human rights group has accused Italian police of using violent tactics to fingerprint migrants. Amnesty International said it had 24 accounts of ill treatment, including beatings and electric shocks. Italy's government rejected the report's findings as "totally...

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Migrant crisis: 'Hundreds dead' in shipwrecks off Libya

More than 200 migrants are believed drowned in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, migration officials say. The UN refugee agency was told the news by survivors brought ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa, spokeswoman Carlotta Sami said. Twelve bodies have...

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Egypt will allow its currency to float freely

Egypt will float its currency in a move that is expected to see it fall by almost 50% against the dollar. The price is expected to be around 13 to the US dollar, up from just under nine. The country's central bank said the move was one of a list of reforms designed to strengthen...

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World Series baseball: Chicago Cubs end 108-year wait for win

The Chicago Cubs have won Major League Baseball's World Series, ending the longest title drought in the game. Manager Joe Maddon's team beat the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in 10 innings to scoop the top prize in world baseball. The Cubs, who had been 3-1 down in the best-of-seven...

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Obama warns fate of world at stake

President Barack Obama has urged Democrats of all ethnic backgrounds to get out and vote for Hillary Clinton, warning that the fate of the US republic - and the world - is at stake. He said her Republican opponent Donald Trump was a threat to hard-earned civil rights. President...

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Mosul battle: 'IS leader Baghdadi' urges no retreat

The so-called Islamic State group has released an audiotape which it says is from its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. If true, it would be the first public message from him in about a year and would dispel rumours that he is dead. The voice on the audio calls on Iraqis to...

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