Jonathan Ditchburn

Turks go to the polls for the second time in five months, with security the key issue after weeks of clashes and bomb attacks.
BBC News – Europe

Security agencies will not be given powers to look at a suspect’s website browsing history under new laws, the home secretary says.
BBC News – UK

Searchers say they believe they have found the wreckage of a cargo ship which went missing off the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin last month.
BBC News – US & Canada

Investigators widen their search for bodies and debris from the Russian airliner which crashed in Sinai, as Russia mourns the 224 people on board who died.
BBC News – Africa

ORLANDO – The ball, after being
Oklahoma City Thunder

A’s ace Sonny Gray, battery mate Stephen Vogt and speedy outfielder Billy Burns have earned nominations for Esurance MLB Awards. Gray is among 12 pitchers in the running for Best Starting Pitcher, while Burns will […]

TalkTalk confirms the exact scale of last week’s cyber-attack, with fewer people affected than earlier thought.
BBC News – Business

Major powers lay out a new diplomatic process to help end Syria’s civil war, but they continue to differ on the fate of President Bashar al-Assad.
BBC News – Middle East

Forest fires that have destroyed half of an indigenous reserve in the Amazon reserve are contained after more than a month.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A fire at a nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest has killed at least 27 people and injured 155, authorities there say.
BBC News – Europe

British resident Shaker Aamer, who spent 13 years in Guantanamo Bay, arrives back in the UK and thanks supporters for his release.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama is to send up to 50 special forces to Syria to help co-ordinate the fight against IS, US officials say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigeria launches a major crackdown on fake bank-account holders in a bid to reduce fraud in the banking sector.
BBC News – Africa

ORLANDO – The first game of the
Oklahoma City Thunder

The Kansas City Royals are back in the World Series, and they are halfway to the four wins they’ll need for their first title since 1985. One of the big reasons for their recent run of success is their defense, […]

US economic growth slowed to an annualised pace of 1.5% in the third quarter of the year, according to the latest official figures.
BBC News – Business

The Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, whose flogging sentence caused a global outcry, is awarded the prestigious Sakharov human rights prize.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuelan National Assembly head Diosdado Cabello says former prosecutor Franklin Nieves – who alleges that the Venezuelan judiciary is corrupt – was bribed.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ten people, including children, die in four separate boat sinkings off Greece, with reports that many more may still be missing.
BBC News – Europe

A 16-year-old boy is charged over the death of “beloved” Bailey Gwynne, who died after suffering stab injuries in an Aberdeen school.
BBC News – UK