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Officials in Nigeria say gunmen have killed at least 44 people in an attack on a mosque in the north of the country.

Supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi are continuing their rallies to call for his reinstatement, despite warnings that the government may soon move to break up their protest camps.

Nicolae Gheorghe (r), ODIHR’s Adviser on Roma and Sinti issues from 1999 to 2006, passed away on 8 August 2013.

The aftermath of a bombing attack in Iraq (file photo).

Officials in Afghanistan report progress in their “informal” talks with U.S. interlocutors on hammering out “a joint text” of a proposed bilateral security agreement.

Egyptians protest in Cairo in July 2013.

An encrypted e-mail service in the United States, believed to have been used by U.S. leaker Edward Snowden, has shut down in what appears to be response to pressure from the government.

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A suicide bomber in Pakistan’s violence-hit southwestern Baluchistan province struck the funeral of a slain policeman, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens. Most of the victims were officers and members of the provincial police force.

Human Rights Watch [HRW] says more than 50 people have died in a broadening wave of apparent political assassinations in the cities of Benghazi and Derna in volatile eastern Libya. Analysts say the state has been unable to reign in the violence that has taken place during the two years since Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was ousted in 2011.