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5 hours ago   From the section US & Canada Share this with Facebook   Share this with Twitter   Share this with Messenger   Share this with Email   Share Image copyright FBI Image caption The FBI is offering a cash reward for information leading to the identification of both women The FBI has released sketches of two women suspected of abducting a California mother last November while she was out running near her home. Sherri Papini, 34, had been missing for three weeks when she was found at the side of a road last Thanksgiving. A reward of $10,000 (£7,500) is being offered for information leading to the identification of her suspected captors. Police say they are Hispanic  and were last seen driving a dark-coloured SUV. The motive behind Ms Papini's abduction in Redding, northern California, is still unclear. She was reported missing by her husband Keith on 2 November after she failed to pick up their children fr...

Image copyright AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Image caption Taner Kilic denied using an encrypted messaging app The indicted head of Amnesty International in Turkey, Taner Kilic, has denied alleged membership of the "terrorist" group blamed for the July 2016 coup attempt. Mr Kilic was speaking at the opening of his trial in Izmir, western Turkey. He has been in custody since June, accused of links to Fethullah Gulen, the US-based Muslim cleric seen by President Erdogan as a subversive traitor. Eight other human rights activists were released on bail on Wednesday. Mr Kilic is also a defendant in that separate case, in which activists face similar terrorism charges. Amnesty says the charges are politically motivated - an attempt to silence critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has cracked down hard on opponents since the coup attempt. "There are inconcrete and unclear accusations in the indictment, and there is no concrete evidence" to prove any links...

Image copyright MAGYAR TELEVIZIO Image caption Hungarian TV broadcast footage of the alleged contract killer in court A Pakistani man wanted by Interpol in connection with alleged contract murders has been arrested in Hungary. Authorities in Pakistan had issued an international warrant for his arrest in connection with 70 deaths there, listing him as the country's most-wanted person. Police said he was caught in a group of migrants being smuggled to Austria. The alleged professional gunman, aged 35, is said to be known as the "Pakistani Butcher". He has only been identified with the initials A.Z. The group he was travelling in was caught in Boly, 175 kilometres (110 miles), south of Budapest, the Austrian Federal Criminal Bureau said in a statement to AFP. Boly is near Hungary's borders with Croatia and Serbia. His extradition to Pakistan will be decided in the coming days. "This case shows once again the importance of international networking i...

Image copyright AFP Image caption Nazi rallies in the US have prompted counter-protests recently Reddit has closed down several extremist forums after updating its policy regarding violent content. The newly banned and removed pages include r/NationalSocialism, r/Nazi, r/whitesarecriminals and r/far_right. Reddit's new policy  says: "Do not post content that encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm against an individual or a group of people." One legal expert has said the policy may be difficult to enforce. The updated policy notes that violent content may sometimes be posted as part of educational, newsworthy or artistic material but adds that the context and reason for posting such content should be made clear. Material that glorifies or encourages the abuse of animals, such as bestiality, is also now being removed. In 2015, Reddit  updated its policy to deter harassment  - a move that resulted in the shutting down of forums...

Image copyright AFP Image caption Operations to retake western Anbar province officially began in late September Iraqi forces have launched an offensive to recapture the last bastion of so-called Islamic State in the country. Soldiers, police, Sunni tribesmen and mostly Shia paramilitary fighters are taking part in the assault on al-Qaim and Rawa, in the Euphrates river valley close to the border with Syria. The prime minister told IS militants to "choose between death and surrender". The jihadists still control part of the Euphrates valley in the neighbouring Syrian province of Deir al-Zour. But they are under pressure there from Syrian pro-government forces and a US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters who recently took the city of Raqqa. Islamic State group: The full story War against IS in maps and charts "The heroic legions are advancing into the last den of terrorism in Iraq to liberate al-Qaim, Rawa and the surrounding villages and hamlets,...