Three provinces will not be included "for security reasons", amid concerns over how representative the polls will be.

Strikes have continued in Gaza as mediators prepare to head to Egypt for talks starting on Monday.

Rescue teams have been deployed to clear the snow on the world's tallest mountain, Chinese state media reports.

Hamas will disarm "the easy way or the hard way", Israel's PM says after the group gave its response to a peace plan.

FBI leadership is reportedly in discussions to stage a showy arrest of the bureau's former director next week.

The controversial move follows protests over ramped-up immigration enforcement and the shooting of a woman during unrest on Saturday.

Ukraine's neighbour Poland and Nato scrambled fighter jets to ensure the safety of Polish airspace.

An explosion and gunfire were heard coming from the jail, located near the presidential palace in Mogadishu.