Police at Turkey's largest airport in Istanbul today fired warning shots at a motorbike that failed to stop at a security checkpoint, with the facility on high alert after the deadly June attack blamed on jihadists, local officials said.
	Both the driver and the passenger of the motorcycle were later caught and detained after the incident at Ataturk International Airport but no explosives or weapons were found on them.
	The incident resulted in the brief closure of entrances to the airport as a precaution but it carried on working normally.
	"Tonight two people on a motorbike who failed to stop were detained after police opened fire," Istanbul governor Vasip Sahin wrote on his Twitter account.
	"No weapons or explosive materials were found on them. The airport is open to entrance and exit," he added.
	According to the Anadolu agency, one of the suspects had a criminal record for theft and had been drinking.
	After the shots were fired, they came off the bike and tried to run away but .

Turkey airport police fire warning shots at motorbike:official

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Scoreboard at tea on the fourth day of
the first Test between Australia and South Africa at the WACA Ground.
     South Africa 1st innings: 242
     Australia 1st innings: 244
     South Africa 2nd innings: 540 for eight decl
     Australia 2nd innings:
     S Marsh c du Plessis b Rabada    15
     D Warner run out                 35
     U Khawaja not out                16
     S Smith not out                  11
     Extras: (B-4, LB-2, W-1)          7
     Total: (For 2 wkts; 24 overs)    84
     Fall of wickets: 1-52, 2-52.
     Bowling: Rabada 8-1-33-1, Philander 8-3-21-0, Duminy 3-1-7-0, Maharaj 5-2-17-0.

Perth, Nov 6 (AFP) Scoreboard at tea on the fourth day of

South Africa claimed two early second innings wickets as Australia set out on a record run chase on the fourth day of the opening Test here today.
     Set a record fourth innings chase in Tests of 539 to win, the home side were 84 for two at tea having lost both openers.
     Usman Khawaja was on 16 and Steve Smith was on 11, with South Africa's unbeaten record at the ground set to be extended.
     A brilliant piece of fielding by the diminutive Temba Bavuma removed the dangerous David Warner for 35 to end an opening stand of 52.
     Warner dropped the ball in front of him and set off for a quick single, with Bavuma pouncing from cover and unleashing a powerful throw while horizontal and still in mid-air.
     It rattled the stumps at the non-striker's end with Warner centimetres out of his ground.
     Four balls later fellow opener Shaun Marsh (15) was caught at second slip by Faf du Plessis from the bowling of Kagiso Rabada.
     Things appeared to get worse for the home side ...

Australia lose two wickets chasing record 539

Scoreboard of the fourth day's play of
the first Test between Australia and South Africa at the WACA Ground.
     South Africa 1st innings: 242
     Australia 1st innings: 244
     South Africa 2nd innings:
     S Cook c S Marsh b Siddle               12
     D Elgar c Starc b Hazlewood            127
     H Amla b Hazlewood                       1
     JP Duminy c Nevill b Siddle            141
     F du Plessis c Nevill b Starc           32
     T Bavuma c Khawaja b M Marsh             8
     Q de Kock c Voges b M Marsh             64
     V Philander b Smith                     73
     K Maharaj not out                       41
     Extras: (B-10, LB-13, W-17, NB-1)       41
     Total: (For 8 wkts decl; 160.1 overs)  540
     Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-45, 3-295, 4-324, 5-346, 6-352, 7-468, 8-540.
     Bowling: Starc 31-8-114-1, Hazlewood 37-11-107-2, Siddle 26-9-62-2, Marsh 26-4-77-2, Lyon 34-3-146-0, Voges 5-1-8-0, Smith 1.1-0-3-1.

Perth, Nov 6 (AFP) Scoreboard of the fourth day's play of

Scoreboard at lunch on the fourth day
of the first Test between Australia and South Africa at the WACA Ground.
     South Africa 1st innings: 242
     Australia 1st innings; 244
     South Africa 2nd innings:
     S Cook c S Marsh b Siddle          12
     D Elgar c Starc b Hazlewood       127
     H Amla b Hazlewood                  1
     JP Duminy c Nevill b Siddle       141
     F du Plessis c Nevill b Starc      32
     T Bavuma c Khawaja b M Marsh        8
     Q de Kock c Voges b M Marsh        64
     V Philander not out                63
     K Maharaj not out                  19
     Extras: (B-10, LB-13, W-17, NB-1)  41
     Total: (For 7 wkts; 157 overs)    508
     Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-45, 3-295, 4-324, 5-346, 6-352, 7-468.
     Bowling: Starc 31-8-114-1, Hazlewood 37-11-107-2, Siddle 26-9-62-2, Marsh 26-4-77-2, Lyon 32-3-117-0, Voges 5-1-8-0.

Perth, Nov 6 (AFP) Scoreboard at lunch on the fourth day

Australian officials said today they were trying to confirm reports one of its nationals was kidnapped in Afghanistan, just months after another citizen was rescued after being taken at gunpoint.
	"The Australian embassy in Kabul is making urgent enquiries into reports an Australian has been kidnapped in Kabul," a Department of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman said in a statement.
	"Due to the nature of the incident we will not be commenting further."
	Australia warns its nationals not to travel to Afghanistan, saying in its latest advisory updated in September that the "kidnapping of Westerners is a serious threat throughout Afghanistan".
	"We continue to see reports terrorists are planning to kidnap Westerners, including in Kabul and surrounding districts. Aid workers, journalists, and employees of foreign companies could be kidnap targets," its says.
	An Australian aid worker, Katherine Jane Wilson, believed to be aged about 60, was rescued by Afghan special forces in late August.
	She .

Australia investigates reported Afghan kidnapping

South Africa tormented Australia as they built a commanding lead on the fourth day of the opening Test against Australia here today.
     At lunch the visitors were 508 for seven in their second innings, an overall lead of 506 with three wickets in hand, having looked out of the match on the second day.
     The injured Dale Steyn was not expected to bat and would not bowl in Australia's second innings due to a shoulder injury that has ruled him out for at least six months.
     Vernon Philander was 63 and Keshav Maharaj was 19.
     It was largely a miserable morning session for the beleaguered Australians, with the home side having two dismissals overturned by decision reviews, while a catch was dropped.
     Quinton de Kock, who had been dropped when he had scored just one on Saturday, was adjudged caught behind for 28 from the bowling of Josh Hazlewood by umpire Aleem Dar, who has made a number of incorrect decisions in the match.
     The review showed it came off the thigh pad.
 

S. Africa push lead past 500 against Australia

At least four people were killed and more than 40 others injured after a packed tour bus rolled onto its side on a highway near South Korea's central city of Daejeon, police said today.
	The bus - carrying 45 passengers - was not speeding this morning when it suddenly swerved and flipped to its side, South Korea's Yonhap news agency cited a survivor as saying.
	Police said the exact cause of the accident is still under investigation.
	"Some were pinned on top of each other on the floor after the bus flipped," the 70-year-old survivor, identified only by his surname Lee, was quoted as saying by Yonhap.
	"I was hanging from my seat belt until I was rescued," he said.
	The injured have all been taken to hospital, with eight people in a critical condition.
	The passengers were members of a hiking club on their way to a mountain in South Chungcheong province.

At least 4 killed after bus flips over in S Korea

Eden Hazard scored twice as Chelsea exploited a slip-up by Manchester City to claim top spot in the Premier League by stylishly crushing Everton 5-0 on Saturday.
     Marten de Roon's stoppage-time equaliser earned Middlesbrough a 1-1 draw at City and Antonio Conte's Chelsea took advantage to move a point clear of Pep Guardiola's side at the summit.
     "When you win in this way it's fantastic because we played good football with good intensity," Conte told BT Sport.
     "All the players played in the right way with and without the ball. We created many chances to score and also it's the fifth clean sheet in a row, which is fantastic.
     "It is fantastic to be top of the league."
     Arsenal and Liverpool could also surpass City before the weekend is out, the former tackling Tottenham Hotspur in Sunday's North London derby and the latter entertaining Watford.
     Elsewhere, bottom club Sunderland ended their wait for a first win of the season at the 11th attempt by coming from ..

Chelsea storm to summit after Man City stumble

White House candidate Donald Trump was bundled off stage by security officers today after an apparently false gun scare during a campaign appearance.
	US media cited law enforcement sources reporting that no gun had been found after a cry of alarm in the crowd, and Trump swiftly resumed his speech in Reno, Nevada.
	The 70-year-old Republican tycoon reappeared just minutes after being led away by three Secret Service officers, who shielded his body with their own.
	Minutes later, he reappeared to cheers, declaring: "Nobody said it was going to be easy for us, but we will never be stopped, never ever be stopped.
	"I want to thank the Secret Service. These guys are fantastic. They don't get enough credit. They don't get enough credit. They are amazing people."
	Just before the fracas, Trump could be seen shielding his eyes from the lights in order to peer into the crowd as a struggle broke out.
	There were signs of a fracas in the audience as the agents led Trump away, but once a suspect 

Trump rushed off stage, returns to finish speech

White House hopeful Donald Trump was today bundled off stage by security officers during a campaign appearance in Reno, Nevada.
	The 70-year-old Republican tycoon reappeared several minutes later to cheers from his fans, declaring, "Nobody said it was going to be easy for us, I want to thank the Secret Service."
	Just before the fracas, Trump could be seen shielding his eyes from the lights in order to peer into the crowd.
	There were signs of a struggle in the crowd as three agents led Trump away, shielding his body, but once a suspect was led away Trump resumed his stump speech.
	The candidate appeared unrattled by the scuffle, and spoke with his usual self-confidence as his speech continued.
	A CNN reporter at the venue cited unnamed local law enforcement sources as saying there had been a report of a gun in the crowd and a suspect in custody.

Trump rushed off stage at rally

Donald Trump rushed off stage at rally in Reno, Nevada. (AFP) ASV ARK AKJ

A Tunisian soldier has been killed in his home near central Mount Mghilla, an area where jihadist fighters operate, public television has reported late.
	Citing defence ministry spokesman Belhassen Oueslati, the television channel yesterday said that army and national guard units had launched a search for the unknown attackers.
	Tunisian authorities gave no comment when asked for further details by AFP.
	Tunisian forces have, since 2012, been trying to flush out groups of extremists holed up in the country's mountainous regions, notably Mghilla and Chaambi, in the central Kasserine region.
	Since a revolution in 2011, Tunisia has seen the rise of a jihadist movement responsible for the deaths of dozens of soldiers and police officers as well as civilians.
	A total of 59 tourists have also been killed.
	The country has been under a state of emergency since a string of deadly attacks in 2015.

Tunisian soldier killed in his home: report

An Al-Qaeda-linked group has released a video showing the purported execution of two Malians accused of collaborating with French counter-terrorism forces in Mali.
	France established a military presence in the Sahel nation in January 2013 to combat Islamists including the group behind the video, al-Qaeda in the Maghreb (AQIM), which had overrun key northern cities.
	The images released late Friday show the public execution of two men, named as Mohamed Ould Beih and El-Hussein Ould Badi, who were respectively accused of being paid to recruit informants and of showing French troops jihadists' weapon stashes.
	Badi was also accused of collaborating with Mauritania to provide it with intelligence about jihadist fighters in Libya.
	After the men are shown being shot dead by a firing squad in front of a large group of nomadic tribesmen, a commentary issues the threat of a similar fate to the local population if they are tempted to sell information.
	The clip entitled "Traitors 2" was ...

Al-Qaeda releases video of Malians shot for 'collaboration'

China has cancelled a top-level bilateral meeting with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, the government in Bratislava said, in a move seen as a snub after the EU country's president met the Dalai Lama.
	Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang met 16 counterparts from across central and eastern Europe in Lativa's capital Riga yesterday for talks focused mainly on developing trade.
	The Chinese leader had been scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Fico yesterday, who is also steering Slovakia's six-month rotating presidency of the European Union until the end of December.
	"The Chinese side cancelled the bilateral meeting with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, scheduled ahead of today's summit," the Slovak government was quoted as saying by the local SITA newswire.
	Leftist Fico moved quickly to mend fences with Beijing, telling reporters in Riga he had invited the Chinese Prime Minister to visit Slovakia.
	"I regret that instead of adding energy to further projects with China, we must 

China nixes meeting with Slovak PM: Bratislava

Several thousand Kurds marched in the western Germany city of Cologne today in support of pro-Kurdish politicians jailed in Turkey the previous day.
	The demonstrators -- numbering 6,500 according to Cologne police and up to 15,000 according to the protest's organisers -- carried flags and banners promoting the People's Democratic Party (HDP).
	Yesterday, the HDP's two leaders, Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag, and several of the party's legislators, were remanded in custody by a court in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir.
	The United States and European Union have both raised alarm over the arrests, in a crackdown since the country's July 15 coup attempt.
	Police in Cologne said today's march took place without incident.
	Numbering around a million, the Kurdish community in Germany is the largest in Europe.
	The country is also home to the world's largest community of people of Turkish origin.
	In late July, some 40,000 people marched in Cologne in support of Turkish 

Kurds march against Erdogan in Germany, France

British Justice Minister Liz Truss offered her belated support for the independence of the judiciary today after the High Court faced a string of political attacks over its controversial ruling on Brexit.
	Truss had been criticised for staying silent over the backlash against Thursday's landmark judgment that the government cannot start the process of leaving the European Union without parliament's approval.
	One newspaper denounced the three judges as "enemies of the people" while members of Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative party accused them of "judicial activism" and of seeking to undermine the June referendum vote for Brexit.
	"The independence of the judiciary is the foundation upon which our rule of law is built and our judiciary is rightly respected the world over for its independence and impartiality," Truss said in a brief statement.
	"In relation to the case heard in the High Court, the government has made it clear it will appeal to the Supreme Court. Legal process .

UK minister speaks out on Brexit judiciary row

Ten bodies were recovered today from a rubber dinghy off the Libyan coast, the Italian coastguard said, adding that 2,100 other migrants had been rescued during the day.
	Fifteen rescue operations were conducted Saturday -- almost twice as many as on Friday when 1,200 people were rescued.
	An AFP correspondent aboard the Topaz Responder, a search and rescue ship chartered by Maltese NGO MOAS and the Italian Red Cross, saw several hundred people, including children, being rescued yesterday and today.
	Migrants shrouded in foil survival blankets crowded onto the deck of the vessel following the rescue efforts in which at least one baby was saved during the early hours of Saturday.
	The Red Cross tweeted that 707 people were on board the vessel today.

Ten bodies found in dinghy off Libyan coast

South Africa's embattled President Jacob Zuma put on a brave face today at his first public appearance since the release of fresh evidence of alleged corruption at the top of the ANC government.
	"I have spent a lot of time in jail. I am not scared of jail, I have been there," said Zuma, who under apartheid was jailed for 10 years on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela.
	During a speech to hundreds of Africa National Congress supporters in Dumbe, a small town in his Kwazulu-Natal province, Zuma accused the opposition of "using the courts to scare the ANC.
	"We are not going to be intimidated," he said.
	On Wednesday, South Africa's anti-corruption watchdog called for prosecutors to investigate alleged criminal activity as it released a report on Zuma that fuelled further calls, some from within the ANC, for the president to resign.
	The watchdog's investigations focussed on accusations that Zuma had allowed the Guptas, a wealthy Indian business family, to have undue influence over ...

South Africa's Zuma: 'I am not scared of jail'

A news outlet linked to the Islamic State jihadist group has said that its fighters were behind a bombing that killed nine people in Kurdish-dominated southeastern Turkey, according to US-based monitors.
	"An insider source for Amaq Agency: Fighters from the Islamic State detonated an explosives-laden vehicle parked in front of a Turkish police headquarters in Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey," the SITE Intelligence Group cited the IS-affiliated Amaq news agency as saying yesterday.
	In an audio message released earlier this week, reclusive IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi broke a nearly year-old silence to call for attacks against Turkey, as well as Saudi Arabia, and for his fighters to hold their ground in their stronghold of Mosul, Iraq.
	Ankara has troops stationed at a base just outside Mosul and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's escalating rhetoric has raised fears of an expanded Turkish military intervention in Iraq.
	Turkish authorities had blamed the blast outside a ...

IS-linked Amaq says jihadists behind Turkey bombing: SITE

Hundreds of supporters of Yemen's rebels protested in the capital Sanaa today against a UN peace roadmap aimed at ending a devastating war between the Shiite insurgents and loyalists.
	UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed last month put forward the peace plan aimed at halting fighting between the Huthis and forces loyal to the government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.
	The Mauritanian diplomat, who arrived in the insurgent-held capital on Thursday for his second visit in a week, has led talks in Yemen since April 2015 and brokered several ceasefires that were often violated and failed to generate momentum towards a peace deal.
	"Get out!" protesters shouted outside the hotel where Ould Cheikh Ahmed is staying, holding up photos of the victims of a war that has escalated since the military intervention of a Saudi-led coalition against the rebels and their allies in March 2015.
	Hadi last week rejected the UN proposal, while the rebels said it was "basis for discussion" despite ...

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