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Hundreds of Moroccans detained at Algiers airport after 'trying to reach Libya' Algerian government says there is an "unusual" increase in Moroccans travelling to Libya, where Islamic State militants have been gaining ground. A huge fire in the port of Ras Lanuf, Libya, this week, after IS militants attacked oil storage tankers   Photo: Reuters By  James Rothwell 7:22PM GMT 24 Jan 2016 More than 200 Moroccans have been detained at Algeria's main airport after trying to travel to Libya,  where Islamic State militants are building a new caliphate. The men were stopped at Algiers airport on Saturday night and were considered suspicious because they did not have legal residence in Libya. Smoke billows from a huge fire in the port of Ras Lanuf Algeria's government said it had also summoned the Moroccan envoy to explain a "sudden increase" in people attempting the journey. It comes as the Islamic St...

13:01, 1 SEP 2016 BY KELLY-ANN MILLS The youngsters, thought to be in their teens, were accused of belonging to an anti-resistance faction Bloodthirsty  Islamic State  executioners have sliced nine youths in half with a chainsaw in a gruesome public execution, it has been claimed. The youngsters, thought to be in their teens, were accused of belonging to an anti-resistance faction, sources in Mosul reported. An ISIS sharia court reportedly stated that they should be tied to an iron pole in the center of Tal Afar Square in Mosul and then sliced in two with an electric chainsaw. The source told  Iraqi News : "ISIS fighters have executed nine youths of Mosul. The outfit accused that these youths belonged to an anti-ISIS resistance faction “The death sentence pronounced by ISIS sharia court stated that the men should be tied to an iron pole in the center of Tal Afar Square in Mosul and then sliced into two with an electric chainsaw." Watch full story and video ...

2 September 2016   From the section Entertainment & Arts Share Image copyright BBC/AFP Image caption Hanks, left, dyed his hair blond in order to play Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger Clint Eastwood's new film about the US pilot who famously crash-landed a plane in New York's Hudson River is to open this year's Telluride Film Festival. Sully, in which Tom Hanks plays Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, will premiere later on Friday at the Colorado event. All 155 people on board the US Airways flight survived the emergency landing after the plane after hit a flock of geese on 15 January 2009. The Telluride Film Festival runs from 2 to 5 September. According to Variety , Friday's Sully premiere marks Eastwood's first film at the festival since he showed White Hunter, Black Heart there in 1990. Image copyright SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT Image caption Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone co-star in the musical La La Land The event will also ...

42 minutes ago   From the section China Share Image copyright REUTERS Image caption Signing up to cut emissions means China will have to move away from coal power China's top legislature has ratified the Paris global climate agreement,  state news agency Xinhua  reports. The country is the world's largest emitter of harmful CO2 emissions, which cause climate change. China and the US were expected to announce ratification jointly before or at the weekend's G20 Hangzhou summit. In a landmark deal struck in December, countries agreed to cut emissions enough to keep the global average rise in temperatures below 2C. What is climate change? What does the climate deal mean for me? Members of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee adopted "the proposal to review and ratify the Paris Agreement" on Saturday morning at the end of a week-long session. The Paris deal is the world's first comprehensive climate agreeme...

7 hours ago   From the section Asia Share Image copyright GETTY IMAGES Image caption At least 60 people were injured in the attack on a market in Davao, southern Philippines At least 12 people have been killed in a bomb attack in the home city of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Dozens more were wounded in the explosion at a packed market in the southern city of Davao. A presidential spokesman said investigators had found shrapnel from a mortar-based improvised explosive device (IED) at the scene. Police in the capital Manila are on high alert following the deadly blast. At least 60 people were injured and 30 were taken to hospital. Philippines war on drugs Rodrigo Duterte sworn in as Philippines president The explosion took place outside the Marco Polo hotel in an area frequently visited by Mr Duterte, who was in Davao at the time but was not hurt. Pictures released show broken glass and plastic chairs scattered at the scene, which has sinc...

Essentials this week… | Visitor spend up for the year | #CA16Perth | Hong Kong promotion | Chinese social media webinar | and more… Tourism Australia Essentials Newsletter View an online version of this email   Tourism industry out-performing broader Australian economy Tourism grew three times faster than the broader Australian economy and international visitors spent a record $38.1 billion over the year to June 2016, according to Tourism Research Australia’s latest International Visitor Survey . While the latest quarter saw some impact upon yield, the annual performance was strong with a 14 per cent or $4.7 billion increase in spending over the 12 month period. “Australia’s tourism industry continues to register strong growth and attract record numbers of international visitors,” said Steven Ciobo MP. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. The strong performance has prompted Deloitte Access Economics to further upgrade its forecast for in...