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Large-scale animal sacrifices marking the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha combined with heavy rains have turned the streets of Bangladesh's capital into rivers of blood.

In the two weeks since his predecessor's ouster, Brazilian President Michel Temer has rubbed elbows with world leaders in China, been vociferously booed at the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games and signaled he will move forward with unpopular measures such as trimming pension benefits.

Yemeni security officials say a suspected U.S. drone has struck a car traveling in the southern Bayda province, killing five suspected al-Qaida fighters.

Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency reports that the country's foreign minister and his international counterparts will meet this month to discuss "some differences" over the implementation of the landmark nuclear deal.

KLM says it will temporarily suspend flights to and from Cairo in January, citing "economic reasons." The Royal Dutch Airlines' statement, posted on its website Wednesday, says the devaluation of the Egyptian pound and restrictions imposed by the country's central bank on the transfer of foreign currency out of Egypt are behind the decision.

Humanitarian aid to Syrians is being held up by a lack of security arrangements despite a Russia-U.S. brokered cease fire deal, U.N.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he has never seen tensions on the Korean peninsula as high as they are today and he's calling on the U.N.

Guillermo "Coco" Farinas became one of Cuba's best-known dissidents by starving himself — launching two dozen hunger strikes demanding government concessions on human rights.

Germany has temporarily closed its embassy, all other consular offices and a school in Turkey, reportedly due to fears of a possible attack.

Hundreds of Israeli artists and intellectuals are urging world Jewry to challenge Israeli policy toward Palestinians.

Cologne authorities say they're planning to fence off a large area around the city's famous cathedral this New Year's Eve as part of stepped-up security precautions aimed at preventing a repeat of last year's attacks.

A South Sudan newspaper says the government ordered its shutdown the day it published a front-page story on a U.S.-based watchdog group's investigation into corruption by top officials.

French and German foreign ministers are visiting Ukraine to shore up a 2015 peace deal that has floundered amid continuing fighting in eastern Ukraine.

Since the U.K. voted to leave the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May has said it again and again: "Brexit means Brexit." Despite the mantra, though, it's far from clear what a British exit from the bloc will look like.

Britain and Argentina have agreed to lift restrictions affecting the Falkland Islands, in a thawing of relations between the former wartime enemies.

A British nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone has been cleared of misconduct charges that stemmed from questions about her elevated temperature when she returned to Britain from West Africa.

Nigeria's biggest airline has resumed flights that stranded thousands of passengers across West Africa, saying it has resolved an insurance issue.

Finnish police say they have arrested two Iraqi asylum-seekers on suspicion of murder and robbery.

The European Parliament is slamming Polish government policies as anti-democratic for the second time this year and urging a lasting solution by the end of next month.

A U.S. report says widespread corruption in Afghanistan has undermined efforts to rebuild the country.