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| Bahrain charges 24 with trying to set up Islamic State branch in kingdom |
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| Twenty-four people face trial in Bahrain for trying to set up a branch of the Islamic State militant group and promoting the overthrow of the Gulf Arab state's monarchy, the public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday. Bahrain was swept by protests during the 2011 "Arab Spring" uprisings in which the Shi'ite majority demanded political reforms from the Sunni Muslim ruling family. The new case was the first time Bahrain named the Sunni Islamic State in connection with alleged militancy inside the island kingdom, which hosts the U.S. Fifth Fleet as a bulwark against Shi'ite Iran across the Gulf. |
| Egypt loyalists win all 60 list seats in first round of election |
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 CAIRO (Reuters) - A political alliance loyal to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has scooped up all 60 list seats up for grabs in the first round of a parliamentary election, results from the country's high election committee showed on Wednesday. The election was held on Sunday and Monday amid low turnout. All but four of the 226 individual seats up for grabs in round one will be contested in run-offs between leading candidates to take place on Oct. 26-27 after none of those running clinched more than 50 percent of the vote. (Reporting by Omar Fahmy; Editing by Alison Williams)
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| Factbox: Officials under investigation by FIFA ethics committee |
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| Here are background details of the current and former football officials named as being under investigation by FIFA's ethics committee on Wednesday: Franz Beckenbauer: One of the finest players to grace the game, he captained West Germany to World Cup victory in 1974 and coached them to the title 16 years later. After moving away from the pitch, he headed the organising committee for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Beckenbauer was on the FIFA executive committee in 2010 when it voted to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively, decisions which have come under scrutiny from the ethics committee. |
| Merkel says Israeli settlements "counterproductive" |
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 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said following talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the building of Jewish settlements was counterproductive and urged Israel and the Palestinians to calm the situation after weeks of violence.
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| Beckenbauer and Villar named in FIFA ethics probe |
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 By Simon Evans and Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - The FIFA scandal swept up one of the greatest soccer players of all time on Wednesday, when Franz Beckenbauer's name appeared on a new list of individuals facing possible sanction from the scandal-hit body's ethics committee. FIFA and UEFA vice-president Angel Maria Villar of Spain and other former FIFA executive committee members were also named on Wednesday. Earlier this month FIFA suspended president Sepp Blatter for 90 days along with European soccer head Michel Platini - like Beckenbauer, once a legendary international player.
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| Bad weather, border closures add to plight of migrants in Balkans |
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 By Maja Zuvela RIGONCI, Slovenia (Reuters) - Refugees from Asian wars crossed into Slovenia from Croatia on Wednesday as border closures elsewhere forced them to find new routes to rich European countries and concern grew over the plight of those stranded in wet, freezing weather. On the Croatian-Serbian border, thousands of migrants spent the night camped out at the Berkasovo-Bapska crossing after Croatia closed the gates. With many now trapped in deteriorating conditions in the Balkans, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called an extraordinary meeting of several European leaders to take place on Sunday.
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| Bahrain sentences activist to year in prison for ripping king's photo |
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| A Bahraini court sentenced a political activist to one year in prison for ripping up a photo of the king in court in 2014, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. The Bahraini Court of Appeals confirmed the conviction of Zainab al-Khawaja on charges of insulting the king and reduced her sentence from three years in prison to one, London-based Amnesty reported. It also imposed a fine of 3,000 Bahraini dinars ($7,953.34). |
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