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More than 2,000 delegates have convened for Fatah's three-day congress in Bethlehem [AFP]

Abbas’ Fatah confers for second day

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party is meeting for a second day in Bethlehem, in a conference seen by many as an opportunity to reform the party.

Nigeria army fights Islamist sect

Heavy fighting continued overnight between the Nigerian military and members of a radical Islamist sect in the northern town of Maiduguri.

China leaders vow Xinjiang action

China’s top leadership has vowed to administer “severe punishment” to those involved in the deadly rioting in its restive Xinjiang region.

The real Uighur story

Reybiya gives her account of what some people call the most violent protest in china since the Tainanmen square.