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Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on Saturday ended a 40-day hunger strike over conditions in Israeli jails, the Israel Prison Service and a Palestinian official said.

British police on Saturday made two more arrests in connection with the suicide bombing at a pop concert in Manchester that killed 22 people, bringing the number of suspects in custody to 11.

British police have "got hold of a large part of the network linked to the suicide bomb attack at a pop concert in Manchester that killed 22 people, the country's counter-terrorism police chief announced on Friday.

The two main parties will restart their national campaigns on Friday but UKIP, which was key to securing Britain's exit from the European Union, said the best response to the attack was to begin as soon as possible.

The move is seen as part of the Trump administration's efforts to cut foreign aid budgets to help pay for increased US military spending.

The US has said it was "closely monitoring" the situation at the Manchester Arena in the UK, where a terror attack claimed at least 19 lives, and working with other countries to obtain information about the incident.

Some messages described the attack as an act of revenge in response to air strikes in Iraq and Syria.

The arena foyer connects the 21,000-capacity auditorium with Victoria train and tram station, a major hub on the northern edge of the city centre.

South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye went on trial Tuesday over the massive corruption scandal that led to her downfall.

The school, unlike most others in the conservative kingdom, has both male and female students of different nationalities.

Militants launched attacks on several check points in southern Afghanistan killing at least 20 security forces, according to a provincial official.

North Korea fired off an "unidentified projectile" Sunday according to South Korean defence officials, a week after its latest missile launch.

The Hague-based court, the UN's highest judicial body, had on Thursday stayed the execution of Jadhav, 46, considered to be a spy by Pakistan

The Japanese government on Friday approved a one-off bill allowing ageing Emperor Akihito to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne, in the first such abdication in two centuries.

Militants stormed the national television and radio station in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday, triggering a gunfight as journalists remained trapped inside the building, officials and eyewitnesses said.

In the dusty chaos engulfing the entrance of the camp, where new arrivals are screened and in most cases subsequently dispatched to other locations, one man cried in despair.