In an interview with the BBC, Iraq's former foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari outlines the "formidable" international threat that militant group the Islamic State (IS) poses.

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An online platform that helps people with bipolar disorder self-administer therapy has proven to be successful in a small trial, with 92 percent of participants saying they found the content positive.

Nicholas Todd, a psychologist in clinical training at the NHS Trust, has developed the site as part of a project he's running called Living with Bipolar.

In it, he asked 122 people to use a sort of e-learning environment that uses audiovisual models and worksheets, incorporating parts of cognitive behavioral therapy and psycho-education known to be effective in bipolar patients. There's also a peer support forum, which is moderated by a member of Todd's research team, and motivational e-mails were periodically sent to those on the trial.

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Lorries from a Russian convoy carrying aid to eastern Ukraine have reached a border post controlled by separatists.

A major pro-government rally in Hong Kong has drawn thousands of supporters, in response to civil disobedience campaigns by activists.

Kurdish forces says them need improved weaponry in order to tackle Islamic State militants in Iraq.

A new memorial has been unveiled in Belgium to commemorate the services of Welsh men and women during World War One.

Kenyan officials say the country is closing its borders to travellers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in response to the deadly Ebola outbreak.

A British mining company is at the centre of a bitter dispute with the Sami reindeer herders over its plans to drill for iron ore in the far north of Sweden.

Thousands of protesters gathered in Pakistan's capital Islamabad as rally leaders Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri called for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to step down.

A Dutchman honoured by Israel for hiding a Jewish child during World War Two has handed back his medal after six of his relatives were killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza.

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Even with the minor arcade resurgence going on these days, the prolonged decline of the American arcade means that there's a whole generation of people who have had little opportunity to play any of the thousands of coin-operated games in their native cabinets. Even those who remember the ‘70s and ‘80s golden age of arcades probably only had the opportunity to sample a relative handful of games that were available at their local haunts.

For people who want to preserve this disappearing bit of gaming history, or experience cabinets they never had access to, Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) is a godsend. It is one of the most ambitious emulation projects ever, encompassing tens of thousands of games with highly varied hardware, programming, and controls. Legal issues aside, MAME ensures that future generations will at least be able to play and study these games without having to track down an aging cabinet or circuit board.

But as comprehensive as MAME is, there are a number of arcade games that remain unplayable (or functionally unplayable) without access to the original arcade hardware. That fact came into stark relief this week with the news that developer Mitchell Corporation was finally selling the rights to its back catalog. That back-catalog includes obscure 2002 shooter game Gamshara, which has never been successfully emulated or ported to a home console, meaning few people have ever played it.

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Humanitarian aid is being distributed to hundreds of thousands of Yazidi people, fleeing Islamic militants in Northern Iraq.

Germany’s foreign intelligence agency recorded the phone conversations of Secretary of State John Kerry and former secretary Hillary Clinton, according to German news outlets. The recordings were apparently accidental.

One of the phone conversations may have been deleted soon after it was recorded, German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Saturday. The publication credited the information to unnamed sources. One of Kerry’s phone calls was reportedly recorded last year when he was the Middle East.

A phone call made to Clinton in 2012 was also apparently recorded. German public broadcaster ARD and Munich newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Clinton’s recording on Friday.

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About 1,000 people gather to see the unveiling of a lasting monument to Welsh soldiers who died in World War One in Flanders.

Reporting from a refugee camp in Dohuk, the BBC's Yalda Hakim says that the Yazidi community are trying to come to terms with news of a massacre in the village of Kawju on Friday.

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Radu Murzea asks:

First, some context (stuff that most of you know anyway):

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An eyewitness captures the moment a waterspout sweeps across a Zeebrugge beach, knocking down beach chairs and booths and damaging a terrace.

There has been an increased level of military activity in the area near where a controversial humanitarian aid convoy from Russia is stalled on the Russian side of the Ukrainian border.

Baby giraffes have been drawing crowds to zoos in Houston, Texas and San Diego, California.