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German Chancellor Angela Merkel was heckled on Wednesday while visiting a refugee centre, which has been the target of violence by neo-Nazi groups, in the eastern village of Heidenau, media reported.

An estimated 514 Indonesians have gone to Syria and Iraq to fight with the IS, with around half of them consisting of Indonesian citizens who were already residing in nearby countries as students or migrant workers prior to the rise of IS, according to the National...

In Austria, police said 37 people were injured, seven seriously, when two vans packed with as many as 90 migrants collided yesterday near the Hungarian border.

Condemning the violence, Merkel said it was “repulsive, the way in which right-wing extremists and Neo Nazis were trying to spread their hollow messages”.

The two-time Olympic 1500 metres champion secured the support of the majority of the 207 IAAF member federations who voted, winning by 115 votes to 92.

Former Olympic 1500m champion Coe was voted in over Ukraine’s ex-Olympic pole vaulter Sergey Bubka by 115 votes to 92 at a meeting of the 214 athletics federations in Beijing.

The Ukrainian former pole vault world record holder, who was beaten 115 votes to 92 by Coe on Wednesday (August 19) before being successfully elected to one of the four vice-presidential positions, returned home the day after the vote.

That he should take charge of athletics at a time when it is in crisis as never before is not an accident. I have always done it together with you my friends.

He said the IAEA’s arrangements with Iran are “technically sound and consistent with our long-established practices. They do not compromise our… standards in any way”. Investigating the site is part of the overarching nuclear-limits deal.

Asked what needs to change in the world of athletics, Farah said: “In my opinion, if we all did what we do in the UK in terms of how we do testing, if every country applied to that rule, it would change dramatically”.

Self-confessed serial killer Tamara Samsonova, 68, may have experimented with cannibalism as she brutally murdered each of her 11 victims.

“Besiktas announce that [on] Thursday the club reached an agreement with Fiorentina for the loan of Mario Garcia Gomez”, the club said.

Di Maria, subject of serious interest from Paris St Germain, was due to meet up with his United team-mates in San Jose on Saturday.

Manchester United’s new signing Bastian Schweinsteiger has said that United is used to winning titles, as is he, and the club matches his ambitions.

Iran and Germany were historically close trade partners but business dropped off as a result of the sanctions, declining to €2.4bn previous year from around €8bn in 2003-2004, according to German figures. Gabriel is heading a delegation of representatives from German companies.