Comet in close encounter with Mars#link#http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/10/comet-set-close-encounter-with-mars-20141019134132622.html$#Indonesia's President Widodo sworn in#link#http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/10/new-indonesian-president-widodo-sworn-2014102041655878556.html$#Toll rises as clashes continue in Libyan city#link#http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/toll-rises-as-clashes-continue-libyan-city-2014102015238322430.html$#Deadly suicide blast hits Baghdad funeral#link#http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/deadly-suicide-blast-hits-baghdad-mosque-20141019173713638462.html$#Hong Kong leader blames 'external forces'#link#http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/10/hong-kong-leader-blames-external-forces-2014102023256228387.html$#US airdrops weapons for Kurds fighting ISIL#link#http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/fierce-fighting-rages-syria-kobane-20141019122812238305.html$#Catholic Church criticised for gay U-turn#link#http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/10/catholic-church-criticised-gay-u-turn-2014101914230243870.html$#Spanish nurse appears clear of Ebola virus#link#http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/10/spanish-nurse-tests-negative-ebola-2014101919936205912.html$#US airdrops weapons for Kurds battling ISIL#link#http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/us-airdrops-weapons-kurds-battling-isil-20141020319859254.html$#Yemen's Houthis push south into Ibb#link#http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/yemen-houthis-push-south-into-ibb-2014102014621476170.html$#Fighting greets arrival of Yemen's new PM#link#http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/yemen-houthi-rebels-storm-governor-house-2014101992733886793.html$#Six Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai attack#link#http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/six-egyptian-soldiers-killed-sinai-attack-20141019123849789615.html$#Sisi and Bashir to aid Libya against militias#link#http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/sisi-bashir-aid-libya-against-militias-20141019172944338369.html$#Masks donned at smog-hit Beijing marathon#link#http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/10/masks-donned-at-smog-hit-beijing-marathon-20141019155016863606.html$#Castro offers to co-operate with US on Ebola#link#http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/10/castro-offers-cooperate-with-us-ebola-2014101955238413986.html