Egypt's president has told the military to restore "security and stability" to the Sinai peninsula within three months, after an attack on a mosque there on Friday left 305 people dead.
Abdul Fattah al-Sisi authorised troops to use "all brute force" necessary.
No group has yet said it carried out the attack on the al-Rawda mosque near Bir al-Abed, which saw gunmen fire on worshippers after setting off a bomb.
But there is evidence pointing to an affiliate of so-called Islamic State.

​Officer in Charge at the University of the West Indies Dominica Open Campus Kimone Joseph says the campus will resume its short courses in January. She says the 6-week face to face courses started shortly before the passage of Hurricane Maria, and following the completion of these series of courses, the campus will continue a variety of short courses to the general public.

​Officer in Charge at the University of the West Indies Dominica Open Campus Kimone Joseph 

​Premium Home & Residential Care Services (PHARCS), has received a 6,500 Canadian dollar donation, towards the refurbishment of their facility.
 
The funds were donated by the 'Sienna Senior Living Home' in Canada.
Representative from the Canadian Home Orman Charlmers, says the idea of this assistance came after he visited Dominica a few weeks following the hurricane.
 
The donation was made on Tuesday, during a visit of the President of Dominica Charles Savarin.

​Representative of the Canada based 'Sienna Senior Living Home' Orman Charlmers

​Dominicans seeking medical attention in Guadeloupe may have to wait until the all-clear is given by French Authorities there, as police officials continue investigations into the cause of a fire that disrupted services at the General Hospital in that neighbouring island last evening. Clayton Florent of GAI-AC FM says, according to preliminary investigations, the fire started from the generator room of the hospital.

​He says there were no deaths or injuries reported from the fire.

​Clayton Florent of GAI-AC FM Guadeloupe

President of Dominica H.E Charles Savarin has expressed confidence that Dominica will build back better after the passage of Hurricane Maria.
H.E made the remarks at during a site visit at the Premium Home & residential care services (PHARCS) in Morne Daniel Tuesday.
He says that the input from the elderly can be essential in the  building back process of the island.

H.E says that the coping mechanisms used following Hurricane David could be implemented now with the assistance of the elderly.

President of Dominica H.E Charles Savarin.

In Related news, the Dominica Press Corps has expressed profound sadness  over the death of Kurt Matthew, Station Technician at DBS Radio.
In a press release to the media Tuesday, the press corps said Kurt's dedication remains incomparable.
Those closest to him it says, have always known of his dedication to his job, but following the passage of Hurricane Maria, the general public was made aware  of Kurt's unfailing commitment.
As many grapple with the reality of Kurt's passing,  the Dominica Press Corps also mourns the loss of a friend.
Q95 Also joins in expressing condolences to the family of Kurt Mathew.

Officer in Charge at the University of the West Indies Open Campus Kimone Joseph says that the campus will recognize graduates in a ceremony in March 2018.
She says students who did not get the opportunity to attend the graduation ceremony in Grenada following Hurricane Maria are welcome to join the ceremony next year

Meantime Joseph says that more than 80% of the site received damage as a result of the passage of Hurricane Maria.

Officer in Charge at the University of the West Indies Open Campus Kimone Joseph.

​Post Hurricane Maria, Pointe Michel has received proper distribution of relief supplies however there appears to be issues with the level of debris still present in certain parts of the community.
 
Well known resident of the area Rudolphia Corriette says since the storm she has been surrounded with debris, and she says a ravine is running near her home, which poses a threat to the Lautre Bord area in Pointe Mitchel, she says this has negatively altered her way of life.
 
Corriette told Q95FM sixteen people along with her, live in the Lautre Bord Area, and is calling on the Minister of Public Works to immediately restore the confidence of the constituents, by sending heavy machinery to remove the debris and dredge the ravine.

Jamaica's Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, said Jamaica will continue to aggressively pursue a multi-destination marketing arrangement with Cuba, Mexico and the Dominican Republic, noting that this will inevitably lead to sustainable growth.
Bartlett, who was giving the welcome address at the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Global Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on November 27, added that the country must also seek regional cooperation in related areas such as aviation and airlift strategies, to move seamlessly within the region.
“There must also be visa facilitation and access to each other’s destinations, as well as pre-clearance arrangements. This also has significant implications for marketing, which could help position the Caribbean as a powerful holiday destination,” the minister said.

More than 60 years after a space race rivalry with the Soviet Union ushered in a new era of ballistic missile development, the US is facing another "Sputnik moment" amid a rapidly escalating international competition over artificial intelligence, according to former Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work.
The idea that rapid advances in artificial intelligence will define the next generation of warfare -- a concept known as the "Third Offset Strategy" -- was first articulated by former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in 2014.
Possible AI applications for the military include: creating more nimble systems, possibly at lower cost; developing more effective training systems; software that processes mountains of data from surveillance systems or for "pattern-of-life" surveillance; improved facial recognition capabilities; war games support and automated combat in so-called manned-unmanned operations, according to a September report from the RAND Corporation.