PEGIDA supporters waved the national flag and carried posters bearing slogans such as "Hell comes with fake refugees".

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said last week that Italy is considering keeping its soldiers in Afghanistan for another year.

Taiwan-based Asus, known for building affordable PCs, could eventually create a less expensive version of the glasses.

The government offensive is the latest of at least four launched with Russian air support in the past two weeks.

An Oct. 3 air strike on the MSF hospital killed at least 22 staff and patients. The U.S. military has taken responsibility for the air strike.

The son of late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau is now poised to form a majority government, Canada's CBC and CTV networks predict.

Socialist President Francois Hollande opened a workers-and-bosses conference aimed at producing a consensus on social policy.