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Sri Lanka president suspends parliament as crisis worsens after ouster of Prime Minister

  by Amal JAYASINGHE Agence France Presse COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena suspended parliament Saturday to forestall a challenge against his surprise ouster of the prime minister, deepening a sudden swell of political turmoil in the island nation. Police cancelled all leave as tensions heightened in Colombo a day after the president dismissed Ranil Wickremesinghe and replaced him with controversial former strongman leader Mahinda Rajapakse, who ended the country’s long […]

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Saudi rejects Turkey call to extradite Khashoggi killers

  by Sylvie Lanteaume with Natacha Yazbeck in Dubai Agence France Presse MANAMA, Bahrain (AFP) — Riyadh Saturday dismissed Ankara’s calls to extradite 18 Saudis wanted for the murder of critic Jamal Khashoggi, as Washington warned the crisis risked destabilizing the Middle East. “The individuals are Saudi nationals. They’re detained in Saudi Arabia, and the investigation is in Saudi Arabia, and they will be prosecuted in Saudi Arabia,” Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told a regional […]

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Emergency declared in typhoon-ravaged Northern Mariana

  SAIPAN, United States (AFP) — US military aircraft laden with emergency supplies were flying in to the Northern Mariana Islands Saturday in the wake of destructive Super Typhoon Yutu which destroyed buildings and cut electricity supplies. Ralph Torres, the governor of the US Pacific territory said President Donald Trump had approved a request for a “major disaster declaration” after the powerful storm, packing winds of up to 180 miles per hour (290kmh) left one […]

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US mail bombing suspect, Cesart Sayoc, claims to have Filipino ancestry

  Cesar Altieri Sayoc, the Florida man accused of sending pipe bombs to critics of Donald Trump, claims to have Filipino ancestry in his LinkedIn profile. Sayoc,56, who vows devotion for US President Trump, even claimed that his grandfather was a prominent surgeon in the Philippines, according to a report by Agence France Presse. He also makes repeated references to the Seminole Indian tribe on his Twitter feed. Sayoc had plastered his social media accounts […]

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Floods kill six in southern Russia

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Six people including an elderly man and woman died in floods in southern Russia, authorities said Friday, as emergency workers struggled to get food and water to the victims. Flash floods affected parts of the Krasnodar region, including the area around the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, where Moscow hosted the Winter Olympics in 2014. Russia’s emergencies ministry said it had recovered the bodies of six people while clearing […]

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Malaysian drug trafficker hanged in Singapore

SINGAPORE (AFP) — A convicted Malaysian drug trafficker was hanged in Singapore on Friday, officials said, after the city-state rejected last minute efforts to save him. The Malaysian government — which decided earlier this month to abolish the death penalty — had asked neighbouring Singapore to spare the 31-year-old man from the gallows on humanitarian grounds. But Malaysia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement late Friday that Prabu N Pathmanathan was executed in […]

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Jordan flood death toll rises to 20, most of them school pupils

AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — At least 20 people, most of them school pupils, have been killed in flash floods in Jordan, the emergency services said Friday in an updated toll. A further 35 people were injured following heavy rains on Thursday, including members of the security forces involved in rescue operations, said an official from the civil defense — Jordan’s fire service — who asked not to be named. He said rescuers were still searching […]

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“Embodiment of hope”-Canada lawmaker thanks INC for efforts to help people before Manitoba’s Legislative Assembly

  (Eagle News) – A member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in Canada thanked the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) for its worldwide efforts in humanitarian service before her colleagues in a speech Thursday (Oct. 25) at Canada’s legislative assembly. Cindy Lamoureaux, the elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the constituency of Burrows, said she had personally witnessed how the INC’s various socio-civic and humanitarian work had extended help to […]

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Two Koreas agree to withdraw some border guard posts

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The two Koreas on Friday agreed to remove 11 guard posts along the heavily-fortified border next month with a goal to possibly remove all of them in the future, senior military officials said. The agreement made between generals from the two sides came as diplomatic thaw between the former wartime foes gathered pace. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the North’s leader Kim Jong Un previously agreed on a broad […]

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Hurricane largely wipes out tiny Hawaiian island

Marine debris teams were dispatched to assess the damage this week after a tiny, remote Hawaiian island was largely wiped off the map when a raging hurricane passed through, officials said. East Island was a low-lying island composed mainly of loose sand and gravel, and was home to threatened nesting green sea turtles and endangered Hawaiian monk seals. All but a couple of slivers of sand were erased from the already tiny island — about […]

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School pupils among 17 killed in Jordan flash floods

AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — Flash floods in Jordan swept away a school bus Thursday, killing at least 17 people, mostly pupils, emergency services said, as Israel sent forces to help with rescue operations. At least 25 more people were injured in the incident near the Dead Sea, said an official from the civil defense — Jordan’s fire service — who asked not to be named. “Heavy rains caused a flash flood close to the Dead […]

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Pentagon to send about 800 troops to US-Mexico border

by Thomas Watkins Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Pentagon is expected to deploy about 800 troops to the US-Mexico border, two US officials told AFP on Thursday, after President Donald Trump said the military would help tackle a “national emergency” and called on a caravan of migrants to turn around. The active-duty troops would augment the 2,000 or so National Guardsmen already deployed to support operations on the border, and could […]

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