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Bomb suspect is Trump supporter with lengthy criminal past

Bomb suspect is Trump supporter with lengthy criminal past

Reuters 2018-10-27 10:10:51

The man suspected of sending at least a dozen parcel bombs to high-profile critics of US President Donald Trump is a registered Republican with a lengthy criminal past and a history of posting inflamm...

Florida man charged in connection with 14 bombs sent to Trump critics

Florida man charged in connection with 14 bombs sent to Trump critics

-- 2018-10-27 10:05:27

The man suspected of mailing at least 14 pipe bombs to some of US President Donald Trump’s leading critics was arrested on Friday in Florida on federal charges in a case echoing the rancor of on...

Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as PM

Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as PM

-- 2018-10-26 21:15:38

Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as prime minister of the country on Friday. Television aired Rajapaksa swearing in before country's President Maithripala Sirisena, surround...

Japan for regional cooperation to promote safe, secure shipping

Japan for regional cooperation to promote safe, secure shipping

-- 2018-10-26 20:32:30

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Hiroyasu Izumi has reiterated the importance of cooperation among the members of Asian coast guard agencies and organisations to promote safe and secure shipping in t...

US trade pressure brings amity between China-Japan

US trade pressure brings amity between China-Japan

-- 2018-10-26 19:35:01

Shared trade friction with the US appears to be drawing longtime Asian rivals China and Japan closer, with Chinese President Xi Jinping telling Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday that the tw...

Khashoggi’s son arrives in US from Saudi Arabia

Khashoggi’s son arrives in US from Saudi Arabia

-- 2018-10-26 19:19:17

The eldest son of the murdered Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, has arrived in the US from Saudi Arabia along with his family. Salah Khashoggi had previously been barred from leaving Saudi Arabia b...

Death toll in Jordan flood rises to 20

Death toll in Jordan flood rises to 20

-- 2018-10-26 16:24:08

The death toll from flash floods near Jordan’s shore of the Dead Sea rose to 20 on Friday. Jordan government officials said it is one of the deadliest incidents in the kingdom involving schoolc...

Irish voters set to elect president

Irish voters set to elect president

-- 2018-10-26 15:26:49

Polls have opened in the Republic of Ireland as voters elect their president. Higgins is the first incumbent in 50 years to face a challenge in his bid for a second seven-year term. The president is...

Glencore posts rise in copper, cobalt output on Katanga restart

Glencore posts rise in copper, cobalt output on Katanga restart

-- 2018-10-26 14:57:01

Glencore Plc on Friday reported a 12 per cent rise in copper production so far this year, while cobalt production rose 44 per cent, boosted by the restart of Katanga’s processing operations in t...

Myanmar court frees journalists on bail in incitement case

Myanmar court frees journalists on bail in incitement case

-- 2018-10-26 14:31:29

A Myanmar judge on Friday freed three journalists on bail from the country’s largest private newspaper detained on incitement charges after publishing an article that raised questions over gover...

Knife-wielding woman stabs 14 children in China

Knife-wielding woman stabs 14 children in China

-- 2018-10-26 14:09:21

A woman armed with a kitchen knife attacked children at the gate of a kindergarten in China’s southwestern city of Chongqing on Friday, injuring 14 of them, police said. The 39-year-old, identi...

China, Japan sign deals to strengthen cooperation

China, Japan sign deals to strengthen cooperation

-- 2018-10-26 12:01:46

China and Japan on Friday signed a broad range of agreements on strengthening bilateral ties, pledging to step up cooperation in areas from finance and trade to innovation and securities listings, acc...

FBI searches Florida mail centre in hunt for sender of package bombs

FBI searches Florida mail centre in hunt for sender of package bombs

-- 2018-10-26 11:16:00

Federal agents searched a US mail facility near Miami on Thursday night racing to find who sent 10 pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and critics of US President Donald Trump as leads pointed to Florid...

Khashoggi assassination 'premeditated’:  Saudi Arabia

Khashoggi assassination 'premeditated’: Saudi Arabia

-- 2018-10-25 21:16:01

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder was "premeditated", Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor has been quoted as saying by Saudi state media. The evidence for this came from a joint Saudi-Turkish task for...

‘Suspect package’ sent to De Niro restaurant

‘Suspect package’ sent to De Niro restaurant

-- 2018-10-25 19:25:43

A suspect package similar to those sent to CNN and senior Democrats has been sent to a New York restaurant owned by the actor Robert De Niro, US media say. Citing police sources, NBC said a device ha...

Taiwan split will be prevented at any cost: China

Taiwan split will be prevented at any cost: China

-- 2018-10-25 17:12:26

China’s military will take action “at any cost” to foil any attempt to separate the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, the country’s defence minister...

Sahle-Work Zewde first female president of Ethiopia

Sahle-Work Zewde first female president of Ethiopia

-- 2018-10-25 17:10:54

Ethiopia’s parliament has approved senior diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s first female president, proceedings on state television showed, cementing another shift in the country&...

Public to decide future of Mexico's $13b airport

Public to decide future of Mexico's $13b airport

-- 2018-10-25 16:42:44

The future of Mexico City's new airport, already about a third completed, comes down to a public vote this week in a political high-wire act by the country's president-elect that could shut down Mexic...

French court rejects Sarkozy’s appeal in ‘Bygmalion’ case

French court rejects Sarkozy’s appeal in ‘Bygmalion’ case

-- 2018-10-25 13:37:43

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost an appeal against an earlier decision to send him to trial over charges of illegal campaign financing, in a case known as the ‘Bygmalion’ a...

Saudi crown prince vows to bring Khashoggi killers to justice

Saudi crown prince vows to bring Khashoggi killers to justice

-- 2018-10-25 12:42:51

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has vowed that the killers of Jamal Khashoggi would be brought to justice, in his first public comments since the journalist’s murder sparke...

Adel Abdul Mahdi takes oath as Iraq's PM

Adel Abdul Mahdi takes oath as Iraq's PM

Xinhua 2018-10-25 12:13:02

Adel Abdul Mahdi was sworn in as new prime minister of Iraq on Wednesday after the parliament passed 14 out of his 22 cabinet members. Mahdi and his 14 cabinet members sworn in following a long parli...

Ex-Malaysian PM Najib faces criminal breach of trust charges

Ex-Malaysian PM Najib faces criminal breach of trust charges

-- 2018-10-25 10:45:24

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his top treasury official were on Thursday charged with six counts each of criminal breach of trust involving government funds of $1.58 billion. The ch...

China vows to prevent Taiwan split

China vows to prevent Taiwan split

-- 2018-10-25 10:29:40

China’s army will take action “at any cost” to foil attempts to separate the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, the country’s defence minister said o...

Obama, Clinton among targets of suspected bombs

Obama, Clinton among targets of suspected bombs

-- 2018-10-25 10:22:04

Former US President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were among the targets of suspected package bombs delivered to several high-profile Democrats and CNN, which the FBI said...

Rohingya genocide in Myanmar has not stopped: UN

Rohingya genocide in Myanmar has not stopped: UN

Associated Press 2018-10-25 10:08:39

Genocide is still taking place against Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar and the government is increasingly demonstrating it has no interest in establishing a fully functioning democracy, UN inves...

Suspicious package addressed to White House intercepted

Suspicious package addressed to White House intercepted

-- 2018-10-24 21:21:19

US authorities have intercepted a suspicious package containing a pipe bomb intended for the White House. Similar packages were mailed to former President Barack Obama and 2016 Democratic presidentia...

Law school in Kolkata offers course based on Harry Potter

Law school in Kolkata offers course based on Harry Potter

-- 2018-10-24 18:45:31

A top Indian law university in the eastern state of West Bengal has introduced a course based on the fictional world of Harry Potter. The course uses the role of law in the series to draw parallels b...

Iran sees US protection behind Khashoggi murder

Iran sees US protection behind Khashoggi murder

-- 2018-10-24 17:19:49

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia would not have murdered prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi without American protection, according to the Islamic Republic News Ag...

Polygamy persists across Africa

Polygamy persists across Africa

-- 2018-10-24 16:53:49

The suspicion of a third wife was planted in Irene Atenyo's mind when her husband could not account for his most recent pay. When she confronted him, he beat her "like an animal" and briefly kicked h...

Russia, US discussed Putin’s possible visit to Washington: Kremlin

Russia, US discussed Putin’s possible visit to Washington: Kremlin

-- 2018-10-24 16:44:22

Russia and the United States have discussed the possibility of President Vladimir Putin visiting Washington next year, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. Peskov said that such a possi...