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The son of a US Marine and Japanese mother won an election for governor of Japan's Okinawa island on Sunday on an anti-U.S military presence platform, defeating a candidate backed by the ruling bloc in a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2zHZzDA

The strong 7.5-magnitude quake struck Friday, toppling buildings and sending walls of seawater crashing into Palu, a city of about 350,000. With the death toll already at over 830 and expected to rise further, mass graves are being readied. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2zGYhJ3

The non-binding referendum on renaming Macedonia needs to be ratified in parliament by a two-thirds majority and also given the stamp of approval by the Greek parliament. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OVMf3v

For the past 12 months, women and men have shared stories of sexual harassment and abuse under the social media hashtag '#MeToo.' In that time, the careers of a number of prominent men in entertainment, politics and finance have been toppled in the face of accusations of sexual misconduct. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DKNWzN

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and his legislator son Faris Maumoon, were released by the high court in Male after they mounted fresh appeals against their controversial convictions. The release followed appeals from President-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Orpjfy

Jean-Claude Arnault, a French citizen who is a major cultural figure in Sweden, is at the center of a sex abuse and financial crimes scandal that has tarnished the academy and forced it to take a year off in its deliberations. The 72-year-old is now on trial in Stockholm, facing two counts of rape of a woman seven years ago. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ncqo6f

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With opposition parties weak, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are likely to extend their almost three decades of sharing power. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NafmPa

Donald Trump said that he had received an "extraordinary letter" from Kim, and sounded optimistic about prospects for a second summit between the two leaders "fairly quickly." The US president was speaking at a West Virginia rally in support of local candidates for his Republican Party. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NNI5hI

A year after the contested October 1, 2017 referendum, disagreements over separatism have deepened in the wealthy northwestern region of Spain, which is home to some 7.5 million people and has its own distinct language. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2y3O4Ei

The name change is an effort to overcome a 27-year-old argument with neighbouring Greece, which has refused to recognise Macedonia's name since the Balkan country declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. Athens argues that the name belongs solely to its own northern province called Macedonia, and accuses its Balkan neighbour of harbouring territorial ambitions. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2IrlAcv

In late 2015, China passed a new anti-terrorism law that allows the military to venture overseas on counter-terror operations, though experts have said Beijing faces big practical and diplomatic problems to actually execute such an action. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Oirx0X

Pakistani officials say they remain committed to Chinese investment but want to push harder on price and affordability while re-orientating the CPEC — for which Beijing has pledged about $60 billion in infrastructure funds - to focus on projects that deliver social development in line with Imran Khan's election platform. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Iq74BY

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Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Ri Yong Ho accused Washington of creating a deadlock in talks on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. "The recent deadlock is because the US relies on coercive measures which are lethal to trust-building," Ri told the assembly. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DFw6hw

Catalan separatists clashed with police on Saturday in downtown Barcelona, with two arrests being made, as tensions increase before the anniversary of the Spanish region's illegal referendum on secession that ended in violent raids by security forces. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Nb0NdU

Pope Francis asked Saturday for daily prayers to protect the Catholic Church from what he says are "attacks by the devil," in his latest response to the clerical sex abuse and cover-up scandal roiling his papacy. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2IoW8Vd

The Election Commission secretary general said the commission had received 423 complaints about the election, but none of those will affect the outcome of the election. He said all five election commissioners had received threatening telephone calls after Sunday's election. The police and military have said they will uphold the result of the election. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xZWSv8

The FTC-2000G is a fixed-wing, multi-role combat plane tasked mainly with airstrikes against ground targets. It can also be used as a fighter jet or trainer aircraft. Equipped with modern radar and fire-control systems, it is capable of staying airborne for three hours in a single operation and can carry as much as 3 tonnes of missiles, rockets or bombs. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OXNXBu

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres set the tone the moment he opened the General Assembly debate. "Our world," he said, "is suffering from a bad case of 'Trust Deficit Disorder.'" A flood of agreement followed, uttered by leaders in many of the planet's tongues. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ip8QTX

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Air Niugini said in a release that as of Saturday afternoon, it was unable to account for a male passenger. The airline said it was working with local authorities, hospitals and investigators to try to find the man. The airline did not immediately respond to requests for more details about the passenger, such as his age or nationality. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QeJdrB

At least 30 people were killed when a strong earthquake and tsunami hit the city of Palu on Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Friday. A tsunami up to two metres high swept through Palu at dusk after the sleepy but growing tourist resort was rocked by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xLy5vn

"I've ordered the FBI to conduct a supplemental investigation to update Judge Kavanaugh's file. As the Senate has requested, this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week," the president said in a statement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DG4xEP

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​Kagan told law students at the University of California, Los Angeles on Thursday that the justices worked "super hard" to find consensus after Antonin Scalia's death in 2016 left the panel with only eight judges. Kagan says nobody wanted to look "as if the court couldn't do its job." But she declined to discuss the ongoing confirmation process for Kavanaugh. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OXZzoj

The Army chief's maiden call on Khan took place on August 27, in which both had "expressed resolve to bring enduring peace and stability in the country while also continuing efforts for regional peace". Khan visited to the Army's General Headquarters on August 30 for a briefing on matters pertaining to national security. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N2xuud

Johnson reiterated on Friday the proposal was a "democratic disaster" that would "cheat the electorate" and leave Britain "half in, half out" of Europe. Britain is set to leave the EU next March, with both sides agreeing that a provisional divorce deal, comprising assurances on the Irish border among other things, must be reached by mid-November. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N7MYx4

The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.5 quake was centered at a depth of 6 miles (10 kilometers) about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northeast of the central Sulawesi town of Donggala. It was the second powerful quake to strike the area on Friday. An official with the local disaster agency, Akris, said "many houses have collapsed." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DEuN2u

General Bajwa approved the capital punishment handed down to the terrorists by a military court for committing "heinous offences" related to terrorism, including killing of 20 security personnel. The military courts were set up in Pakistan after the deadly Taliban attack on an army school in Peshawar in 2014 which killed more than 150 people, mostly students. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2zCe77E

With the situation still being assessed, Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency said one person died, 10 were injured and dozens of houses damaged. "The victim was hit by a collapsed building," Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency said in a statement. Indonesia's meteorology and geophysics agency said the quake didn't have the potential to cause a tsunami. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2R4Dwxz

Iran accuses Saudi Arabia and the UAE of funding five gunmen who attacked a military parade in Iran last Saturday and killed 25 people, 12 of them members of the elite IRGC. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have denied any involvement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QfkAuH

On Sunday its citizens will vote on whether to rename their country "The Republic of North Macedonia" as part of a compromise with Athens, which has its own northern province called Macedonia. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NJPOgI

Accusing Iran of all of the above, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu fired a new salvo Thursday in his campaign to prove that Tehran can't be trusted and poses a massive threat to international security. In response, Iran shrugged. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Qc50jF

In August, Saudi Arabia froze new trade with Canada, blocked grain imports, expelled Canada's ambassador and ordered all Saudi students home after Ottawa called for the release of activists detained for urging more rights for women. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xVOVXX

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Liu Xiaobo's wife had arrived in Germany in July after being released from years of de facto house arrest in China. Despite facing no charges, she had endured heavy restrictions on her movements since 2010, when her husband won the Nobel Peace Prize -- an award that infuriated Beijing. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xSCNXv

Donald Trump's endorsement of the goal of a Palestinian state, long the focus of US peace efforts before he came into office, was decidedly lukewarm - and he even slightly backtracked from it later in the day. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OVJcbK

The plan is to auction 102 surplus cars, including bullet proof vehicles, and four helicopters used by the Cabinet Division. The sale of three buffaloes and five calves belonging to the PM house fetched a total of Rs 2,302,000 in an auction held in Islamabad, Dawn newspaper said, adding that most of them were purchased by supporters of the three-time prime minister. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DBcyLv

The Netherlands government will ban the use of all but hands-free devices while cycling. Car and lorry drivers are already banned from using mobiles at the wheel unless they are in hands-free mode, with a maximum fine of €230 ($260), but the new law specifically mentions bikes. The bike law will take effect from July next year. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OeTuGY

After accusing China of trying to interfere in the upcoming US midterm election, Trump said on Wednesday that Xi "may not be a friend of mine anymore", though "he probably respects me". from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DyYp1d

Trump described Kavanaugh as a "great gentleman" and a "great intellect" and said he believed the accusations against the conservative judge were "false." 'Big, fat con job' - Trump said he was skeptical because he personally had been the target of "false statements" in the past made by various women. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2R3JX47

In a wide-ranging news conference on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Trump told reporters that despite tough U.S. sanctions against the North staying in place, he believes that Kim wants to get a deal done because of their close ties. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DAWU2y

The shocks, which occurred on a previously unmapped nearby fault, are a window into both the physics of nuclear explosions, and how natural earthquakes can be triggered, according to researchers from Columbia University in the US. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NHEIc5

The US president dismissed as "fake news" reports that world leaders laughed at him in the opening moments of his speech to a session of the UN General Assembly. "They weren't laughing at me. They were laughing with me," Donald Trump said on Wednesday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2R1ErPe

The ‘National Digital Communications Policy’, while seeking “broadband for all” and a “robust digital communications infrastructure”, makes no mention of the need to improve the last-mile consumer services, which remain patchy, poor and below par. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Q6Hrsm