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Israel kills Hezbollah man set to be next leader

BEIRUT, Oct 23 (AP): Israel said Tuesday that one of its airstrikes outside Beirut earlier this month killed a Hezbollah official widely expected to have replaced the militant group's longtime leader, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike last month.There was no immediate confirmation from Hezbollah about the fate of...

EU chief due in Balkans to discuss enlargement

BELGRADE, Oct 23 (AFP): EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday starts a tour of six Balkan nations aspiring to join the bloc amid signs that enlargement is back on the Brussels agenda.Von der Leyen's fourth visit to the region is an "important signal" that European Union enlargement is...

N. Korea sent 1,500 more troops to Russia

SEOUL, Oct 23 (AFP): North Korea has sent 1,500 more soldiers to Russia, Seoul's spy agency told lawmakers Wednesday, with 10,000 troops expected to be deployed by December.The latest deployment brings the number of Pyongyang's troops in Russia to 3,000, lawmaker Park Sun-won said, after a briefing by the National...

Indian capital's 'hazardous' air pollution season starts

NEW DELHI, Oct 23 (AFP): Acrid clouds engulfed India's capital on Wednesday as air pollution fuelled by fireworks and farm stubble burning was ranked "hazardous" by monitors for the first time this winter.Commuters walking to work were coughed through poisonous smog that kills thousands each year, according to health experts,...

Putin hails BRICS leaders offering Ukraine mediation

KAZAN, Russia, Oct 23, (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin has welcomed offers by BRICS leaders to mediate in the Ukraine conflict and told them Moscow's forces were advancing on the battlefield, his spokesman said Wednesday.Many countries "expressed a desire to contribute more actively" to resolving the conflict, state media cited...

140 Rohingya stranded off Indonesia; locals deny landing permission

LABUHAN HAJI, Oct 23 (AP): About 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, were on a wooden boat anchored about 1 mile (0.60 kilometers) off the coast of Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh on Tuesday, officials said, and local residents refused to allow them onto land.The blue-painted...