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Saudi prosecutor visits Turkey over Khashoggi murder

DUBAI, Oct 28 (AP): Saudi Arabia's attorney general is scheduled to arrive in Turkey on Sunday to hold talks with investigators looking into the slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate earlier this month.Turkey has said Saudi Arabia's top prosecutor, Saud al-Mojeb, is...

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Migrants to rest after report of child abduction

TAPANATEPEC, Oct 28 (AP): Coordinators of a caravan of several thousand Central American migrants moving through southern Mexico urged its members to rest on Sunday.At first the migrants vowed to press on anyway but later changed their minds amid reports that a child had been abducted.The migrants said they would...

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IS repels US-backed forces from east Syria holdout

BEIRUT, Oct 28 (AFP): The Islamic State group has ousted a US-backed coalition of Kurdish and Arab forces from its holdout in eastern Syria, killing dozens of fighters, a monitoring group said on Sunday.A Syrian Democratic Forces commander, asking not to be named, confirmed the SDF retreat from the Hajin...

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11 people die in Pittsburgh attack

PITTSBURGH, Oct 28 (AFP): A man suspected of bursting into a Pittsburgh synagogue during a baby-naming ceremony and gunning down 11 people has been charged with murder, in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in recent US history.The suspect - identified as a 46-year-old Robert Bowers - reportedly yelled "All Jews must...

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Ireland re-elects Higgins as president

DUBLIN, Oct 28 (BBC): Michael D Higgins has been re-elected as Irish president after receiving 56 per cent of the country's election vote.Businessman Peter Casey came second with 23.1 per cent, while none of the other four candidates polled more than 10 per cent.Earlier on Saturday, Sinn Féin leader Mary...

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Four militants, two troopers lose lives in Afghan clashes

FAIZABAD, Oct 28 (Xinhua): Government forces had rebuffed a spate of Taliban's attacks, leaving at least four fighters and two government troopers dead.Sven others including two security forces personnel were wounded in Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan province in an overnight fighting, an official said on Sunday.Taliban offensive, on one of the...

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Iran parliament approves four ministers

TEHRAN, Oct 28 (Xinhua): Iranian parliament on Saturday approved all four ministers proposed by President Hassan Rouhani to reshuffle his cabinet.Mohammad Eslami became the minister of transport and urban development with 151 votes in favor and Mohammad Shariatmadari got 196 votes to become the minister of cooperative, labour, and social...

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News in Brief- (29-10-2018)

Armed men kill Somali journalist MOGADISHU, Oct 28: Armed men shot dead a radio journalist outside Mogadishu on Saturday evening, police and the journalist union confirmed. A police officer who requested not to be named confirmed the killing to Xinhua but noted that details regarding the shooting were still scanty....

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