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Imran tries to 'facilitate' Iran-Saudi talks

TEHRAN, Oct 13 (AFP): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Iran on Sunday on a mission to act as a "facilitator" between Tehran and Riyadh and try to defuse rising tensions in the Gulf.Khan landed in Tehran around midday and met with President Hassan Rouhani at the presidential palace.He was...

Japan typhoon leaves 19 dead

TOKYO, Oct 13 (AP): Kyodo News service has reported 19 people are dead and 16 are missing after Typhoon Hagibis caused massive flooding in Japan. Kyodo's tally, which compiled various local reports, says about 100 people have been injured. Government rescue teams have dispatched helicopters and boats to reach people...

Black woman shot dead by Texas police

TEXAS, Oct 13(BBC): A black woman was shot dead by police through a bedroom window on Saturday morning, following a request to check on her welfare.Atatiana Jefferson, 28, had been staying at the Fort Worth residence with her eight-year-old nephew.A neighbour said he called a non-emergency number after becoming worried...

Cops swoop as protesters shift tactics in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, Oct 13 (AP): Tearing a page out of ancient Chinese military philosophy, protesters in Hong Kong changed tactics and popped up in small groups in multiple locations across the city on Sunday rather than gather in one large demonstration, pursued by police who swooped in to make muscular...

Nine members of same family killed in Sinai

El-Arish, Oct 13 (AP): A shell hit a truck carrying civilians in Egypt's restive northern Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, killing at least nine people of the same family, security officials and medics said. The officials said the shell exploded in the small town of Bir al-Abd. At least six others...

Gunmen kill 15 people in Burkina Faso mosque attack

OUDALAN, Oct 13 (Reuters): Gunmen killed about 15 people in an attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso during prayers on Friday evening, a security source and a local official told Reuters.The gunmen entered the mosque in the village of Salmossi in the Oudalan region bordering Mali and opened...

Two hurt as gunman opens fire at church wedding

PELHAM, Oct 13 (AP): A gunman opened fire at a wedding ceremony inside a New Hampshire church on Saturday, shooting two people including the presiding bishop before guests tackled the shooter and pinned him to the ground until police arrived, authorities said. Dale Holloway, 37, has been charged with first...

Shooting claims four lives in Chicago

CHICAGO, Oct 13 (AP): Chicago police say five people were shot, four killed, at an apartment building on the city's Northwest Side. The Chicago Sun-Times reports the shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. Saturday. First Deputy Superintendent Anthony Riccio says a 67-year-old man with a history of issues with his neighbors...

Humanitarian groups rescue 74 migrants

ROME, Oct 13 (AP): Humanitarian groups say they have rescued 74 migrants on a rubber boat in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya while Tunisian authorities reported blocking a smuggling boat carrying 110 migrants from setting off for Italy. Doctors Without Borders and SOS Mediterranee say their Ocean...

News in Brief -(14-10-2019)

S Arabia announces receiving more US troopsRIYADH, Oct 13: Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday the decision to receive additional U.S. troops, Saudi Press Agency reported. The decision was part of the directives of the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the historical ties between the two countries, the...