Thursday, 5 October 2017 : Bangladeshi authorities have destroyed about 20 boats that ferried Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar, accusing smugglers of using the huge exodus to bring methamphetamine into the country. Refugees told Reuters that border guards also beat and arrested passengers and crew as they landed at Shah …
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Thursday, 5 October 2017 : Saudi authorities said on Wednesday they had arrested 22 people, including a Qatari national, for using social media to spread dissent. Another 24 people were detained in the northern Hail region for stirring tribal divisions, the state news agency SPA reported. Neither report went into …
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Thursday, 5 October 2017 : Iran and Turkey should prevent Iraq’s Kurdistan region from declaring independence, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday after meeting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Tehran, state TV reported. Relations have generally been cool between Shi’ite Iran and mainly Sunni Turkey, a NATO member. …
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Thursday, 5 October 2017 : Catalonia will move on Monday to declare independence from Spain after holding a banned referendum, pushing the European Union nation towards a rupture that threatens the foundations of its young democracy. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont said he favoured mediation to find a way out of the …
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Thursday, 5 October 2017 : A prankster who has previously targeted U.S President Donald Trump and former FIFA president Sepp Blatter interrupted British Prime Minister Theresa May’s keynote speech at her annual conference on Wednesday. British comedian Simon Brodkin, who uses the stage name Lee Nelson, handed May a P45 letter …
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Tuesday, 3 October 2017 : Security measures will be tightened throughout the Royal Cremation Ceremony from Oct 25 to 29 after intelligence reports emerged of a plan by certain groups to create disturbances during the historic event. Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan said the government expected about 250,000 people would …
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Tuesday, 3 October 2017 : When Dr. Jay Coates pulled up to work at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada on Sunday night, the surrounding streets already were cordoned off and ambulances filled with shooting victims lined the driveway. Inside the trauma centre, staff worked to evaluate and treat dozens …
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Tuesday, 3 October 2017 : A retiree armed with multiple assault rifles strafed an outdoor country music festival in Las Vegas from a high-rise hotel window on Sunday, slaughtering at least 59 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history before killing himself. The barrage of gunfire from …
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Tuesday, 3 October 2017 : Facebook has taken down a page affiliated with China’s highest profile fugitive, exiled billionaire Guo Wengui, and temporarily restricted his ability to post on his profile, citing violations of its community standards. Guo, who is living in New York, has been using social media to make …
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Tuesday, 3 October 2017 : Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, whose new political party poses a growing threat in elections later this month, denied speculation that she would run, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Tuesday. Koike’s fledgling Party of Hope has emerged as a growing challenger to the bloc led by Prime …
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