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Hillary's campaign HQ evacuated after 'suspicious substance' found in letter
New York Post - 22 Oct 2016 05:34
Hillary Clinton's Brooklyn campaign headquarters needed to be evacuated on Friday night when staffers discovered a suspicious substance inside a letter, sources said. The substance was first discovered when two interns o...
Venezuela opposition accuses government of 'coup'
BBC - 22 Oct 2016 02:14
Venezuela's opposition accuses the government of staging a coup by blocking their drive to hold a referendum on removing President Maduro from office.
Trump says countries are turning on US because 'the world hates Obama'
The Guardian - 22 Oct 2016 02:38
The Republican said America and Barack Obama are globally loathed, citing frosty relations with Rodrigo Duterte, just hours after criticizing the first lady Donald Trump has claimed that Barack Obama and the US are loath...
Police Arrest 35 Suspected Members of a Long Island Gang
ABC News - 22 Oct 2016 06:06
Police have arrested 35 suspected members of a Long Island gang days after the skeletal remains of a young man were discovered
Syria attack: Government accused of using chlorine
BBC - 22 Oct 2016 06:03
A third gas attack was carried out by Syrian forces in the north-western Idlib region of Syria in March last year, an international inquiry concludes.
Dozens killed and hundreds injured in Cameroon train derailment
The Guardian - 22 Oct 2016 04:31
A packed train travelling from the capital Yaounde to the economic hub of Douala came off the rails near the city of Eseka Fifty-five people have been killed and almost 600 injured after a packed Cameroon passenger train...
How Much Uncertainty Is Left About The Election?
FiveThirtyEight - 22 Oct 2016 00:12
FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief Nate Silver and politics editor Micah Cohen talk about how much we still don’t know about the state of the presidential race in the latest installment of “Model Talk” from our Electi...
The Latest: Turkey signals expansion of operations in Syria
Miami Herald - 22 Oct 2016 15:54
Turkey's president says the country will be expanding its operations in north Syria, including entering the cities of al-Bab, Manbij and Raqqa. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey "had no choice" …
Stand-off as homes evacuated amid hazard alert
Sky News - 22 Oct 2016 15:02
Armed police are in a stand-off with a man who has reportedly barricaded himself inside a property and could have "hazardous items".
Egypt: Senior military official shot dead in Cairo
Al Jazeera English - 22 Oct 2016 14:11
General Adel Ragaei dies in hail of bullets in front of his home in Obour City suburb of the capital, relatives say.
Elderly pedestrians killed in road accident
Sky News - 22 Oct 2016 13:56
Two elderly people have died after being struck by a van in Dorking in Surrey, police have said.
Kremlin: demands for Assad's departure "thoughtless"
Miami Herald - 22 Oct 2016 13:49
The entire territory of Syria must be "liberated," Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said in remarks televised Saturday, dismissing demands for Syrian President Bashar Assad's departure as "thoughtless." Dmitr...
Officials: Taliban brief Pakistan about talks with Kabul
Miami Herald - 22 Oct 2016 07:39
Three senior Taliban members traveled to Pakistan this week and held a series of meetings with Pakistani officials in Islamabad, mainly to brief them about the recent talks held in …
Putin is my hero, Duterte says
CNN - 22 Oct 2016 06:46
CNN's Will Ripley asked Philippine President President Rodrigo Duterte who he favors in the U.S. presidential election. Duterte responded that Putin is his hero.
Russia accuses UK over 'shrinking' London embassy
BBC - 22 Oct 2016 02:49
The Russian ambassador to the UK accuses the government of delaying the granting of visas to staff at the country's embassy in London.
Remembering war, grateful Bosnians rally for Hillary Clinton
Miami Herald - 22 Oct 2016 15:54
Residents of Sarajevo expressed Saturday their support for Hillary Clinton in the upcoming U.S. presidential election based in part on the role her husband's administration had in ending Bosnia's devastating …
White substance found at Clinton office not hazardous: police
Reuters - 22 Oct 2016 15:15
(Reuters) - Preliminary analysis has found that a white substance that prompted the evacuation of Hillary Clinton's campaign headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, was not harmful, police said on Saturday.
Spain busts sex trafficking ring based on victim hotline tip
Miami Herald - 22 Oct 2016 14:53
Police in Spain say they have arrested 21 people and freed four women while breaking up an alleged human trafficking ring. The country's national police said in a statement Saturday …
WikiLeaks says its supporters are responsible for Friday's huge cyberattack
The Week - 22 Oct 2016 14:48
WikiLeaks said its supporters are responsible for the massive cyberattack Friday which took down numerous major websites, including The New York Times, Twitter, Etsy, Tumblr, Spotify, Comcast, and more. "Mr. Assange is s...
Early Voting Data Shows Strengths for Trump and Clinton
ABC News - 22 Oct 2016 14:43
Data compiled by The Associated Press shows both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton displaying strength in early voting in battleground states
Hooded Gunmen Threatened Venezuela Congress Commission: Opposition
IBTimes - 22 Oct 2016 07:10
A half-dozen hooded gunmen tried to break into the offices of the comptroller commission at the Venezuelan National Assembly on Friday, according to the president of the opposition-led commission, who said the incident w...
50 killed, 300 injured, in train crash
CNN - 22 Oct 2016 06:30
About 50 people are dead and 300 others injured after an overloaded train derailed in central Cameroon, authorities said.