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- Pakistan to deport "Afghan Girl" from famed National Geographic photo
- Somali militants intensify attacks, death count doubles - experts
- U.S. warns about possible al Qaeda attacks in Virginia, Texas, NY - CBS
- Factbox: What happens if the U.S. election is close?
- Indonesia boat disaster death toll up to 54, with 6 missing - police
- China to weigh up Hong Kong allegiance rules amid independence row
- Sensex, Nifty fall; post biggest weekly fall in five
- Analysis - GST will come on time, but multiple rates will dilute benefits
- State's appeal against Oscar Pistorius sentence to be heard in open court
- Turkey detains pro-Kurdish lawmakers, car bomb kills at least eight
- British PM Theresa May moves to reassure EU over court decision on Brexit
- South Africa prosecutor says probe on Gordhan's role in "spy unit" advanced
- Tens of thousands of Indonesian Muslims protest against capital's governor
- U.S. boosting cyber defenses, but not police presence, for election
- Myanmar policeman killed by attackers in Rakhine State - officials
- Congo Republic parties petition government to withdraw from ICC
- Car bomb in Turkey's southeast kills eight, wounds more than 100 - PM
- Turkey's opposition HDP says lawmakers' detention a 'political operation'
- British banker in HK "needed cocaine boost" for courage to torture, kill
- Russia says U.N. South Sudan mission 'in ruins' after firing
| Pakistan to deport "Afghan Girl" from famed National Geographic photo | |  By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani judge on Friday ordered the deportation of Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed "Afghan Girl" whose 1985 photo in National Geographic became a symbol of her country's wars, after finding her guilty of illegally obtaining a Pakistani identity card. Gula, now in her 40s, also was sentenced to 15 days in jail and fined 100,000 rupees ($955.11). It was not immediately clear when Gula would be freed or deported, as she has already spent 10 days in jail, said an official at the Afghan consulate in Peshawar.
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| Somali militants intensify attacks, death count doubles - experts | | | By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - Islamist rebels have intensified their attacks in Somalia, detonating larger, more sophisticated devices, bringing in more foreign expertise and doubling the death toll from last year, experts said. The findings, some of them also outlined in a coming U.N. report, reveal the challenge facing Somalia's Western-backed government as it battles militants who want to overthrow it and impose their harsh version of sharia, or Islamic law. Security experts say the plot behind a plane attack in February in particular showed the expanding skillset of al Qaeda-aligned al Shabaab militants and possible links to Islamist insurgencies in the Middle East and other areas. |
| U.S. warns about possible al Qaeda attacks in Virginia, Texas, NY - CBS | | | U.S. intelligence officials have warned local authorities in New York, Texas and Virginia about possible attacks by al Qaeda on Monday, a day before the U.S. presidential election, CBS News reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources. No specific locations were mentioned, but U.S. intelligence officials alerted joint terrorism task forces about the possible threat, CBS reported. "The FBI, working with our federal, state and local counterparts, shares and assesses intelligence on a daily basis and will continue to work closely with law enforcement and intelligence community partners to identify and disrupt any potential threat to public safety," a senior FBI official told CBS. |
| Factbox: What happens if the U.S. election is close? | |  (Reuters) - The unusual nature of U.S. presidential elections means a candidate does not have to win the national popular vote to become president. Rather, the result depends on the Electoral College, an institution whose composition is determined by the winner of each individual state. WHAT IS THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE?
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| Indonesia boat disaster death toll up to 54, with 6 missing - police | |  The death toll from a boat accident off an Indonesian island rose to 54 on the third day of a search for survivors, police said, with hopes fading on Friday for six people still missing. A packed boat carrying 98 Indonesian migrant workers, most of them illegal, and three crew sank off Indonesia's Batam island at around dawn on Wednesday, having departed from Malaysia's southern state of Johor. Airlangga, a police spokesman for Riau Islands, which include Batam, put the latest death toll at 54.
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| China to weigh up Hong Kong allegiance rules amid independence row | |  By Venus Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's top parliamentary panel will discuss Hong Kong's mini-constitution and how it should be interpreted, the Chinese-ruled city government said on Friday, to try to end a crisis over a fledgling independence movement but raising fears of legal interference. The Hong Kong government confirmed that the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress would consider provisions of Hong Kong's Basic Law related to political allegiance this weekend. The move comes as the Hong Kong government tries to disqualify two newly elected legislators promoting independence from China, amid growing speculation that Beijing would intervene.
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| Sensex, Nifty fall; post biggest weekly fall in five | |  REUTERS - Indian shares hit their lowest level in nearly four months on Friday, posting their biggest weekly fall in five, as sentiment remained weak on growing uncertainty over the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. Drug makers were among the top losers after Bloomberg reported that U.S. prosecutors could file charges by year-end in a criminal investigation of generic makers over suspected price collusion.(http://bloom.bg/2e6cZjF) The Sensex fell 0.57 percent to 27,274.15, after earlier dropping to its lowest level since July 8. It fell 2. ...
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| Analysis - GST will come on time, but multiple rates will dilute benefits | |  By Douglas Busvine and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India moved a step closer to creating a national sales tax but a deal on rates reached on Thursday will hit some businesses harder than others, while its complexity will dilute any boost to growth and undermine its reliability as a revenue generator. The Goods and Services Tax (GST), due to be rolled out from April 1, 2017, had been billed as the one reform that could help Prime Minister Narendra Modi deliver on his jobs and growth agenda. In a key Modi win, parliament amended the constitution in August to clear the way for the GST, which would unify Asia's third-largest economy into a common market for the first time.
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| State's appeal against Oscar Pistorius sentence to be heard in open court | |  South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Friday told state prosecutors and the defence to argue their case over the six-year sentence for murder handed to Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius in open court. Pistorius was sentenced to six years in prison in July after being found guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on appeal last December, in a case that has attracted worldwide interest. Legal experts had expected the SCA to issue a ruling on whether prosecutors have the right to challenge the sentence but instead said both parties should first argue their case in court.
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| Turkey detains pro-Kurdish lawmakers, car bomb kills at least eight | |  A car bomb killed eight people and wounded more than 100 in southeastern Turkey's largest city on Friday, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said, hours after police detained the leaders of the mostly Kurdish region's biggest political party. The blast struck near a police station in Diyarbakir where some of the party leaders were being held in a terrorism probe. A spokesman for the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), parliament's second-biggest opposition grouping, said the detention of its two leaders and at least nine other lawmakers risked triggering civil war.
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| British PM Theresa May moves to reassure EU over court decision on Brexit | |  By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May will tell European Union officials on Friday that a court ruling requiring a parliamentary vote will not derail her timetable for Britain to leave the bloc. May's aides say she will appeal the decision by the High Court, which said that the government must get parliamentary approval to trigger Article 50, the formal divorce announcement. They also say she will stick to her timetable to do it by the end of March. ...
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| South Africa prosecutor says probe on Gordhan's role in "spy unit" advanced | |  South Africa's main prosecutor said on Friday investigations into Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's role in setting up a surveillance unit at the tax department that allegedly spied on politicians were at an advanced stage. The rand eased briefly against the dollar, moving to 0.76 percent down on the day 0.61 percent lower before the news, amid concerns the outcome of the probe could shake financial markets. "The status of the rogue unit investigation - I've been advised that investigations are at an advanced stage," National Prosecuting Authority head Shaun Abrahams told a parliamentary hearing in Cape Town.
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| Tens of thousands of Indonesian Muslims protest against capital's governor | |  By Fergus Jensen and Johan Purnomo JAKARTA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of hardline Muslim protesters in Indonesia rallied outside the presidential palace on Friday to demand the resignation of the governor of the capital, Jakarta, who they said had insulted the Koran. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country, where many people follow a moderate form of Islam. The atmosphere in Jakarta was tense and some companies asked employees to work from home, access to business districts was restricted and embassies urged caution.
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| U.S. boosting cyber defenses, but not police presence, for election | |  By Julia Harte and Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal and state authorities are beefing up cyber defenses against potential electronic attacks on voting systems ahead of U.S. elections on November 8, but taking few new steps to guard against possible civil unrest or violence. The threat of computer hacking and the potential for violent clashes is darkening an already rancorous presidential race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, amid fears that Russia or other actors could spread political misinformation online or perhaps tamper with voting. To counter the cyber threat, all but two U.S. states have accepted help from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to probe and scan voter registration and election systems for vulnerabilities, a department official told Reuters.
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| Myanmar policeman killed by attackers in Rakhine State - officials | | | Myanmar officials said on Friday a police officer was killed and one wounded in an assault on a guard post in northwestern Rakhine State, in the latest violence in the area. The military has flooded the northern part of the state near the border with Bangladesh since Oct. 9, when militants believed to be Rohingya Muslims attacked police border posts, killing nine officers. Security forces have blocked access to aid workers and most journalists to the area. |
| Congo Republic parties petition government to withdraw from ICC | | | Two parties in Congo Republic's ruling coalition petitioned the government late on Thursday to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), a move that threatens to deal a fresh blow to the tribunal in The Hague. African states have long complained of ICC bias against Africans. Last month, South Africa and Burundi became the first countries to officially notify the United Nations of their intention to pull out of the Rome Statute, the 1998 treaty establishing the ICC. |
| Car bomb in Turkey's southeast kills eight, wounds more than 100 - PM | | | ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A car bomb attack by Kurdish militants in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir on Friday killed eight people and wounded more than 100, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said. Yildirim told reporters that one suspected member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was also killed in the blast. (Reporting by Ayla Jean Yackley; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Daren Butler) |
| Turkey's opposition HDP says lawmakers' detention a 'political operation' | | | Turkey's arrest on Friday of a dozen opposition lawmakers mainly representing the country's largely Kurdish, strife-hit southeast in a terror probe lacks any legal basis and is a clear political operation, a party spokesman said. The detentions are aimed at achieving what the ruling party failed to do at the ballot box in two general elections last year, when the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) won more than 5 million votes, HDP spokesman Ayhan Bilgen said. The HDP, which has Kurdish roots and is parliament's third-biggest grouping, will show a "democratic reaction" to the detentions, Bilgen told reporters at a news conference, describing the action as an attempt to provoke a civil war. |
| British banker in HK "needed cocaine boost" for courage to torture, kill | |  By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - Prosecution and defence lawyers used their closing arguments on Friday to try to convince a Hong Kong jury of the extent British banker Rurik Jutting was in control of his actions when he tortured, raped and killed two Indonesian women. Jutting, 31, a former Bank of America Corp employee, has denied murder in the 2014 killings of Sumarti Ningsih, 23, and Seneng Mujiasih, 26, on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
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| Russia says U.N. South Sudan mission 'in ruins' after firing | |  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday criticized U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon's decision to fire a Kenyan peacekeeping commander in South Sudan as premature, saying the mission there was now "in ruins" after Kenya vowed to withdraw all its troops in response to the move. Ban dismissed Lieutenant General Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki after a U.N. inquiry into the response by peacekeepers to several days of violence in the capital Juba in July found a lack of leadership and that U.N. troops failed to protect civilians. Kenya said it would withdraw some 1,000 troops deployed with the 13,000-strong peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, where U.N. peacekeepers have been deployed since 2011 when it gained independence from Sudan.
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