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| Maldives boat blast suspect deported from Malaysia |
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 A man suspected of involvement in the attempted assassination of Maldives President Abdulla Yameen last month was deported on Friday from Malaysia to the Indian Ocean archipelago, police in Kuala Lumpur said. The Maldives foreign ministry identified the suspect as Hamid Ismail, who it said worked as "investment ambassador" for the island nation south of India best known for its tourist resorts. The foreign ministry confirmed he was arrested in connection with an investigation into a Sept. 28 blast on a speedboat transporting President Abdulla Yameen after his return from the Muslim haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
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| Greek PM Tsipras says shamed by Europe's handling of migrant crisis |
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 By Michele Kambas and Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's prime minister said on Friday he was ashamed to be a member of a European Union that he said was sidestepping responsibilities over the migrant crisis and crying hypocritical tears for children who have drowned trying to reach its shores. In some of the hardest-hitting comments yet on a crisis resonating throughout Europe, Alexis Tsipras told parliament Greece didn't want a "single euro" for saving lives as thousands of refugees continued to arrive daily on its shores, and the EU remained at odds on how to deal with the influx. At least 35 people drowned trying to cross the sea between Turkey and Greece this week.
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| U.N. urged to investigate "strong evidence" of Rohingya genocide in Myanmar |
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 By Alisa Tang BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - There is "strong evidence" that Myanmar has committed genocide against Rohingya Muslims, according to a Yale law school report that called for a United Nations commission of inquiry to focus world leaders' attention on abuses in western Rakhine state. The Rohingya, a stateless ethnic Muslim minority that lives in apartheid-like conditions in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, have faced worsening persecution and violence that has displaced 140,000 and spurred an exodus from the country by boat.
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| Polish court rejects U.S. Polanski extradition request |
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 A Polish court on Friday rejected a U.S. request to extradite film-maker Roman Polanski over a 1977 child sex conviction, saying his extradition was "inadmissible". The decision is not legally binding, as prosecutors can now appeal the ruling. Should the court make a legally binding decision to grant the U.S. request, it will be up to the justice minister to decide on the fate of the 82-year-old Polanski.
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| Beirut airport seizes 230 kg of drugs bound for Qatar |
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| Lebanese customs officials discovered 230 kg of Captagon amphetamine pills hidden inside tables prepared for export to the Gulf state of Qatar from Beirut international airport, the finance ministry said in a statement on Friday. Lebanon's National News Agency described that capture it as the biggest smuggling operation ever discovered at the Beirut airport. |
| Survivors of clergy sex abuse hope 'Spotlight' film brings victims forward |
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 By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Survivors of clergy sex abuse said they hope the upcoming film "Spotlight," about the Boston Globe's groundbreaking report that Roman Catholic officials routinely covered up abuse by priests, prompts more victims to publicly confront their abusers. The scandal damaged the Catholic Church worldwide, undermining its moral authority and requiring costly legal settlements. "I do think it will encourage more survivors who are still trapped in silence and shame and suffering to find the courage to speak up," said David Clohessy, who runs the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests and was sexually assaulted by a priest as a teenager.
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| FIFA's Blatter says attacks from sponsors politically motivated |
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 Embattled soccer boss Sepp Blatter has rejected complaints made by the sport's biggest sponsors over a bribery and corruption scandal, saying they were politically motivated and made at the behest of the United States. Blatter has been suspended from FIFA as part of the fall-out from a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into bribery, money-laundering and wire fraud at the sport's governing body. The 79-year-old had initially been set to remain in his post until next year, despite a string of arrests of top FIFA officials, until a group of major sponsors issued coordinated calls for him to go.
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