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Coalition to Gradually Reopen Yemen's Seaports, Airports
The Saudi-led coalition said Monday it would reopen Yemen's ports closed after a ballistic missile attack by Yemen on Riyadh - but not ports in Houthi-control territory. Meanwhile, Minister of Local Administration, Abdul Raqeeb Fateh said that the Yemeni government welcomed the statement issued by Saudi Arabia's United Nations ambassador to reopen the seaports and airports of Yemen's liberated a... [Full Article...]
At Least 3 Dead After Shooter Targets Home, School In Northern California
Police recovered a semi-automatic rifle and two handguns they believed were used by the shooter . It was "very clear" early on that "we had a subject that was randomly picking targets", he said . Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said one child was shot at a school, and another was shot while riding in a pick-up truck with a woman who was also wounded. [Full Article...]
Seoul: North Koreans fire at soldier trying to defect to South
In that short period of time, four North Korean soldiers shot as many as 40 rounds at him. But it's rare for a North Korean soldier to defect via the Joint Security Area, where border guards of the rival Koreas stand facing each other just meters (feet) away, and be shot by fellow North Korean soldiers. [Full Article...]
Philippine president says he once stabbed a person to death
Duterte's scorched-earth campaign has reportedly claimed thousands of lives since 2016, drawing condemnation from human rights groups, global media and Western capitals. When he came into office in June 2016, Duterte ordered the police and military to violently root out criminals and drug users and sellers, but instead of arrests and prosecutions, there were thousands of extrajudicial killings. [Full Article...]
Chennai Engineering Student Burnt Alive By Jilted Lover At Her House
The gory incident occurred at around 8.45 pm last night, when Akash went to Induja's home in Adambakkam and was refused entry to see her. On another hand, the family says that Akash has been stalking and harassing Indhuja from past one month. [Full Article...]
Sessions denies being influenced by Trump to investigate Hillary Clinton
Democrats have criticized this as a ploy to deflect attention from the special counsel probing Trump campaign interactions with the Kremlin and potential effects on the 2016 presidential election. Though the Justice Department falls within the executive branch, and its priorities are historically in line with those of the president, the White House is not supposed to influence the decisions of pr... [Full Article...]
Launch of Idaho's first satellite postponed
The weather satellite will have to wait at least 24 hours to begin its mission for the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA after the attempted liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California today was postponed to November 15, according to the JPSS-1 live blog run by NASA. [Full Article...]
Rescue efforts end after deadly Iran quake
The natural disaster struck at 21:18 local time (18:18 GMT) on Sunday, about 30km (19 miles) south of Darbandikhan in Iraq , near the north-eastern border with Iran. Ali Daei, football coach and former player and world record holder for worldwide goalscoring, was among the first to help those in need by starting a campaign in Tehran to gather humanitarian aid for Kermanshah. [Full Article...]
Trump Chooses Alex Azar for Health and Human Services Secretary
Bush White House on the domestic policy council and at HHS is a a former president of drug giant Eli Lilly . Mr. Trump made his announcement in a Twitter post while traveling in Asia. If confirmed, Azar would be tasked with attempting to roll back drug prices and overseeing Medicare and Medicaid programs, and implementing the controversial Affordable Care Act- legislation that Trump has promis... [Full Article...]
Federal Bureau of Investigation data shows 18 hate crimes logged in South Dakota in 2016
According to the agency's annual Hate Crime Statistics released Monday, 39 hate crimes were reported in the state in 2016, down five from 2015. The annual hate crimes statistics figures released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday finds that fifteen of the hate crimes reported in the state a year ago were associated with race or ethnicity. [Full Article...]
Massive college student party in Texas causes floor of apartment to collapse
Busari says he fell through the floor himself, and that the party spiraled out of control when people he didn't know suddenly appeared. Video posted to social media shows a crowd of people jumping up and down in the third-floor apartment before the floor collapsed, tumbling into the second-floor unit. [Full Article...]
Two Stabbed At Mall Of America
Nick with her three children, said . The incident reportedly occurred in the men's department of Macy's shortly after 6.45pm local time in Bloomington , Minnesota . Police say the suspect had attempted to steal the first victim's property, which was in a fitting room. He said the others who had come to help were from the same group as the victim and he could not immediately clarify if t... [Full Article...]
Donald Trump messes up ASEAN handshake, Twitterati lose it!
He said what took place was a "rather lengthy discussion" of the Philippines' war on drugs "with President Duterte doing most of the explaining". A joint statement says the two leaders "underscored that human rights and the dignity of human life are essential". [Full Article...]
EU Countries Take "Historic" Step Toward Defence Union
The European Union took a step towards closer defence ties yesterday, with 23 states signing a landmark pact aiming to boost cooperation after Brexit and as Russian Federation flexes its muscles to the east. Earlier this year, the European Commission launched a major financial incentive for countries to cooperate on defense procurement, with a new European Defense fund worth €5.5 billion per yea... [Full Article...]
Chance of rain on Tuesday
Temperatures will decrease slightly Tuesday afternoon with a high in the upper 40s and a low in the low 30s with some cloudy skies. For Tuesday , skies will clear through the afternoon and highs will warm to the upper 60s/ low 70s with southwest winds at 10-20 miles per hour. [Full Article...]
Aircraft Carriers to Conduct Rare Exercise in Sea of Japan
The U.S. Navy's previous training operation involving three carriers was in the vicinity of Guam in the Western Pacific in 2007 during the Valiant Shield exercise. And do not try us.The weapons you're acquiring are not making you safer, they are putting your regime in grave danger. The US administration thinks China's economic leverage over North Korea is the key to strong-arming Pyongyang into ... [Full Article...]
Roy Moore allegations: Another woman accuses Republican candidate of assault
Moore and Jones face a December 12 special election to replace unusual, who was appointed to replace Jeff Sessions when Sessions was named US attorney general. Four surveys of voters taken in Alabama, a southern state, in the immediate aftermath of the newspaper story and Moore's adamant rejection of it show him to be in a close race with Jones, separated by a few percentage points, with a signi... [Full Article...]
Saudi Arabia tightens security at oil facilities after Bahrain pipeline attack
The Bahraini foreign minister, Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed, said the huge explosion that detonated in Buri, just outside the capital city of Manama, was an intentional act of terrorism and sabotage. Bahraini authorities have launched an investigation into the incident. The government denies it discriminates against Shiites and accuses neighboring Iran of stirring up tensions, which Tehran refutes. [Full Article...]
London judge agrees Uber must offer benefits to drivers
Farrar, himself a union representative for Uber drivers, argued that, after commission and operating costs, drivers were earning only £5.68 ($7.46) per hour, 15 percent below the United Kingdom minimum wage. "It is the latest in a series of employment tribunal cases examining the status of workers, as seen with Deliveroo, CitySprint and Pimlico Plumbers". [Full Article...]
Late comeback falls short as Georgia Tech beats Virginia Tech 28-22
On Saturday, they changed the conversation. - Virginia Tech's coaches and several players expressed confusion over the officials ruling that Georgia Tech recovered a fumble on a punt return early in the second quarter. In total, seven Tech rushers had positive yardage. The Yellow Jackets scored on two of them, dropped a couple others and it opened up other areas of the offense. [Full Article...]