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Jamal Khashoggi death: Saudi Arabia says journalist was murdered


BBC News Saudi Arabia says that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered, blaming a "rogue operation" for a killing that sparked an international outcry. Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told Fox News the act had been a "tremendous mistake" and denied the ... -

Taiwan president calls for clear probe of fatal train crash


Yahoo News DONGSHAN TOWNSHIP, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's president pressed for a quick, transparent probe into the cause of the island's worst train crash in nearly three decades as the search of the derailed cars ended and crash investigators examined the... --

Hurricane Willa on verge of becoming Category 5 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast


CBS News Last Updated Oct 22, 2018 2:34 AM EDT. MEXICO CITY — Newly formed Hurricane Willa rapidly intensified off Mexico's Pacific coast Sunday and early Monday and became a major Category 4 storm on the brink of turning into a Category 5, the National... ---

Taiwan president calls for clear probe of fatal train crash


Washington Post DONGSHAN TOWNSHIP, Taiwan — Taiwan's president pressed for a quick, transparent probe into the cause of the island's worst train crash in nearly three decades as the search of the derailed cars ended and crash investigators examined the wreckage... ---

GOP lawmakers criticize Trump's decision to withdraw from nuclear arms treaty


Washington Post President Trump's weekend announcement that he would pull the United States out of a nuclear arms control treaty alarmed members of his own party, who criticized the decision and worried that other international pacts to control proliferation of the ... ---

The despair at the heart of Afghanistan's election


Washington Post Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. (Mohammad Anwar Danishyar). This weekend, Afghans went... ---

Jordan plans to revoke parts of its peace treaty with Israel


Washington Post JERUSALEM — Jordan's King Abdullah II announced Sunday that he does not plan to renew parts of the country's 24-year-old peace agreement with Israel, amid public pressure to rebuke the Israeli government following the U.S. Embassy's move to... ---

Jordan Reclaims Lands Used by Israel Under Peace Treaty


New York Times JERUSALEM — Under internal political pressure, King Abdullah II of Jordan said on Sunday that he was cutting off Israelis' free access to two tracts of land along the border that fall within Jordanian territory, but where Jews historically have had ... --

'We Say Sorry': Australia Formally Apologizes to Victims of Child Sexual Abuse


New York Times SYDNEY, Australia — Australia sought to atone for a decades-long epidemic of child sexual abuse on Monday, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued an official apology that acknowledged the government's systemic failures to protect the nation's children. --

Gorbachev Calls Trump's Treaty Withdrawal 'Not the Work of a Great Mind'


New York Times MOSCOW — President Trump's announcement that the United States would withdraw from a nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia drew sharp criticism Sunday from one of the men who signed it, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who called the decision reckless and... ---