Hurricane Matthew: Haiti battles cholera outbreak
At least 13 people die in latest outbreak of disease as officials warn of a rising death toll after Hurricane Matthew.
Hurricane ravaged Haiti is struggling to cope with a rise in cholera cases with officials warning contaminated water and a lack of hygiene are posing a risk to thousands of people in the impoverished country.
Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, ploughed through Haiti on Tuesday, killing at least 877 people and levelling huge swaths of the country's south.
While the capital and biggest city, Port-au-Prince, was largely spared, the south suffered devastation. Aerial footage from the hardest-hit towns showed a ruined landscape of metal shanties with roofs blown away and downed trees everywhere. Brown mud from overflowing rivers covered the ground.
German police launch nationwide manhunt for Syria-born bomb suspect
A countrywide search for a 22-year-old Syrian suspected of planning a bomb attack has entered its second day. Police on Saturday found "highly explosive" materials in a rented flat in the eastern German city of Chemnitz.
Authorities in Germany are continuing their search for Syrian refugee Jaber A. who is wanted for questioning after the discovery of several hundred grams (approximately 3.5 ounces) of unspecified explosive materials in his residence in the eastern German city of Chemnitz.
German police, issuing an image of the 22-year-old, said he was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and was "suspected of preparing a bomb attack." Investigators say they are following up on more than 80 tips since releasing the man's picture and full name.
"At present we do not know where (the suspect) is or what he is carrying," police said on Twitter, urging residents to be cautious.
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100 turbulent days that have shaken Asia
Manila: In just 100 days in office, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has presided over state-sanctioned violence on a shocking scale and undermined his country's 65-year relationship with the United States.
He has picked fights with Barack Obama, the United Nations, the European Union and others who have criticised his deadly war on drugs.
From Canberra to Tokyo to Washington, policymakers are trying to figure out if the 71-year-old is all bluster or whether his foul-mouthed rhetoric could threaten Asia's stability.
Duterte seems to defy classification. In public he appears irrational and impulsive. His time in office could generally be characterised as "if you're not with us, you're against us".
No role for militancy in Pakistan’s policy-making: envoys
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WASHINGTON: There’s no role for militancy in policy-making and non-state actors cannot be allowed to operate from the Pakistani territory, says a parliamentary delegation from Pakistan, which completed its five-day visit to the US capital on Saturday.
In a briefing to Pakistani, and later an Indian, journalists at the end of their visit, the prime minister’s special envoys on Kashmir also said that the United States was doing “positive pushing and prodding” for reducing tensions between India and Pakistan.
Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, one of the two envoys sent to the United States to present Pakistan’s case on Kashmir, said that they would not be surprised if Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally came to Islamabad to attend the Saarc summit “and embrace Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif”.
Iraq: Families flee ahead of battle for ISIS-held Hawija
Updated 0406 GMT (1206 HKT) October 9, 2016
Ten-year-old Amal scrambled to the top of the raised bank, a battered black purse in her left hand.
She paused for a moment, looked around, then stepped gingerly down the other side, over a tangle of barbed wire. Three younger girls, Amal's cousins, giggled nervously as they watched her go.
Amal --"Hope" in Arabic -- was one of a group of about 50 people who fled to Daqouq, this Kurdish town on the plains south of Kirkuk, from their homes around the ISIS-controlled town of Hawija, 60 kilometers (37 miles) away.
They are among people fleeing from the villages around Hawija, often without a specific destination in mind.
In Colombia, a Nobel peace prize that divides
Friday's awarding of the Nobel to Colombia's president gives him new momentum to try to renegotiate a peace deal with the FARC that voters rejected. But it also reinforces opposition concerns about international meddling in domestic affairs.
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA — Friday’s announcement that Juan Manuel Santos had won the Nobel Peace Prize enhances the international reputation of the Colombian president and should provide a boost to his efforts to renegotiate a failed peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (or FARC).
But here in Colombia, the announcement has elicited separate responses, illustrating the widening social divisions regarding how to conclude the 52-year conflict. While the prize bolsters national pride (Colombia has only won one other Nobel: Gabriel García Márquez, for literature), it also reinforces the perception among the peace deal’s opponents that President Santos cares more about his international reputation than those he was elected to lead. That perception, which has dogged Santos since the beginning of the peace process, threatens to harden opposition to any renegotiated agreement, especially if it does not address more forcefully concerns over leniency toward the rebels.
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