Robert Harward turns down Trump's national security adviser offer
US President Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser has turned down the job offer.
Retired Vice-Admiral Robert Harward was widely tipped for the post after Mr Trump fired Michael Flynn on Monday.
A White House official said Mr Harward cited family and financial commitments, but US media said the sticking point was he wanted to bring in his own team.
Mr Flynn had misled US Vice-President Mike Pence over his conversations with Russia's ambassador to the US.
The latest setback emerged hours after Mr Trump robustly denied media reports of White House disarray, insisting in a news conference that his administration was running like a "fine-tuned machine".
North Korea killing: Indonesian suspect 'moved to Malaysia to find work'
Siti Aisyah left her son in Jakarta to find work in Malaysia, her father-in-law said, amid reports about how she became involved in the case
The Indonesian woman arrested in connection with the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the elder half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, was a struggling mother looking for employment.
Malaysian authorities arrested 25-year-old Siti Aisyah on Thursday, together with her boyfriend, Malaysian national Muhammad Farid Jalaluddin, 26.
Police suspect the woman poisoned Kim, 46, on Monday at Kuala Lumpur airport. Also detained was an alleged accomplice, who was travelling on a Vietnamese passport and was believed to be the same person captured on CCTV in the airport with “LOL” written on her shirt.
Dakota Access Pipeline: Oil company executive compares protesters to terrorists
Energy Transfer Partners vice president Joey Mahmoud accuses demonstrators of assaulting construction workers and destroying millions of dollars' worth of equipment
A top executive at the company building the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline is comparing pipeline opponents to terrorists.
Joey Mahmoud, executive vice president of Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, says protesters have “assaulted numerous pipeline personnel,” destroyed millions of dollars’ worth of construction equipment and even fired a pistol at law enforcement during months of demonstrations against the 1,200-mile pipeline, which will carry North Dakota oil to an Illinois terminal.
Mahmoud tells Congress that the protest movement “induced individuals to break into and shut down pump stations on four operational pipelines. Had these actions been undertaken by foreign nationals, they could only be described as acts of terrorism.”
Gangs sow terror in Vitoria, Brazil, while police strike
When the police in Vitoria, Brazil went on strike on February 4, the gangs took over. Since then, Vitoria’s residents have been living in fear as lootings, carjackings and murders abound.
In just ten days, 184 people have died in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, according to a report by the police union published on February 13. Since the police went on strike, fear has spread across this coastal region located north of the Brazilian capital, Rio de Janeiro.
Members of the military police, who are responsible for carrying out regular patrols in the city and maintaining security on the ground, went on strike to demand higher salaries and new equipment. Since then, local gangs have taken advantage of the absence of law enforcement to carry out a spate of thefts and looting and to assassinate their rivals.
Uncertainty looms over fall of Samsung’s crown prince
Lee’s arrest could cut years of collusive ties between politics and chaebol, experts say
The court’s decision to allow the arrest of Lee Jae-yong, the heir apparent of Samsung Group, on Friday brought the nation’s largest conglomerate into the biggest management crisis in its 79 years of history, suspending its restructuring plans aimed at a smooth leadership transfer.Lee was arrested by a special counsel, on bribery and other charges related to the political corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-Hye and her confidante Choi Soon-sil.
The de facto leader of Samsung is accused of paying nearly $40 million in bribes to Choi in pursuit of President Park’s support for his succession in the company.
Children and Duterte's drug war: Lessons from the past
More than 30 children have been killed since the Philippine president launched his controversial war on drugs in June.
Jose flipped three coins into the air when two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire.
They shot the then 15-year-old suspected drug user seven times. The boy hit the ground, along with the coins that he had tossed as part of a traditional Filipino game called hantak. He had been playing with his friends while selling cigarettes on a rundown street in Caloocan City.
Jose, whose name has been changed for this story to ensure his safety, was rushed to the hospital. He survived but is fearful of being targeted again. His attackers were never arrested.
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