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SEOUL: North Korea said on Saturday (Oct 8) that its missile tests are for self-defence against direct US military threats and they have not harmed the safety of neighbouring countries and regions. North Korea carried out six missile launches in 12 days as of this week, including launching an intermediate-range missile over Japan on Tuesday. “Our missile tests are a normal, planned self-defence measure to protect our country’s security and regional peace from direct US military threats,” said state media KCNA, citing an aviation administration spokesperson. The missile tests “did not pose any threat or harm to the safety of…

Max Scherzer was enlisted to join Jacob deGrom so they could form a latter day Spahn and Sain and — in this case — order champagne. The Mets’ idea was expensive and simple: Pair two of the great starters of the era and when the games mattered most run them back-to-back, then just get the keys to the city ready. But a funny thing has happened on the way to The Canyon of Heroes. The co-aces were nursed through a 101-win season specifically to be lined up for the kind of starts presented over the past two weekends. To deliver…

The US has warned that Hong Kong risked becoming a haven for Russian oligarchs after the Chinese territory said it would not enforce western sanctions on a superyacht owned by billionaire Alexei Mordashov that has docked in the city’s waters.The US state department also said Hong Kong’s business outlook could be further clouded by its government’s inaction as the former British colony’s “reputation as a financial centre depends on adherence to international laws and standards”.The saga unfolded as the 142-metre Nord, one of the world’s most luxurious superyachts built by German company Lürssen, entered Hong Kong waters on Wednesday. The…

Police in Prince William County, Virginia said a man has been charged with raping an underage family member multiple times.Kevin Dean Rice, 50, of Bristow, turned himself into police on Wednesday after Special Victims Bureau detectives and Child Protective Services announced a sexual assault investigation days earlier, FOX 5 reported.The alleged assaults took place in the Bristow area between December 2012 and October 2019, and police identified Rice as a suspect in the assaults. Bristow is located about 40 miles from Washington, D.C. The victim was under the age of 13 at the time, police said.VIRGINIA POLICE LOOKING FOR MAN…

On September 30, Burkina Faso military leader President Paul-Henri Damiba was deposed in the country’s second coup in a year, as army Captain Ibrahim Traore took charge, dissolving the transitional government and suspending the constitution. The 34-year-old Traore said on Friday evening that a group of officers had decided to remove Damiba due to his inability to deal with an armed uprising in the country that has worsened in the past nine months. Damiba resigned from his post on Sunday, fleeing to neighbouring Togo. Tensions have been high in Burkina Faso since Friday, with clashes occurring between protesters and security…

The Haitian government plans to seek assistance from foreign police forces, officials have said, as the Caribbean country struggles to respond to escalating gang violence. Citing an unnamed government official, The Associated Press news agency reported on Friday that the government would request the aid of international forces, but a formal, written request had not yet been submitted. The Miami Herald newspaper first reported on the decision earlier in the day. Violence in the capital Port-au-Prince has soared in recent months, with armed gangs battling for control of key roads and neighbourhoods. A weeks-long gang blockade of Haiti’s main fuel port…

Experts say an attack on Britain’s undersea power and internet cables would pose an ‘existential threat to the UK’ Ministers have instructed an urgent survey of Britain’s underwater power and internet cable networks amid fears that Russia could be ramping up its “seabed warfare”, say reports. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace sent British warships into the North Sea this week to ward of Russian attacks following a series of explosions of gas pipelines in the Baltic. Ministers are now seeking to check on the UK’s key pipelines and cables to ensure that they are clear of remote mines. Authorities in Denmark…

CNN  —  A Purdue University student who was arrested Wednesday after his roommate was found dead in their dormitory told police he fatally stabbed him, Indiana prosecutors said Friday. Ji Min Sha, 22, said he used a knife to kill his roommate, Varun Manish Chheda, 20, according to a probable cause affidavit filed Friday by the Tippecanoe County Prosecutor’s Office. After the stabbing, Sha called 911 around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday and remained in the room at the West Lafayette, Indiana, campus until police arrived and arrested him, the document states. When police arrived at the student’s room in McCutcheon Hall,…

CNN  —  A fuel tank exploded early Saturday on Europe’s longest bridge, which links Russia to the annexed territory of Crimea, according to Russian state media RIA and social media footage. Images of the Kerch bridge posted on social media appear to show a portion of the roadway of the vehicle and rail bridge had fallen into the waters below it. Flames are seen burning from rail cars above. The source of the explosion remains unclear. The tanker was located on the 19-kilometer (11 mile) long bridge – strategically important because it links Russia’s Krasnodar region with the Russian-annexed Crimean…

Hundreds of calls for assistance have been made and several flood rescues carried out as heavy rain lashes parts of Australia’s east coast. Dozens of flood warnings are in place across New South Wales, with the state’s Central West, Hunter and Illawarra regions among the worst affected areas. Two low pressure troughs moved through the state this week, the Bureau of Meteorology said, bringing rain of up to 100mm in some locations.More rain is expected overnight and in the coming days as a third low pressure system sweeps across the state, with already saturated dams and rivers raising the risk of flash…