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Political analysts said Sirisena's move to install Rajapaksa as the prime minister could lead to a constitutional crisis as the 19th amendment to the Constitution would not allow the sacking of Wickremesinghe as the premier without a majority.

Information from the Turkish authorities indicates that the act of the suspects in the Khashoggi case was premeditated, the public prosector said in a statement.

The father, who can "neither read, nor write, nor count, doesn't realise the seriousness of the situation and spent all his welfare money on alcohol," Carole Papon, a representative of the association French Victims 87, said Wednesday.

"It is an ongoing genocide that is taking place at the moment," Marzuki Darusman, chair of the UN fact-finding mission, told a news conference on Wednesday.

Marceli Thomas said in a written statement that he is innocent but the Sri Lankan police's criminal investigation department was trying to implicate him in the plot to assassinate Maithripala Sirisena and Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the former top defence minist...

Named Eva, the device is the first personal, non-invasive method of evaluating the risk of breast cancer.

Turkish media reports and officials said that once Khashoggi was inside the diplomatic mission, the Saudis accosted him, cut off his fingers, killed and dismembered the 59-year-old writer.

Turkish officials accuse Riyadh of carrying out a state-sponsored killing and dismembering the body, with pro-government media in Turkey reporting the existence of video and audio evidence to back those claims.

The latest account, provided by a Saudi official who requested anonymity, includes details on how the team of 15 Saudi nationals sent to confront Khashoggi on October 2 had threatened him with being drugged and kidnapped and then killed him in a chokehold...

Ventilation in the coal mine has recovered and rescue work is under way.

The woman was told that she could keep her job only if she took off her hijab by her line manager who said that wearing hijab would spoil the company's image as an 'all-embracing' workplace.

The Taliban, taking responsibility of the shooting, said police chief General Abdul Raziq was the target of the shooting.

The refusal came as the Supreme Court concluded its hearings, which also saw Yameen allege disappearing ink was used on ballot papers, and said it would deliver its verdict at an unspecified later date.

The cancellations could add pressure on other US firms like Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Mastercard Inc and Bank of America Corp to reconsider their plans to attend the investor event.

Stormy Daniels sued President Donald Trump in April after he said a composite sketch of a man who allegedly threatened her in 2011 was a "con job."

The petitioners claim that Gandhi, who early in his career practised in South Africa and fought against apartheid-era segregation laws, was racist.