October 31, 2017 North Korea likely stole classified warship blueprints, lawmaker says A South Korean lawmaker said Tuesday the country is "almost 100 percent certain" that North Korean hackers pilfered several of its sensitive military documents as part of a massive cyberattack last year, including classified naval warship blueprints.
October 31, 2017 Lost sailors’ story’s list of inconsistencies cast doubt on tale of survival The two Hawaii women who say they were lost at sea never activated their emergency beacon, adding to a growing list of inconsistencies that cast doubt on the women's harrowing tale of survival, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday.
October 22, 2017 Filipino terror suspect Isnilon Hapilon confirmed dead via DNA tests, officials say DNA tests have confirmed the death of one of the FBI's most-wanted terror suspects, who the Philippine military reported was killed in a final battle to quell an Islamic State group-linked siege in southern Marawi city, U.S. and Philippine officials said Saturday.
October 21, 2017 Philippines leader Duterte says he is willing to shoot criminals himself Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would be willing to shoot criminals himself after sidelining the police 10 days ago in his controversial deadly war on drugs.
October 19, 2017 Jacinda Ardern named New Zealand's youngest prime minister since 1850s At 37 years old, Jacinda Ardern is set to be New Zealand’s youngest prime minister since the 1850s.
October 16, 2017 Boat carrying Rohingya Muslims capsizes, killing at least 12 An overcrowded boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized Monday in the Bay of Bengal near a Bangladeshi fishing village, killing 12 people, including six children, police said.
October 13, 2017 Man-eating crocodile hunted after killing Australian woman with dementia Authorities in northern Australia were searching on Friday for a crocodile suspected of killing a dementia patient who wandered from a nursing home, police said.
October 9, 2017 New Zealand police sorry for tweeting joke on road deaths New Zealand police on Monday tweeted a gif image of Steve Carell from “The Office” with the caption, “This is the worst,” in a tweet about having to tell a family member about someone dying in a crash.
October 3, 2017 Banned VX poison killed brother of North Korean leader, coroner confirms A Malaysian government pathologist testified Tuesday at the trial of two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader that the banned VX nerve agent caused his death.
October 1, 2017 Vanuatu volcano erupts; 11,000 prepare to evacuate A flotilla of boats was headed to the Pacific island of Ambae, Vanuatu, on Sunday as efforts got underway to evacuate all 11,000 residents because of an erupting volcano.