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COPENHAGEN,  (Reuters) – Denmark said yesterday it suspected an Iranian government intelligence service had tried to carry out a plot to assassinate an Iranian Arab opposition figure on its soil.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has been turning up the heat on some controversial and potentially highly divisive religious issues in recent days, with crucial state elections only weeks away and a general election due by next May.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – A Bangladesh court yesterday doubled to 10 years a jail term for former prime minister Khaleda Zia for graft, ruling out her chances of contesting an election in December, lawyers said.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right former Army captain who won Brazil’s presidential weekend election, said yesterday he would press ahead with loosening gun laws this year and planned to visit Washington D.C.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena is under increasing pressure to uphold the island nation’s constitution and reconvene parliament after his decision to replace the prime minister triggered political turmoil.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil president-elect Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday he would withdraw government advertising from media outlets he deemed to be “lying”, keeping up pressure on critical outlets after winning the weekend’s presidential election by a landslide.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – An Indonesian airliner crashed into the sea yesterday, with the likely loss of all 189 people on board, as it tried to return to Jakarta minutes after take-off.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it will send over 5,200 troops to help secure the border with Mexico, a far larger-than-expected deployment as President Donald Trump hardens his stance on immigration ahead of Nov.

PAKISJAYA, Indonesia,  (Reuters) – An Indonesian aircraft with 189 people on board crashed into the sea on Monday as it tried to circle back to the capital, Jakarta, from where it had taken off minutes earlier, and there were likely no survivors, officials said.

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Far-right lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election yesterday, promising to clean up politics, shrink the state and crack down on crime, in a dramatic swing away from the left in the world’s fourth-largest democracy.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – A political crisis in Sri Lanka took a deadly turn yesterday, with one person killed when a sacked cabinet minister tried to re-enter his office, days after the president removed the prime minister and installed a powerful ally of China in his place.

(Reuters) – Hurricane Oscar, located in the central Atlantic, is moving westward with little change in strength, the U.S.

SONSONATE, El Salvador/TAPANATEPEC, Mexico,  (Reuters) – A new group of migrants bound for the United States set off from El Salvador and crossed into Guatemala yesterday, following thousands of other Central Americans fleeing poverty and violence who have taken similar journeys in recent weeks.

NAIROBI,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – African governments should recognise customary rights to water for millions of small farmers who have been sidelined or “criminalised” by permit systems created during the colonial era, said a report published on Monday.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South African Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Sunday he had faced blackmail threats over a private sex video that was leaked after his phone was hacked when he was finance minister.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – The security guard of a minister in the sacked Sri Lankan government opened fire at an office today wounding three people, worsening a constitutional crisis in the island nation days after the president ousted the prime minister and appointed a new one.

PITTSBURGH,  (Reuters) – A gunman yelling, “All Jews must die,” stormed a Pittsburgh synagogue during Saturday services, killing 11 worshippers and wounding six other people including four police officers, before he was arrested.

MANAMA,  (Reuters) – Oman described Israel as an accepted Middle East state yesterday, a day after hosting a surprise visit by its prime minister that Washington said could help regional peace efforts.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – After a presidential campaign that has seen political violence overshadow policy debate, many Brazilians fear attacks will continue after the likely election today of tough-talking far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro.

BEIJING/CHICAGO/CARAMBEI, Brazil, (Reuters) – Ken Maschhoff, chairman of the largest U.S.