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Hurricane Oscar is expected to weaken into a powerful extratropical - or mid-latitude - cyclone by Wednesday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in an advisory. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ABWCF0

The race for mayor of Jerusalem, a role shaping Israel's rule over the sacred city at the heart of its conflict with the Palestinians, will go to a run-off between religious and secular Jewish candidates, election tallies showed on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ABJqjG

A man who was killed on Wednesday in an explosion at an office of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in northern Russia brought the explosive device with him, Russia's anti-terrorist committee said in a statement. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ETigJe

India's top court on Wednesday gave the government 10 days to disclose the details of an $8.7-billion military jet deal with France's Dassault Aviation to former ministers and an activist who say the information should be in the public domain. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ogg5P2

India on Wednesday inaugurated the world's tallest statue, a $400-million effigy of independence hero Vallabhbhai Patel that towers nearly twice the height of New York's Statue of Liberty. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Jr6ZhG

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday freed a Christian woman from a death sentence for blasphemy against Islam and overturned her conviction, sparking angry protests and death threats from an ultra-religious party and cheers from human rights advocates. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2EUcqax

Kanye West announces he's distancing himself from politics over Blexit campaign. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2P0CQfh

Bill Gertos had changed the locks and leased the house to others - giving him legal ownership rights. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Jt9j7Q

Former British finance minister George Osborne warned the ruling Conservative Party they must not try to compete with the opposition Labour Party by committing to large increases in government spending ahead of the next election. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Q6AWX1

An explosion near an office of Russia's Federal Security Service in northern Russia killed one and injured three people on Wednesday, Russian state news agency TASS reported, citing the local governor. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2SvR3il

France doesn't rule out any sanction against Saudi Arabia if its authorities are found to have been involved in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2zgdkrD

A hard-line Islamist party in Pakistan on Wednesday called for the death of the chief justice of the Supreme Court and two other judges who overturned the death sentence of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2SxQFjt

Japan and South Korea will try to keep a row over World War Two forced laborers from spiraling into a crisis, after a court ruling forced the U.S. allies to confront hardening public opinion and divergent views of history. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2yGV778

An army helicopter crashed in southwestern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 25 people on board, including a top commander and the head of the provincial council key in fighting off a Taliban attack in May, officials said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PrG5Mn

Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor held talks overnight with Turkish intelligence officials over the investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Demiroren news agency said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2qis5Gp