FDNY Captain Arrested on Child Sex Crime Warrant

A New York Fire Department captain has been arrested on a felony warrant out of Los Angeles for sexual crimes against children.

Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman Officer II Nuria Vanegas said Saturday that Wilburt Riera was wanted for a Sept. 12 incident in Hollywood.

Modi lays out terms for India-Pakistan talks

Indian PM tells the UN that bilateral talks between rivals must be held "without a shadow of terrorism".

Modi's UN speech on Saturday was his first address to the world body since taking power in May [AP]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has underscored his readiness to restart bilateral talks with nuclear rival Pakistan, but insisted that such negotiations must be held "without a shadow of terrorism".
"I want to hold bilateral talks to improve friendship and cooperation in all seriousness and in an atmosphere of peace, without a shadow of terrorism," Modi told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday in his first address to the world body since he was elected as India's prime minister in May.

Middle East Iraqi PM removes Maliki’s men from key roles

Abbadi forcibly retired two of his army generals and revoked the office of the armed forces' commander-in-chief.

Iraq's new premier faces more pressures as ISIL fighters claim territorial gains in Anbar [AFP]

Baghdad, Iraq - Repeated failures by Iraq's army commanders in their fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as well as a high casualty rate among soldiers have increased pressure on Iraq's new Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi to take action.

On September 23, Abbadi forcibly retired two of his army generals and revoked the office of the armed forces' commander-in-chief in a move widely seen as an attempt to remedy the army's successive losses in

Many killed in Guinea-Bissau landmine blast

At least 20 killed after minibus struck landmine in the north of the country.

At least 20 people have been killed after a minibus struck a landmine in Guinea-Bissau, a doctor who treated several victims said. Augusto Blute said on Saturday that the bus was travelling between the towns of Bissora and Encheia in the north of the country when the explosion occurred on Friday. A police source, who asked not to be named, told the Reuters news agency that 19 people were killed on the spot when the blast tore the vehicle in two and three others died of their injuries overnight.

Hikers feared dead near Japan volcano summit

Thirty hikers found in "cardiopulmonary" arrest near top of erupting Mount Ontake in central Japan.

Hundreds of soldiers and firefighters were deployed to rescue the injured [Reuters]

Japan's national media has reported that 30 hikers have been found in a state of "cardiopulmonary" arrest near the peak of the volcano that erupted on Saturday.
The victims have been described as not breathing and their hearts have stopped, which is the customary way for Japanese authorities to describe a body until police doctors can examine it.
Rescue workers found the individuals near the summit of 3,067-metre Mount Ontake, in Nagano prefecture.
"We have confirmed that more than 30 individuals in cardiac arrest have been found near the summit," a Nagano prefecture police spokesman told the AFP news agency.
About 550 soldiers, police officers and firefighters were involved in a large-scale search-and-rescue operation in a bid to save dozens of hikers who were thought to have been stranded on the volcano since it erupted without warning spewing ash, rocks and steam into a sunny autumn weekend busy with tourists and hikers.