Pacifist constitution reform at stake as Japan goes to polls

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc was forecast to win a solid majority in an upper house election on Sunday that could determine whether his dream of revising the post-war, U.S.-drafted pacifist constitution can be kept alive.

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Panama says withdrawing flag from tanker towed to Iran, cites violations

Panama's maritime authority said on Saturday it had begun the process of withdrawing the registration of an oil tanker called MT Riah, which was towed to Iran after it disappeared from ship tracking maps in the Strait of Hormuz on July 14.

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Panama to withdraw flag from tanker towed to Iran, cites violations

Panama's maritime authority said on Saturday it had begun the process of withdrawing the registration of an oil tanker called MT Riah, which was towed to Iran after it disappeared from ship tracking maps in the Strait of Hormuz on July 14.

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Wildfires hit central Portugal, 1,000 firefighters mobilized

More than 1,000 firefighters battled three blazes sweeping across central Portugal early on Sunday, prompting authorities to partially evacuate a village and leaving one person with severe injuries.

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Leader of moderate Islamist party to stand for parliamentary elections in Tunisia

Rached Ghannouchi, the influential leader of Tunisia's moderate Islamist Ennahda party, will stand in the next parliamentary elections in October, a move widely seen as an attempt to seek a leadership position in the country.

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Trump relished rally chant, Ocasio-Cortez tells constituents in Queens

U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on Saturday that President Donald Trump relished a chant by the crowd at a campaign rally this week that called for a Democratic congresswoman to be sent back where she came from.

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U.S. adviser Bolton travels to Japan, South Korea amid trade dispute

U.S. national security adviser John Bolton departed on Saturday for a trip to Japan and South Korea as the two countries are in the middle of a trade dispute.

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Britain calls ship seizure 'hostile act' as Iran releases video of capture

Britain on Saturday denounced Iran's seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf as a "hostile act" and rejected Tehran's explanation that it seized the vessel because it had been involved in an accident.

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British justice minister says he will resign from cabinet: The Sunday Times

British justice minister David Gauke said he will resign from the cabinet on Wednesday.

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Iran says UK-flagged tanker 'ignored distress call,' taken to Bander Abbas

Iran has taken a British-flagged oil tanker it seized in the Strait of Hormuz to Bandar Abbas port, where it and its crew will remain while an investigation into the vessel's conduct is carried out, Iran's Fars news agency said on Saturday.

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Hong Kong actor Simon Yam stabbed on stage in China

The 64-year-old was attacked while speaking at a promotional event in the city of Zhongshan.

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New best story on Hacker News: Patrick Winston of MIT CSAIL has died

Patrick Winston of MIT CSAIL has died
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'I don't have words': Boss of torched Japan studio mourns bright, young staff

Many victims of an arson attack on a Japanese animation studio were young with bright futures, some joining only in April, the shaken company president said on Saturday, as the death toll climbed to 34.

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Torpedoed US warship found, solving 75-year-old cold case

After four years of searching, locating the USS Eagle was "just absolute awe," says diver Ryan King.

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César Pelli: Architect of Malaysia's Petronas Towers dies at 92

César Pelli designed some of the world's most famous buildings including London's Canary Wharf Tower.

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US to send troops to Saudi Arabia as tensions with Iran grow

The deployment of soldiers and fighter jets comes amid heightened tensions with Iran in the Gulf.

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Iran says UK-flagged tanker was in accident with fishing boat and 'ignored distress call'

The detained British-flagged tanker Stena Impero was in an accident with an Iranian fishing boat and ignored its distress call, Iran's Fars news agency reported on Saturday, quoting an official.

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UK 'deeply concerned' over tanker seizure

The foreign secretary says the detention by Iran of the British-flagged ship is "unacceptable".

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Venice fines tourists: Germans punished for making coffee near bridge

The backpackers were fined €950 (£853) and asked to leave the city under a new public order law.

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Iran says British-flagged tanker was in accident with fishing boat

The British-flagged tanker Stena Impero was in an accident with a fishing boat before being detained on Friday, Iran's Fars news agency reported on Saturday, quoting an official.

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