News archive of October 2017

Former American football player O.J. ​​Simpson was released today after spending 9 years behind bars, world news agencies reported.

In July, a conditional pre-trial release committee in Carson City, Nevada, decided to release O.J. Simpson.

A boat carrying 75 refugees and migrants was located more than 80 miles southeast of Pylos, in the southwestern Peloponnese.

According to the coast guard, a distress call was made from the boat in Monday morning and a cargo ship was nearby the location of the call.

A coast guard vessel has responded to the call and sent a vessel to the location.  

The Fifth edition of Sofia Biting Docs Documentary Festival will open today in the Cinema House with the large-scale "Cult" project in which over 40 filmmakers from around the world tell the exciting story of a journey in search of faith. This is reported by the organizers of the Association "Pozor".

No decision has as yet been made on diplomatic immunity for the Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center (RSHC) in Serbia's southern town of Nis.

Lady Gaga donated USD 1 million to help hurricane victims in the United States and the Caribbean, reports Bgnes. 

The singer confirmed she has made the generous donation that will target the populations of Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean as well as those who suffered the earthquake in Mexico.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is wasting time trying to negotiate with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, US President Donald Trump said on Twitter.

"I told our lovely Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, that he was wasting time to seek talks with the little 'Rocketman', save energy, Rex, we will do what we have to do," wrote the US leader.

The Supreme Court of Malaysia resumed on Monday the hearing of the North Korean Kim Jong-nam, the older brother of DPRK leader Kim Jong-un.

According to the Straits Times, defendants' lawyers, Indonesian 25-year-old Citizen Isaiah and 29-year-old Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, said their clients are not going to plead guilty.

Bangladesh opens talks with neighboring Myanmar on Monday with the aim of securing the return home of more than half a million Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar, most of whom have arrived since late August, reported Reuters. 

Poker player Dan Bilzerian has posted a snap saying he saw a girl get shot in the head as he ran from the Mandalay Bay shooting. Rapid gunfire could be heard in the background as Bilzerian ran while recording the piece to the camera.

Islamic State group has once again captured the city of Caryatain in Central Syria after a counter-attack on government forces, DPA reported, citing the Syrian Human Rights Watch Center.