Japanese police said Sunday they have arrested a U.S. Marine for the alleged robbery and murder of a woman on Okinawa

Devin Jacob Ballard was arrested in the killing and robbing of Anna Yagi, police told Japan's public broadcaster. He denied the allegations, a spokesman said.

Japanese police say they have arrested a U.S. Marine for the alleged robbery and killing of a woman on Okinawa. That prompted strong protests from Japan’s government over the latest criminal case

Japanese police said Sunday they have arrested a U.S. Marine on suspicion of the robbery and murder of a woman on Okinawa, triggering outrage in Japan.

Brazilians are voting in a pivotal presidential election featuring incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro

The front-runners were in Sao Paulo to rally supporters and convince the undecided on the eve of the election.

Polls have closed in Brazil's general election, after voters queued in long lines for a tight first round of the presidential race. After casting his ballot, 80-year-old left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned that the choice was between democracy and "barbarism".

Bolsonaro, 45, is the son of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro who is serving a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt and an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The alleged attacker, Hamam al-Hammami, had been banned from flying with Oman Air because of concerns about his radical views, a person familiar with the matter said.

The co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073 attempted ⁠to ⁠carry out a "terrorist" attack during the ⁠flight, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said on Saturday, according to ​the state news agency WAM.

The alleged attacker “began executing his plan during the flight, attacking the captain inside the flight deck using a crash axe,” UAE Attorney-General Hamad Saif al Shamsi said.

The United Arab Emirates says the co-pilot on a FlyDubai flight that nearly crashed with 182 people on board attacked the captain with the cockpit’s crash ax in a “terrorist attack.”

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv Sunday to show support as Russia intensified attacks on Ukrainian cities.

Ukraine and Germany have signed a $1.5-billion weapons deal to help fight the surge in Russian drone attacks, while fresh strikes and air raid sirens greeted Chancellor Friedrich Merz on a solidarity

As air raid sirens sounded in Kyiv, Chancellor Merz called on President Putin to end his "senseless war" and announced new measures to support Ukraine, including plans for joint Ukrainian-German drone production.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has arrived in Kyiv to show support as Russia intensifies attacks on Ukrainian cities

The leader of Yemen's Saudi-backed government announced the beginning of a major military operation against the Iran-backed Houthis on Sunday (October 4), aimed at seizing the territory under their control.

The Houthis have so far maintained the initiative on ‌the ground, weeks after seizing the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait in ‌a lightning offensive down the coast.

The Saudi-backed ⁠head ​of Yemen's ‌presidential ‌council, ⁠Rashad al-Alimi, ⁠announced on Sunday ​the ​start of ⁠military operations ⁠to ⁠retake the ​remaining territory ​held ⁠by ⁠Iran-backed Houthis and restore state ⁠authority across the country.

Yemen’s Saudi-backed government has announced the beginning of a major military operation to turn back recent advances by the Houthi militant group. Last month, the Iran-backed Houthis carried out a lightning offensive down the Red Sea coast,

The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which leads the ⁠opposition alliance, ⁠said in a statement posted on Facebook it had ​retreated from the capital and that the regional government would be "temporarily moved out of Mekelle and operate from somewhere else.

Ethiopian government forces closed in on the capital of the northern rebel stronghold of Tigray on Friday, residents and a diplomat said, as ​fears grew that fighting could spill into a wider war after Ethiopia and Eritrea cut diplomatic ties.

The group leading an armed Ethiopian opposition alliance says it has withdrawn from Mekelle, the capital of the northern region of Tigray, after an advance by government forces and allied fighters. In a statement on social media late on Saturday,

The taking ⁠of Mekelle by pro-government forces would be a major setback for an opposition alliance led by the region's ruling ⁠party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, wh