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Interpol has issued a “Red Notice” for the so-called “White Widow”:  29-year old British national Samantha Lewthraite, who some media reports have linked to the deadly terrorist attack at the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya.

Online security experts say a series of big league hackings previously attributed to the Chinese government might actually have been the work of a small group of hackers for hire.

Finally, an Iranian leader who doesn’t deny settled history – A fresh crew blasts off for the International Space Station – Pakistan’s earthquake death toll rises – And London is dealing with a creepy, crawly invader.

Intelligence agents from the US, Britain, and Israel are helping Kenya investigate the Islamist militant attack on the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, a building that newly released video shows has been gutted in the senseless violence.

The man who killed twelve people at a US Navy office building in Washington, DC believed he was being bombarded with radio waves, says the FBI, which also released chilling security video of the man.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Greenpeace activists being held by authorities are not pirates, but he says they did break they law when they tried to scale a Russian oil rig getting ready to drill in a pristine part of the Arctic.

As thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest against the vile nazi Golden Dawn party that is linked to the cowardly murder of a popular musician, the Greek government took its first steps to clean the garbage out of the security forces and government.

Legendary performer Elton John plans to perform in Russia, in spite of the country’s recent controversial law against so-called “gay propaganda” (whatever that is).  Now, a parents committee is asking President Vladimir Putin to cancel Elton’s concert.

The Nairobi Mall siege ends, but there are concerns about how terrorists really got it, and how they might have gotten away – Investigators return to the scene of an apparent chemical weapons attack – And the former Pope says he never covered up sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests.

The scourge of poachers who use poison to kill animals has hit Zimbabwe for a second time this month, and the elephant death toll doubled as a result.

Iran’s new President Hassan Rouhani went before the United Nations General Assembly to criticize econmic sanctions against his country as a form of “violence”.  As for the reasons for those sanctions, he said nuclear weapons had no place in Iran’s future.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff led the day’s speeches at the United Nations General Assembly, using her time to shame the United States, which was caught eavesdropping on Rousseff’s communications, as well as several other members of her government and Brazil’s oil company.

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck southern Pakistan in quake-prone Balochistan province, killing at least 208 people, injuring more than 370, and flattening fragile buildings.  But the power of the quake and the destruction wasn’t the wildest part of the story.

The Nairobi Mall Seige IS in a fourth day – North Korea is up to something, according to satellite photos – And we will find out how thousands of horses could become orphans, in today’s CareerSpot World News Briefs.

The bloody three-day siege at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi appears to be wrapping up.  Authorities in Kenya say all of the remaining hostages held by heavily armed al Shabab Islamist militants have been freed.  The preliminary death toll among innocent civilians was revised to 62 lives lost, and 63 people remain unaccounted for.

Iran will hold high-level nuclear talks with six major world powers at the United Nations this week.  The charm offensive will include a sit down with American Secretary of State John Kerry and Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, the highest-level contact in more than three decades.

A court in Egypt has banned “all activities” by the Muslim Brotherhood, deposed in the 3 July ouster and detention of former president Mohammed Morsi.  The court is also ordering the government to freeze and administer the Brotherhood’s assets.

Greece’s police force was hit with a round of resignations and suspensions in the fallout from the murder of an Anti-fascist musician, and questions over whether the cops trained nazi hit squads.

At one time, BlackBerry was the world's ruler of smartphones with a user base addicted to sharing short, swift messages via that tiny little qwerty keyboard.  On Monday, the flailing company was sold off for US$4.7 Billion to a consortium led by Canadian firm Fairfax Financial Holdings.  Shareholders will get US$9 per share in the buyout.

Two days after Apple rolled out its new iPhone “Touch ID” fingerprint scanner technology that it claimed would strengthen security, a group of German hackers called the Chaos Computing Club (CCC) says it has cracked the code.