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N Korea lashes 'deranged' Trump, threatens H-bomb detonation

Reuters 2017-09-22 11:28:33

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un blasted US President Donald Trump as "mentally deranged" on Friday and vowed to make him pay dearly for threatening to destroy his country, hours after Trump ordered fr...

Trump calls Kim 'madman', vows to test him 'like never before'

-- 2017-09-22 08:06:27

US president Donald Trump has called his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un a "madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his people", declaring the North Korean leader will be "tested like never b...

Puerto Rico faces months without electricity after Maria

-- 2017-09-22 06:29:54

The eye of Hurricane Maria was nearing the Turks and Caicos early Friday as Puerto Rico sought to recover from the storm’s devastation.   Two days after Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, floodin...

Kashmir shooting: Death toll rises to six

-- 2017-09-22 03:51:08

The death toll from the overnight cross-border shooting by India in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir has risen to six, Pakistan's military said.   The latest incident comes as Pakistani...

Four migrants die after boat sinks off Turkey

-- 2017-09-22 03:40:00

At least four migrants were killed and 20 others missing after a fishing boat sank off Turkey's coast in the Black Sea early Friday, the Turkish coast guard said.   At least 38 migrants have be...

Myanmar Vice President downplays Rakhine crisis

BBC 2017-09-21 12:00:00

Myanmar's Vice President Henry Van Thio says his government is "deeply concerned" about the exodus of people from Rakhine state into Bangladesh, but insists that the crisis was easing.   Speaki...

'Petrol bombs thrown' at Rohingya aid shipment in Myanmar

Reuters 2017-09-21 12:00:00

Hundreds of Buddhists in Myanmar tried to block a shipment of aid to Muslims in Rakhine state where the United Nations has accused the military of ethnic cleansing, with a witness saying protesters th...

Trump slaps fresh sanctions on DPRK

-- 2017-09-21 12:00:00

US President Donald Trump has announced fresh sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme. He has given the US treasury the authority to target specific companies and financial instit...

Maria leaves whole of Puerto Rico without power

BBC 2017-09-21 11:31:03

Hurricane Maria has knocked out power across the island of Puerto Rico, home to 3.5 million people, officials said on Wednesday.   Abner Gómez, head of the disaster management agency, sa...

Police make sixth arrest in parsons green inquiry

BBC 2017-09-21 10:55:12

Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy in south London in connection with last Friday's terror attack on a Tube train.   The teenager was detained after officers executed a warrant in Thornton...

Trump's UN address sound of dog barking: Yong Ho

-- 2017-09-21 10:39:36

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho called US President Donald Trump’s address to the United Nations “the sound of a dog barking”, brushing aside Trump’s remarks that the...

India ponders arms supply to Myanmar

-- 2017-09-21 08:08:46

India is considering supplying arms to Myanmar’s government in a sign of strong support for a neighbour that faces criticism for its crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, reports Reuters.   The...

Saudi to lift social media ban, impose censorship

-- 2017-09-21 07:00:12

The Saudi government is lifting a ban on calls made through online apps on Thursday but will monitor and censor them, a government spokesman said.   All online voice and video call services - s...

Mexico earthquake: Rescuers race to save children

-- 2017-09-21 06:48:51

Rescuers are racing against the clock to reach survivors trapped under the rubble of a school in Mexico City which collapsed during Tuesday's earthquake, reports BBC.   One is a 12-year-old gir...

Third arrest over London Tube attack

-- 2017-09-20 12:00:00

A third man has been arrested over Friday's Tube attack in Parsons Green.   The 25-year-old was arrested in Newport, south Wales, on Tuesday evening, Scotland Yard said. An address in Newport i...

7.1 Mexico quake kills 216

Reuters 2017-09-20 12:00:00

Rescue crews and ordinary citizens searched through rubble for survivors as night fell on Tuesday on battered cities in central Mexico, including the capital, where the death toll from a major earthqu...

Trump prepares to ease US gun export rules

Reuters 2017-09-20 12:00:00

The Trump administration is preparing to make it easier for American gun makers to sell small arms, including assault rifles and ammunition, to foreign buyers, according to senior US officials. &nbsp...

Saudi King orders $15m aid for Rohingya refugees

-- 2017-09-20 12:00:00

Saudi King Salman ordered $15 million aid for the Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar as a result of genocide and torture.   The announcement came in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (S...

Couple leaves 3-yr-old daughter, Rs 100cr to become monks

-- 2017-09-20 07:30:35

Their decision to renounce the world isn’t bizarre, considering they are from Jain community where many practice renunciation. What is unusual is their age and the circumstances. They are in the...

Buhari sees Myanmar crisis as genocide

-- 2017-09-20 02:20:48

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday likened the violence in Myanmar against Rohingya Muslims to genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda, urging a halt to the “ongoing ethnic cleansing” a...

'Catastrophic' Maria takes aim at Puerto Rico

Reuters 2017-09-20 01:37:09

Hurricane Maria, the second maximum-strength storm to hit the Caribbean this month, battered the US Virgin Island of St. Croix on Wednesday and was headed to Puerto Rico with catastrophic winds and da...

UN chief seeks to avoid war with DPRK, takes digs at Trump

-- 2017-09-19 12:00:00

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Tuesday for statesmanship to avoid war with North Korea and criticised world leaders stoking resentment over refugees for political gain,...

Suu Kyi condemns all human rights violations

Reuters 2017-09-19 12:00:00

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned all human rights violations on Tuesday and said anyone responsible for abuses in troubled Rakhine State would face the law, and she felt deeply for the suffer...

US hints at military plans for North Korea

Reuters 2017-09-19 12:00:00

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis hinted on Monday about the existence of military options on North Korea that might spare Seoul from a brutal counterattack but declined to say what kind of options he w...

Myanmar ready to take back ‘verified’ refugees

-- 2017-09-19 12:00:00

Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says the country is ready to welcome back ‘verified’ refugees who have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh.   “We are prepared to start...

Rohingya refugees reject Suu Kyi's claim

-- 2017-09-19 12:00:00

Rohingya refugees rejected the claim of Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi that many members of the minority group were safe in Myanmar, reports Al Jazeera.   In a sprawling and squalid...

US may have to 'totally destroy' North Korea: Trump

-- 2017-09-19 12:00:00

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States will be forced to “totally destroy” North Korea unless Pyongyang backs down from its nuclear challenge.   The US pre...

'Maria' batters Dominica as a Category 5 storm

Reuters 2017-09-19 10:47:29

The fourth major Atlantic hurricane of the year plowed into the small Caribbean island of Dominica on Monday as a rare, Category 5 storm and will likely bring its roof-ripping winds, torrential rain,...

Auckland petrol stations run out of fuel

-- 2017-09-19 05:21:08

Several petrol stations in Auckland have been hit by fuel shortages as problems caused by damage to a pipeline in New Zealand's largest city spread, reports BBC. Z Energy confirmed to the BBC that 1...

Nigerian Journo wins Komla Dumor award

-- 2017-09-19 02:57:46

Amina Yuguda, a journalist from north-eastern Nigeria, has won the third BBC World News Komla Dumor Award.   Amina is a news presenter on local network Gotel Television, where she has reported...