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Top US diplomat for refugees to leave post

Top US diplomat for refugees to leave post

Reuters 2018-01-14 12:01:57

The US diplomat in charge of refugee issues plans to leave his post within days, becoming the third senior US official to depart or be re-assigned from refugee work in recent weeks. Simon Henshaw, th...

False missile alert sparks panic in US state

False missile alert sparks panic in US state

-- 2018-01-14 12:00:00

An incoming missile alert plunged residents of US state Hawaii into panic on Saturday morning before it was declared a false alarm. Mobile phone users received a message saying: "Ballistic missile th...

California mudslide death toll reaches 19

California mudslide death toll reaches 19

-- 2018-01-14 11:28:18

The death toll from mudslides that devastated parts of California’s scenic Santa Barbara County rose to 19 on Saturday amid a massive influx of emergency crews searching for five people still mi...

Deadly earthquake shakes Peru, at least two dead

Deadly earthquake shakes Peru, at least two dead

-- 2018-01-14 08:29:48

Two people were killed when a 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook Peru on Sunday, says CNN in accordance to a regional governor. One of the two victims was a 55-year-old man crushed by a rock in Yauca, tw...

Doctors want President Trump's head examined

Doctors want President Trump's head examined

-- 2018-01-14 01:45:15

President Donald Trump is "in excellent health," White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson said following his physical Friday. But it's not clear whether any mental health tests were conducted, despite...

Trump gives ultimatum to ‘fix’ Iran nuclear deal

Trump gives ultimatum to ‘fix’ Iran nuclear deal

BBC 2018-01-13 12:00:00

US President Donald Trump says he is extending sanctions relief for Iran one last time so Europe and the US can fix the nuclear deal's "terrible flaws". The waiver he will sign suspends US sanctions...

Trump in 'excellent health,’ Doctor says

Trump in 'excellent health,’ Doctor says

-- 2018-01-13 12:00:00

President Trump is in excellent health, his doctor said on Friday after his first comprehensive physical exam since he was elected. Trump spent about three hours with military doctors at the Walter R...

Vandals attack Chile churches before Pope’s visit

Vandals attack Chile churches before Pope’s visit

-- 2018-01-13 10:32:46

Vandals in Chile’s Santiago attacked four churches before dawn on Friday, throwing homemade bombs that caused minor damage and leaving notes threatening Pope Francis just three days ahead of the...

California mudslides cause heavy economic damage

California mudslides cause heavy economic damage

-- 2018-01-13 09:58:13

The California mudslide that killed at least 18 people is causing distress miles from where the torrent of muck and boulders stopped. As searchers continued to look for bodies in the thick mud and ev...

US ambassador resigns over Trump

US ambassador resigns over Trump

-- 2018-01-13 01:02:24

US Ambassador to Panama John Feeley has resigned from his position, saying that he no longer felt able to serve President Donald Trump. Feeley's departure had been communicated to State Department of...

Assange gets Ecuador citizenship

Assange gets Ecuador citizenship

Reuters 2018-01-12 12:01:08

Ecuador has given citizenship to Julian Assange as part of its efforts to allow the WikiLeaks founder to leave the country’s London embassy where he has been holed up for more than five years....

Trump scraps UK visit

Trump scraps UK visit

-- 2018-01-12 12:00:00

US President Donald Trump cancelled a visit to London scheduled for early this year, saying he was disappointed with the “Obama administration having sold” the US embassy in the British ca...

Trump denies using ‘racist’ remark following global outrage

Trump denies using ‘racist’ remark following global outrage

-- 2018-01-12 10:35:08

US President Donald Trump has sparked outrage after he was reported to have used crude language to describe foreign countries in an Oval Office meeting. Trump said he did not say "anything derogatory...

Trump makes ‘racist’, ‘shameful’ remarks at immigrants

Trump makes ‘racist’, ‘shameful’ remarks at immigrants

FE Online Desk 2018-01-12 06:29:25

US President Donald Trump used vulgar terms expressed frustration behind closed doors with people coming to the US from. "Why do we want all these people from 'shithole countries' coming here?", aske...

Top advisers to waive Iran sanctions urge Trump

Top advisers to waive Iran sanctions urge Trump

-- 2018-01-11 12:51:38

Two senior administration officials said on Wednesday that Trump’s top advisers were recommending that he not ramose sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the agreement between Iran, the Unit...

US for "unconditional" release of Reuters journos

US for "unconditional" release of Reuters journos

-- 2018-01-11 12:00:00

The United States has expressed "disappointment" over Wednesday's court decision in Myanmar to allow prosecution of Reuter's journalists -- Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo -- under the Official Secrets Act....

Death toll mounts to 17 in California mudslides

Death toll mounts to 17 in California mudslides

-- 2018-01-11 11:03:02

The death toll from devastating mudslides in affluent communities along a stretch of Southern California coastline rose to 17 on Wednesday after two more bodies were recovered, the local sheriff said,...

Europe urges Trump to honour Iran deal

Europe urges Trump to honour Iran deal

-- 2018-01-11 10:39:59

Senior European diplomats have urged the United States (US) not to kill off the Iran nuclear deal, as President Donald Trump mulls whether to re-impose sanctions on the country on Friday. Trump had v...

7.6 quake off Caribbean Sea triggers tsunami alert

7.6 quake off Caribbean Sea triggers tsunami alert

-- 2018-01-10 12:00:00

A massive earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck north of Honduras in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, sparking a tsunami warning in the area, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. The US Geological Surv...

Weather disasters cost US record $306 billion in 2017

Weather disasters cost US record $306 billion in 2017

Reuters 2018-01-10 11:51:24

Weather and climate-related disasters cost the United States a record $306 billion in 2017, the third-warmest year on record, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Monday. Th...

13 die in California mudslides

13 die in California mudslides

-- 2018-01-10 10:48:53

Mudslides, boulders and tons of debris killed at least 13 people on Tuesday in communities along California’s scenic coastline ravaged by a series of intense wildfires that burned off protective...

Bannon leaves Breitbart News

Bannon leaves Breitbart News

BBC 2018-01-10 09:55:43

Steve Bannon, Donald Trump's ex-chief strategist, has stepped down from the right-wing Breitbart News organisation where he built his reputation. The move comes amid a furore over remarks he reported...

California mudslides claims at least 13 lives

California mudslides claims at least 13 lives

-- 2018-01-10 08:24:38

Mudslides, boulders and tons of debris killed at least 13 people on Tuesday in California. Heavy downpours struck before dawn on Tuesday after thousands of residents in Santa Barbara County along the...

Another blow for Trump: Judge blocks DACA abolishment

Another blow for Trump: Judge blocks DACA abolishment

-- 2018-01-10 06:33:26

A San Francisco judge temporarily barred US President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday from ending a programme that protects young people brought to the country illegally by their parent...

US gives Salvadoran immigrants deadline to leave

US gives Salvadoran immigrants deadline to leave

-- 2018-01-09 12:00:00

Some 0.20 million (200,000) Salvadoran immigrants allowed to live and work in the United States since 2001 will lose their right to remain in the country in 2019, officials said on Monday, marking the...

Four children die in Canada house fire

Four children die in Canada house fire

-- 2018-01-08 12:00:00

Four children including one infant died in an early-morning house fire in Canada's southwestern province of Nova Scotia, local media reported Sunday night. Troy Amirault, deputy chief with the West P...

Trump Tower catches fire, no injuries reported

Trump Tower catches fire, no injuries reported

-- 2018-01-08 12:00:00

Emergency services in New York were responding to a fire at the top of Trump Tower Monday morning, according to local media. The New York Fire Department confirmed they were dealing with the incident...

Brazil cops arrest prison riot mastermind

Brazil cops arrest prison riot mastermind

-- 2018-01-08 11:55:27

Police in Brazil have arrested a drug lord accused of ordering a deadly prison riot on New Year's Day. Nine inmates were killed and 14 injured during the unrest at a prison in the central state of...

Trump open to talking with N Korea's Kim

Trump open to talking with N Korea's Kim

-- 2018-01-07 12:00:00

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would “absolutely” be willing to talk on the phone to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and that he hopes a positive development results from ta...

Muslim population in USA to become second-largest

Muslim population in USA to become second-largest

-- 2018-01-07 10:42:01

The Muslim population in USA is set to become the second-largest religious group after Christians by the year 2040. A new report said there were 3.45 million Muslim people living in the US in the yea...