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UN imposes tougher sanctions on North Korea

Reuters 2017-09-12 12:00:00

The United Nations Security Council unanimously stepped up sanctions against North Korea on Monday over the country’s sixth and most powerful nuclear test conducted on Sept. 3, imposing a ban on...

Irma leaves Florida without power

FE Online Desk 2017-09-12 12:00:00

About 6.5 million homes and businesses in Florida, two-thirds of the total, are without power after Hurricane Irma cut a deadly path through the state, officials said on Monday.   Relief oper...

Egypt cuts military ties with North Korea

-- 2017-09-12 08:04:12

Egypt’s defence minister, on a visit to Seoul, announced that his country has cut military ties with North Korea.   There was no immediate confirmation from the Egyptian government, says...

Spain's Constitutional Court suspends Catalan referendum law

-- 2017-09-12 06:36:25

The Spanish Constitutional Court has suspended a Catalan law outlining a legal framework for an independent state, a court source said on Tuesday, an expected move after it suspended a law approving a...

Irma hits west coast of Florida

-- 2017-09-11 12:52:39

Hurricane Irma is blasting up the west coast of Florida and bearing down on the city of Tampa in United States, with dangerous flooding along long stretches of coast.   It has been downgraded f...

Britain looks forward to work closely with China in space satellite applications

-- 2017-09-11 12:50:55

EDINBURGH, Britain, Sept 10 (Xinhua): With China's growing investment in space science and technology and its increasing market demand for satellite applications, countries like Britain are looking to...

US commemorates 9/11 terror attacks

-- 2017-09-11 12:30:24

While the US contends with the destruction caused by two ferocious hurricanes in three weeks, Americans also are marking the 16th anniversary of one of the nation's most scarring days.   Thousa...

Eight dead in Texas shooting

-- 2017-09-11 12:02:31

A gunman killed seven people at a home in a Dallas suburb on Sunday evening before being shot dead by police called to the scene, US authorities said.   The shooting took place in Plano, a subu...

Al Shabaab storms Somali military base, killing 10

Reuters 2017-09-11 12:00:00

Heavy fighting erupted on Monday in the Somali border town of Balad Hawo near Kenya after Al Shabaab detonated a suicide car bomb and then stormed the military base there, the spokesman of the al Qaed...

UN sees 'ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar

Reuters 2017-09-11 12:00:00

The top UN human rights official on Monday denounced Myanmar’s “brutal security operation” against Muslim Rohingyas in Rakhine state which he said was “clearly disproportionate...

Heavy rain and flooding kill six in Italy

-- 2017-09-11 11:46:15

At least six people were killed and two others missing as torrential rain in Italy triggered flooding in the Tuscan port of Leghorn on Sunday.   Strong winds toppled trees and parked cars were...

Irma weakens, leaves almost 6m without power

-- 2017-09-11 06:26:12

Hurricane Irma, now a Category 1 storm with top sustained winds of 75 mph, was battering Florida on Monday with continued hurricane-force winds, torrential rain and dangerous storm surges, killing at...

Rohingya insurgents declared truce

Reuters 2017-09-10 12:00:00

Rohingya insurgents declared a month-long unilateral ceasefire, starting on Sunday, to enable aid groups to help ease a humanitarian crisis in northwest Myanmar.   Nearly 300,000 Rohingya have...

Tony Blair calls for tougher UK immigration rules

-- 2017-09-10 12:00:00

Tony Blair has called on the government to introduce a new immigration policy which "reasserts control".   When he was prime minister, Mr Blair's government - unlike most EU countries - did not...

Parts of Miami city under water

-- 2017-09-10 11:13:40

Parts of the city of Miami are under water as Hurricane Irma hit mainland Florida, triggering storm surges across the south of the state. The category four storm with sustained winds up to 130mph (20...

Florida braces for hurricane Irma

Reuters 2017-09-10 10:08:47

Wind gusts close to hurricane force are battering islands in Florida's south as Hurricane Irma is due to hit the mainland in the coming hours.   Water levels are already rising on the coast of...

Irma hits Florida 

-- 2017-09-10 06:21:10

Hurricane Irma is slamming southern Florida with calamitous force as the storm's eyewall reaches the Florida Keys Sunday morning, says a report on CNN.Irma packed winds of 130 mph as it prepared to la...

12 of a family drown at Karachi beach

-- 2017-09-10 03:08:06

Twelve people of a family, including two women, drowned on Saturday after being swept away by strong waves at the Hawksbay beach in the Pakistani port city of Karachi.   “Initially...

Mexico earthquake death toll rises to 61

-- 2017-09-09 12:28:45

The death toll from one of the most powerful earthquakes recorded in Mexico has risen to at least 61 people.   A huge rescue operation is under way in the worst-hit states of Tabasco, Oaxaca an...

Myanmar planted landmines along border: Amnesty  

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

Myanmar has planted landmines along its border with Bangladesh posing a deadly threat to fleeing Rohingyas, says Amnesty International or AI.   It said on Saturday that it has confirmed that in...

Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi can’t be stripped of prize says Nobel committee

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

An online petition signed by more than 386,000 people on Change.org is calling for Suu Kyi to be stripped of her Peace Prize over the persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority.The organi...

Irma makes landfall in Cuba

-- 2017-09-09 11:25:15

Hurricane Irma strengthened and made landfall in Cuba on Friday as a Category 5 storm, as millions of Florida residents were ordered to evacuate after the storm killed 21 people in the eastern Caribbe...

Hurricane Irma kills 14 in Caribbean

-- 2017-09-08 12:14:48

At least fourteen people were killed as Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, smashed a string of Caribbean islands on its way to Florida on Thursday.   With wi...

8.1 quake hits off south Mexico

-- 2017-09-08 12:00:00

An earthquake of magnitude 8.1 struck off the southern coast of Mexico late on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, shaking buildings in the capital city.   People in Mexico City ran...

Step in: Tutu to Suu Kyi on Rohingyas

Reuters 2017-09-08 12:00:00

Retired South African cleric and anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu urged Myanmar leader and fellow Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday to intervene to help Rohingya Muslims fle...

Qatar to give $30m to help Harvey victims

-- 2017-09-08 12:00:00

Qatar is donating $30 million to help people in Texas recover from Harvey, its ambassador said Thursday, amid a diplomatic crisis with its neighbours.   The contribution appears to be the large...

Australians surrender 26,000 guns

-- 2017-09-08 12:00:00

Australians have handed in nearly 26,000 firearms in the nation's first gun amnesty since its landmark response to a mass shooting in 1996, reports BBC.   The amnesty began on 1 July to help co...

Hurricane Irma heads for Bahamas, Cuba

-- 2017-09-08 10:30:51

Hurricane Irma hurtled toward Cuba and the Bahamas on Friday after leaving a trail of devastation in the Caribbean, while an anxious South Florida and Miami prepared for what could be a major hit by t...

Australians surrender 26,000 guns in national amnesty

-- 2017-09-08 09:49:33

SYDNEY, Sept 08 (BBC): Australians have handed in nearly 26,000 firearms in the nation's first gun amnesty since its landmark response to a mass shooting in 1996.The amnesty began on 1 July to help co...

Mexico expels North Korean ambassador

-- 2017-09-08 08:21:25

Mexico decided to expel North Korean ambassador, giving him 72 hours to leave the country, in protest against the DPRK’s sixth nuke test on Sunday.   Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mex...