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N.Korea warns US, Japan, South Korea against seeking sanctions

The Russian leader has been unusually outspoken about North Korea and how the global community should respond in the wake of that country's sixth nuclear te...

Ganesha advertisement: Indian government lodges complaint over controversial lamb meat commercial

Mr Kumar said there was a risk the ad could feed Indian perceptions - which he does not share - that Australians are racist or insensitive. The High Commissio...

Palestinian Authority Frees Jailed Activist

Amro was arrested on last Monday after he was summoned by the preventive security for questioning regarding a Facebook post in which he criticized the PA for ar...

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It also ranks as one of just five Atlantic hurricanes known to have achieved such wind speeds during the past 82 years. There have been no coastal watches or ...

Leading Scientist on Irma: 'Climate Change Effects Are No Longer Subtle'

The National Climate Assessment reported that in the US, "more than 5,790 square miles and more than $1 trillion of property are at risk of inundation from ...

Orlando International Airport plans to close Saturday for Hurricane Irma

In Orlando, 50 knot winds will shut down the airport's outdoor tram which shuttles passengers between terminals. ( CNN ) - All eyes are on Hurricane Irma as...

Putin says he believes US willing to defuse Korea tensions

North Korea on Sunday conducted its most powerful nuclear test to date, triggering USA warnings of a "massive military response". " North Korea is escalating...

Four members of Shia Hazara community shot dead in Quetta

At least four members of Pakistan's Shia Hazara community, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed and two others injured in an attack in Kuchlak town near...

US options on North Korea narrow further after test

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang also reiterated Beijing's opposition to South Korea's deployment of the US Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence...

Bipartisan Senate Bill Doubles Hurricane Recovery Funding

The vote was 80-17, with all "no" votes by Republicans. Those opposed wanted to deal with disaster relief and the debt ceiling separately. The new funding...

Khawaja Asif meets Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif

National Security Adviser Nasser Khan Janjua and Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua are also accompanying the foreign minister. During the meetings, views on la...

North Korean leader celebrates 'perfect success' of nuclear test with banquet

North Korea could be preparing another missile launch, the South said today as it strengthened defences following Pyongyang's biggest-ever nuclear tes...

Moon, Putin Agree N. Korean Nuke Issue Needs Swift Resolution

The deployment of the missile shield came as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed Thursday to exert stronger pressur...

India will continue providing support to Afghanistan forces: Sushma Swaraj

In the joint press conference of India and Afghanistan in the national capital, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddi...

Bangladesh recall Mahmudullah for Proteas Tests

The 30-year-old Shakib, who is the number-one ranked all-rounder across all three formats, submitted a letter to the BCB saying wanted to miss the next six mon...

Tony Blair calls for tougher immigration rules to prevent Brexit

The main opposition Labour party has vowed to try to defeat the bill, however, arguing that its provisions to smooth the transfer of European Union laws repre...

South Korea bolsters missile shield as fears of ICBM launch rise

A USA proposal for new United Nations sanctions against North Korea would clamp an embargo on its oil and textile trade and slap a full asset freeze and w...

Teva appoints Lundbeck's Kare Schultz as CEO

Yitzhak Peterburg has stood in as interim CEO since then. "With extensive global pharmaceutical experience, a strong track record executing corporate turnarou...

Russian President Putin says progress on North Korea impossible without dialogue

The drill meant to simulate a strike on North Korea's Pyunggye-ri nuclear test site involved the Hyunmoo ballistic missile system and F-15K fighter jets, report...

Russian and Japanese leaders 'decisively condemn' North Korean tests

Mr Moon and Mr Abe are expected to hold a summit in Vladivostok on Thursday. Pyongyang also conducted its sixth nuclear test on Sunday, prompting vehement rep...

Irma makes landfall in Florida, Upstate impacts LIKELY Monday

Expect some downed trees and power lines during this time, especially with the saturated ground. Though, Carroll said, there's concern for flash flooding in...

Putin warns of 'global catastrophe' in North Korea impasse

He apparently sought to pass the buck to China , the North's largest communist ally, saying his country only exported some 40,000 tons of oil a year to the Nor...

Three S. Korean gov't ministries explain deployment of extra THAAD launchers

U.S. President Donald Trump has urged China to do more to rein in its neighbor, which has pursued its weapons programs in defiance of United Nations sanctions a...

Putin says sanctions against N. Korea 'useless and ineffective'

He told Moon he'd support "in principle" South Korea fitting its missiles with heavier warheads, which would give the country a potentially greater deterrent ag...

Sibanye Gold Limited (SBGL) - Critical Levels to Breach

The stock of Randgold Resources Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ: GOLD ) has "Buy" rating given on Thursday, September 17 by Vetr. BidaskClub lowered Randgold Resources ...

Detained Taiwanese activist's wife arrives in China for his trial

Lee Ming-che, a community college teacher known for his pro-democracy and rights activism, went missing on a trip to mainland China in March. Despite little i...

Latest on Hurricane Irma, Plus Pleasant WI Weather

All of the Palmetto State remains outside of the "cone of uncertainty", but don't let your guard down. Isolated tornadoes are also possible, as well as locali...

Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami back in Indian cricket team for Australia ODIs

Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami, the pace bowlers, made a comeback after being rested from the side that played five ODIs and one Twenty20 global in Sri Lanka. ...

OIC Summit opens in Kazakhstan

The president is participating as the chairman of the OIC Standing Committee on Science and Technology, according to a Foreign Office (FO) handout. The Turkis...

Dennis Rodman offers to 'straighten things out' between Trump & N. Korea's Kim

The proposal was rejected by the United States and South Korea. It would authorize the 192 other United Nations member states to stop these ships on the high ...

U.S. calls for United Nations to impose strongest measures on North Korea

The crisis around North Korea requires quick action, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday, calling on world powers to press Pyongyang to abide by...

North Korea warns United States over sanctions push ahead of United Nations vote

DPRK stands for the North's formal name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Should the sanctions resolution pass, it said, Pyongyang's forthcoming mea...

Trump increases funding for Irma in Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands

It is now heading towards Florida and could be the worst storm the state has ever seen; 6.3 million Floridians have been told to evacuate. Everyone is coming to...

Chicago Teen Found Dead in Rosemont Hotel Freezer

Jenkins, of the 2100 block of West Warren Boulevard, had gone to a party Friday night with friends in a hotel room at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in R...

From space, Hurricane Irma dominates the horizon

Irma, a enormous depression that is the size of Texas, has just hit Cuba and heads on the west coast of Florida. To determine the strength of a storm, scienti...