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September 17, 2017 World News

British police make second arrest over London train attack

British police said Sunday they had made a second arrest over the bombing of a London Underground train, as their probe into the terror attack widened. The 21-year-old man, who has not been named, w...

Norma reaches hurricane strength in Pacific near Mexico: NHC

Tropical Storm Norma surged to hurricane strength late Friday off Mexico's Pacific coast which was pounded just hours earlier by Tropical Storm Max. Norma looked likely to churn toward the Los Cabos...

September 16, 2017
World News
N.Korea seeks 'equilibrium' of military force with US: KCNA

North Korea is seeking an "equilibrium" of military force with the United States, state media reported Saturday, after Pyongyang sparked global condemnation with a sixth nuclear test then fired a se...

September 16, 2017
North Korea
NASA's $3.9 bn Cassini spacecraft makes death plunge into Saturn

After 20 years in space, NASA's famed Cassini spacecraft made its final death plunge into Saturn on Friday, ending a storied mission that scientists say taught us nearly everything we know about Satu...

September 15, 2017
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Norway FM appointed as new World Economic Forum president

Norway's foreign minister Borge Brende on Friday announced he has been appointed as president of the World Economic Forum (WEF), a foundation that organises a high-level global economy event every ye...

September 15, 2017
World News
22 injured in London underground bomb attack

At least 22 people were injured after a bomb detonated on a packed London Underground train during the morning rush hour on Friday in what police are treating as a "terrorist incident". Witnesses re...

September 15, 2017
World News
Abe: Japan can 'never tolerate' North Korea's 'provocative' acts

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday, September 15, that Japan would "never tolerate" what he called North Korea's "dangerous provocative action that threatens world peace" following a missile launc...

September 15, 2017
North Korea
Myanmar's Suu Kyi to address nation next week on Rohingya crisis

YANGON -- Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi will address the crisis engulfing Rakhine state next week, in her first speech since scores were killed in violence that has sent nearly 380,000 Rohingya M...

September 13, 2017
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Cholera cases in Yemen could hit 850,000 this year: Red Cross

GENEVA -- The cholera epidemic tearing through Yemen, exacerbating the already dire humanitarian situation in the war-ravaged country, could impact 850,000 people by the end of the year, the Red Cros...

September 13, 2017
World News
At least four dead as storm hits Philippines

MANILA -- At least four people died and six were missing after a major storm caused flooding in and around Manila on Tuesday, forcing schools, government offices and businesses to shut down. A 12-ye...

September 12, 2017
World News
Peru expels NK ambassador over nuclear tests

Peru on Monday ordered North Korea's ambassador to leave the country within five days because of Pyongyang's nuclear tests in defiance of the international community. The foreign ministry's announce...

September 12, 2017
World
Russia detains dozens at protest supporting Rohingya

MOSCOW -- Russian police detained people from a crowd of about 200 protesters Sunday in Saint Petersburg who had gathered over the crackdown on the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. The square in the cit...

September 10, 2017
World News
Mexico quake kills 65, deadly storm strikes

Rescuers pulled bodies from the rubble and grieving families carried coffins through the streets Saturday after Mexico‘s biggest earthquake in a century killed 65 people, while elsewhere two died in ...

September 10, 2017
World
Irma lashes Florida, evacuees brace for strike

Hurricane Irma began pummeling Florida late Saturday, threatening almost the entire southeastern US state after cutting a deadly path of destruction through the Caribbean. Tens of thousands of Flori...

September 10, 2017
World
Miami a ghost town as Hurricane Irma approaches

As Hurricane Irma barrels across the Caribbean toward Florida, Miami Beach residents who refused to join the millions fleeing their state are out walking dogs and surfing in a ghostly city. Fort Lau...

September 10, 2017
World

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