Iran announced that it had carried out a “successful” test for the new medium-range Khoramshahr missile, local media said. The test comes as the latest violation by Tehran of the 2015 nuclear agreement that it signed with six world powers. It also comes in defiance of warnings from Washington that i
Emergency officials in Puerto Rico raced on Saturday to evacuate some 70,000 people after a rain-swollen dam failed in the latest disaster caused by Hurricane Maria. With the death toll from the storm at 33 across the Caribbean, the National Weather Service office in capital San Juan Friday issued a
Egypt, France, Britain, the US and three other countries have asked the UN Security Council to meet next week to discuss the ongoing violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, according to a request seen by Agence France Presse on Friday. The seven countries including Kazakhstan, Senegal and Swed
London’s transport regulator stripped Uber on Friday of its license to operate from the end of September. The decision will affect more than 40,000 drivers in a massive blow to the taxi app. “Uber’s approach and conduct demonstrate a lack of corporate responsibility in relation to a number of issues
Oil prices were at rise on Friday, as traders waited to see whether major oil- producing countries planned to meet in Vienna would extend production cuts to reduce the global crude glut. International benchmark Brent crude futures were at $56.51 a barrel at 0644 GMT, up 0.14 percent from their last
Buddhist protesters in Myanmar threw petrol bombs to try to block a shipment of aid to Muslims in Rakhine state, where the United Nations has accused the military of ethnic cleansing, before police fired in the air to disperse them. According to Reuters, the incident late on Wednesday reflected risi
The World Trade Organization on Thursday said that global trade will rebound strongly in 2017 as commerce rebounded strongly, but cautioned that major threats could still derail the positive trajectory. “Growth of 3.6 percent would represent a substantial improvement on the lacklustre 1.3 perc
Rescuers endeavored against defeating odds as dawn broke on Thursday to save a 12-year-old schoolgirl and other possible survivors trapped beneath debris in central Mexico following the country’s deadliest earthquake in 32 years. At least 237 others have died and 1,900 were injured. The quake killed
Hurricane Maria thrashed parts of the Dominican Republic with heavy rain and high winds as it passed near its east and north coasts on Thursday after making a direct hit on Puerto Rico, crushing concrete balconies and paralyzing the island with landslides. Maria has killed at least 10 people as it r
A Red Cross truck carrying relief supplies for Rohingya Muslim refugees skidded off a hilly road in Bangladesh and plunged into a paddy field on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 10, police said. Officials said the truck was carrying food to some of the several thousand refugees stranded in
British detectives have arrested a 17-year-old youth in connection with a bomb attack on a London Underground train last week, bringing the total number of arrests to six, police said on Thursday. The young man was arrested under the Terrorism Act in the early hours of Thursday in Thornton Heath, so
Iraq has launched an offensive to retake the town of Hawija, one of two remaining bastions of ISIS in the country, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Thursday. “At the dawn of a new day, we announce the launch of the first stage of the liberation of Hawija, in accordance with our commitm
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko refused a Russian proposal to deploy UN peacekeepers in eastern Ukraine as an effort to legalize forces it backs and freeze the conflict. Poroshenko used his speech at the annual gathering of world leaders for the United Nations General Assembly to accuse Moscow
US President Donald Trump is urging the United Nations Security Council to take “strong and swift action” to bring Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis to an end, US Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday. Speaking at the United Nations, Pence reiterated a call for Myanmar’s military to end the violence i
British scientists have used a genome editing to remove a gene in embryos just a few days old, testing the technique’s ability to decipher key gene functions in early human development. “One way to find out what a gene does in the developing embryo is to see what happens when it isn̵
Spanish police stormed Catalan government offices and buildings and arrested officials on Wednesday to halt the region’s independence referendum, an action the regional president said meant Madrid had effectively taken over his administration. In the early hours of the morning armed officers a
Maria, one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit Puerto Rico, pummeled the island Wednesday after leaving at least two people dead in the French territory of Guadeloupe and causing major damage in Dominica. Maria made landfall early Wednesday in the southeast coastal town of Yabucoa as a Category
Fighters from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have captured most of Raqqa from ISIS, saying the campaign to put the Syrian city under SDF control was in its final stages. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the SDF overran five strategic neighborhoods in Raqqa. “Because of the
British police detained on Wednesday two more men over the bombing of a packed London Underground train last week which injured 30 people. The men, aged 48 and 30, were held under terrorism laws in Newport in south Wales. Another 25-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday evening, London’s Metropolitan
Rescuers searched for survivors through the night after a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday, killing scores and leaving many trapped under collapsed buildings. At least 216 people died in Mexico City — the country’s capital — and in the states of Puebla, Me
