Powerful Hurricane Irma barreled towards the Caribbean and the southern United States on Tuesday as warnings of the Category 4 storm took effect in Leeward Islands, the British and US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The storm intensified as it surged forward with 150 mph (240 kph) winds, the US Nati
The Boko Haram extremist group has killed over 300 civilians in Nigeria and Cameroon since April, revealed Amnesty International on Tuesday. The rights group said that 381 people were killed in what it described as a resurgence of the extremist organization. The spike in attacks by the extremists is
Russia President Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday that the foreign minister reserves the right to take US authorities to court in wake of the recent row over Russian diplomatic missions in the United States. He stated that Russia reserves the right to further cut the number of US diplomatic staff in
The United Arab Emirates has condemned North Korea’s sixth nuclear test, deeming it a clear violation of the will and decisions of the international community. According to WAM, the UAE confirmed that these recurrent nuclear tests pose not only a challenge to UN Security Council resolutions an
France’s Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian was in Libya on Monday to meet rival political leaders and offer support for a deal aimed at stabilizing the country. According to Reuters, Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and the divided nation’s eastern commander Khalifa Haftar signed an agreement
A staggering 2,000 Rohingya refugees were driven out of a remote island in Bangladesh where they sought refuge from Myanmar violence, officials said Monday. The vast majority have entered overland or by crossing the Naf border river. But as desperation grows, some are braving the open seas to reach
Prince William and his wife Kate are expecting their third child, Kensington Palace announced on Monday, but may have been forced to release the news early due to a severe form of morning sickness. “Their royal highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that the
Turkey reacted angrily on Monday to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s declaration on Sunday that Ankara must not join the European Union. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman accused German politicians of surrendering to populism after Merkel said she would seek to end talks on Turkey
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced off on Sunday with Social Democrat (SPD) rival Martin Schulz in the only televised debate ahead of the country’s September 24 elections. Merkel, who is running for a fourth term in office, used her experience on the global scene to her advantage, emerging the wi
Moscow condemned on Sunday a decision by the United States to close the Russian consulate in San Francisco and two buildings housing trade missions in Washington DC and New York. The Russian foreign ministry described the move as a “blatantly hostile act” that violated international law. The develop
A total of 87,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in neighboring Myanmar on August 25, the United Nations said Monday. The newest estimate, based on calculations by UN workers in the Bangladeshi border district of Cox’s Bazar, takes to nearly 150,000 the
South Korea’s military launched a volley of ballistic missiles simulating an attack on the North’s nuclear test site Monday as the US warned it could launch a “massive military response” to threats from Pyongyang amid efforts by Japan to defend itself. In an exercise respondi
One of former President Barack Obama’s greatest foreign policy achievements is at risk, and it has nothing to do with his successor, said an Associated Press report on Sunday. Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation that Obama helped usher back to democracy, has been roiled by an explosion of viol
World powers expressed on Sunday their concern over North Korea’s latest nuclear test, during it which it claimed to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. The United Nations nuclear watchdog expressed grave concern and Russia said it could lead to serious consequences. US President Donald Trump
Authorities in Germany kicked off on Sunday the evacuation of more than 60,000 residents ahead of defusing a WWII-era bomb. Construction workers found the 1.8-ton (4,000-pound) British bomb Tuesday. Officials have ordered residents to evacuate homes within a 1.5-kilometer (nearly a mile) radius of t
Huawei will unveil next month a new mobile phone chip that will rival the likes of Samsung and Apple, who enjoy the lion’s share of the smartphone market. The Chinese country aims to use artificial intelligence-powered features such as instant image recognition when it launches its new flagship phon
Hundreds of people were evacuated from the US city of Los Angeles as a wildfire on the northern edge of the city grew into what the mayor described as “largest in the city’s history”. The 2,023-hectare La Tuna Fire, named after the canyon area where it erupted on Friday, has led authorities to evacu
The number of casualties was unclear after al-Shabaab militants attacked a military base in southern Somalia, an army officer announced on Sunday. He did not disclose the exact number of casualties, but the militant group said that 26 soldiers were killed in the incident in the southern port city of
Twenty sailors were saved on Sunday after their cargo ship sank off the coast of Oman. Authorities in Oman said that the ship was loaded with construction material, consisting of steel bars and sand. Police and Oman’s Transportation and Communications Ministry said that the boat sank off the c
Prince Khalid al-Faisal, the prince of the Mecca region, announced on Sunday the success of this season’s annual Hajj pilgrimage. He revealed during a press conference that Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz personally oversaw the pilgrimage to ensure its success. Furthermor
