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Reports are now indicating severe damage in various parts of Mexico City after two earthquakes that struck simulataneously at 1:14pm today. There have been no reports of fatalities or injuries but several buildings have collapsed in various parts of the city and severe structural damage to others in La Roma, Condesa and Del Valle. The […]

Trump: ‘Rocket Man’s suicide mission’ US President Donald Trump has told the UN General Assembly that America would destroy North Korea if forced to defend itself or its allies. In his debut speech, he mocked North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, saying: “Rocket man is on a suicide mission.” North Korea has tested nuclear bombs and […]

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) speaks with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meet ahea of the UN’s General Assembly in NY, US, September 19, 2017. (Reuters) Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have met for the first time in public in what Egypt said was part of an effort […]

People watch footage of the launch of a Hwasong-12 rocket in Pyongyang. Photo: AFP Spain on Monday ordered North Korea’s ambassador to leave the country by September 30th in protest over Pyongyang’s nuclear tests, which it has criticised as “a serious threat to peace”. “Today, the ambassador of North Korea DPRK in Spain has been […]

Competition for the spotlight is going to be fierce at the UN General Assembly [Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images] United Nations – There is little doubt who is headlining this year’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Diplomats could be heard chatting about US President Donald Trump’s arrival in the corridors of UN headquarters for weeks. There is a mild sense of […]

© Mikhail Golub @golub / Twitter Footage of an incident leaked online on Tuesday shows accidental rocket fire from a Russian strike helicopter hitting close to parked cars. The Russian military denied earlier reports on social media that the incident happened during the ongoing Zapad war games. UPDATE: Watch alleged cockpit video of the incident […]

AP Photo The childhood home of President Donald Trump in New York hosted several new visitors over the weekend — refugees who shared their stories as a way to bring attention to the worldwide refugee crisis as the United Nations General Assembly convenes in the city this week. The three-story Tudor-style home in Queens that […]

Syrian soldiers, backed by Russian air strikes, cross Euphrates River in a head-on course with rival SDF fighters.   Syrian government forces have made rapid gains in Deir Az Zor in recent days [Getty Images] Syrian troops battling ISIL crossed to the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in Deir Az Zor on Monday, securing […]

© KCNA / Reuters North Korea has warned that the more sanctions pursued by the US and its allies, the more quickly it will complete its nuclear force, official state news agency KCNA reports. The latest sanctions represent “the most vicious, unethical and inhumane act of hostility to physically exterminate the people of the DPRK, let alone […]

Kurds in Iraq plan to hold a referendum on independence despite opposition from Baghdad and neighbouring countries. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), which governs the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, plans to hold an independence referendum on September 25, 2017. While the vote, which is likely to result in favour of independence, is nonbinding, it […]