Mexico president leads government response in quake zone
Mexico’s president has thrown himself into areas badly hit by last week’s devastating earthquake amid frustration at delays in getting food and water to stricken communities where at least 96…
UN Security Council unanimously steps up sanctions on North Korea
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously stepped up sanctions against North Korea over the country’s sixth and most powerful nuclear test conducted on September 3, imposing a ban on…
Militant blast, gun attack kill 18 police in Egypt’s Sinai
Militants have attacked a security convoy in Egypt‘s strife-torn Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 18 policemen in a blast and a gun battle, sources said – an assault claimed by Islamic…
Norwegians vote in closely contested parliamentary election
Norwegians have voted in a parliamentary election whose outcome is too close to call, with opinion polls showing Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s centre-right government and the opposition centre-left bloc running…
More than 1 million without power as Irma bears down on Florida
Packing 210-kph winds, Hurricane Irma has knocked out electricity to more than 1 million Florida homes and businesses and threatened the state’s Gulf Coast with potentially catastrophic flooding. The storm,…
Greek PM urges IMF to decide on bailout participation by end of year
The International Monetary Fund should decide whether it will fund Greece’s current bailout programme by the end of the year and help Greece conclude a key bailout review on time,…
Hurricane Irma kills 5 as it sweeps through island of Saint Martin
Hurricane Irma has killed at least five people and left a trail of destruction on the part-French, part-Dutch Caribbean island of Saint Martin, government officials in France and the Netherlands…
Mexico expels North Korean ambassador over nuclear tests
The Mexican government has said it had declared the North Korean ambassador to Mexico persona non grata in protest at the country’s nuclear tests, an unusually firm step that moved it…
Venezuelan bishops tell pope of ‘truly desperate’ situation
Venezuela’s Roman Catholic Church leaders have said they would tell Pope Francis of the “truly desperate” humanitarian crisis in their country at a meeting they hoped would throw a spotlight…
Pope arrives in Colombia to help heal wounds of 50-year war
Pope Francis has arrived in Colombia with a message of unity for a nation deeply divided by a peace deal that ended a five-decade war with Marxist FARC rebels but…
