Nations to consider more N.Korea sanctions, US warns on military option
Twenty nations gave agreed to consider tougher sanctions to press North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Pyongyang it could trigger…
Philippines’ Duterte blasts news site Rappler, but denies stifling media
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has denied influencing a regulator’s decision to revoke the license of a news website known for challenging his government, but lashed out strongly at what he…
Thirteen siblings found chained, starving in California home; parents charged
Thirteen malnourished siblings, ranging in age from 2 to 29, have been rescued by police in California from a house where some of them had been chained to beds, and…
China consumer group seeks answers from Apple about slowing iPhones
A Chinese consumer group has asked Apple for information about the slowing of older iPhones after operating system updates, demanding a reply before Friday, state news agency Xinhua reported. The…
Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan dies suddenly at 46
Dolores O’Riordan, the lead singer of Irish rock group The Cranberries, has died suddenly at the age of 46 during a recording trip to London, her publicist said. The cause…
Chelsea Manning eyes US Senate seat for Maryland
Chelsea Manning, the transgender US Army soldier who served seven years in military prison for leaking classified data, is seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination for the US Senate seat from…
Scores injured as Indonesia stock exchange building lobby floor collapses
A mezzanine floor overlooking the main lobby of the Indonesian Stock Exchange building has collapsed, injuring scores of people, many of them students, under slabs of concrete and other debris.…
Pope warns world is one step away from nuclear war
Pope Francis says he is really afraid about the danger of nuclear war and that the world now stood at “the very limit”. His comment, made as he flew off…
Philippines widens evacuation area as lava spreads around restive volcano
The Philippines have ordered the forced evacuation of people from two more municipalities near a restive volcano as the chief volcanologist warned of a possible hazardous eruption “within weeks or…
Myanmar says temporary camp will house 30,000 Rohingya targeted for repatriation
Myanmar is building a camp to temporarily house 30,000 Rohingya Muslims targeted for repatriation after fleeing violence in Rakhine State, state media reports, as Myanmar and Bangladesh meet to discuss…
