In Mexico, frantic rescuers keep up search for quake survivors
An army of trained rescuers and scores of volunteers have carefully combed through the rubble of Mexico’s most deadly earthquake in decades, hoping against diminishing odds to pull more survivors…
Trump mulls new order to replace travel ban, no decision yet
President Donald Trump is considering a new order to replace his soon-to-expire travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries that would be tailored on a country-by-country basis to protect…
Canada’s Trudeau sparks Star Wars/Star Trek spat with Chewbacca socks
Justin Trudeau‘s choice in socks has sparked a light-hearted Twitter competition between the stars of Star Wars and Star Trek after the Canadian Prime Minister sported Chewbacca hosiery during high-profile…
What’s a “dotard” anyway? Kim’s insult to Trump
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has confused a lot of English-speakers – though this time not about what he intends with his nuclear program. Responding to US President Donald…
Teenager appears in UK court charged with London bomb attack
An 18-year-old man who came to Britain after his parents were killed in Iraq has appeared in a London court charged with attempted murder in last week’s bomb attack on…
Thousands evacuated as volcano rumbles on Indonesian holiday spot Bali
Thousands of residents have been evacuated from villages near an active volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali, officials said, as seismic tremors rattled some areas and smoke rose above…
N.Korea’s Kim says will make “deranged” Trump pay dearly for UN speech
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has blasted US President Donald Trump as “mentally deranged” and vowed to make him pay dearly for threatening to destroy his country, hours after…
Trump orders new sanctions to tighten screws on N.Korea nuclear program
US President Donald Trump has ordered new sanctions that open the door wider to blacklisting people and entities doing business with North Korea, including its shipping and trade networks, further…
Dozens of migrants feared dead off Libya after boat runs out of fuel
Dozens of migrants are feared dead after their boat ran out of fuel in the Mediterranean Sea off the western Libyan town of Zuwara, the coastguard said. The coastguard found…
UN team to collect evidence of Islamic State crimes in Iraq
The United Nations Security Council has approved the creation of a UN investigative team to collect, preserve and store evidence in Iraq of acts by Islamic State that may be…
