CNN Ben Westcott 11 September, 2017 (CNN)The United States will pay a “due price” if harsh sanctions against North Korea are agreed at a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York Monday. North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on state media that if the US “does ...

Millions of people are without power and several states are next in line The Independent Clark Mindock, Andrew Buncombe 11 September, 2017 Florida has been pounded hard by what President Donald Trump called “some big monster”, as Hurricane Irma tore into the state, leaving a trail of damage and death ...

Deaths in Mediterranean have risen with migrants opting for dangerous routes and exposing themselves to violence, says IOM   The Guardian 11 September, 2017 Saeed Kamali Dehghan More than 22,500 migrants have reportedly died or disappeared globally since 2014 – more than half of them perishing while attempting to cross ...

ABC News 6 september, 2017   The United Nations’ special enjoy to Syria says oppositional forces must be prepared to face the reality that they did not win the six-and-a-half year war against President Bashar al-Assad. Staffan de Mistura suggested the war was now almost over since critical territories had ...

SANA 7 September, 2017 Damascus, SANA-  General Command of the Army and Armed Forces affirmed that the Israeli warplanes fired several rockets from the Lebanese airspace at 02:42 a.m. on Thursday targeting one of the Syrian military posts near Massyaf, killing two army personnel and causing material damage to the ...

CNN By Rebecca Wright and Ben Westcott 7 September, 2017 (CNN)Bangladesh summoned the Myanmar ambassador on Wednesday to urge an end to the violence that has engulfed the region and to raise concerns about reports of landmines being laid along the border between the two countries. At least 146,000 ethnic ...

Winds of up to 75 miles per hour are expected The Independent Shehab Khan 7 September, 2017 A third hurricane is set to threaten the US in the space of six days. Katia, a storm off the Mexican coast, has strengthened into a hurricane, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) ...

Parasites such as lice and fleas are crucial to ecosystems, scientists say, and extinctions could lead to unpredictable invasions The Guardian Damian Carrington 6 September, 2017 Climate change could wipe out a third of all parasite species on Earth, according to the most comprehensive analysis to date. Tapeworms, roundworms, ticks, ...

Regional parliament passes referendum law as Spain’s national government calls move ‘constitutional atrocity’ The Guardian Sam Jones 6 September, 2017 The Spanish government has accused the Catalan parliament of committing a “constitutional and democratic atrocity” by approving legislation to allow next month’s bitterly disputed independence referendum to go ahead. On ...

General says Himalayan standoff could become larger conflict with China, which Pakistan would then use to its advantage Associated Press 7 September, 2017 India’s army chief said on Wednesday the country should be prepared for a potential two-front war given China is flexing its muscles and there is little hope ...