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US almost doubles aid to Rohingyas

US almost doubles aid to Rohingyas

-- 2018-09-25 22:36:04

The United States (US) almost doubled its aid for displaced Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh and Myanmar, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced on Monday as she pushed for UN investi...

Kavanaugh rejects 'false accusations'

Kavanaugh rejects 'false accusations'

-- 2018-09-25 14:09:55

US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said on Monday he would not step aside after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct decades ago, with President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans sh...

US diplomat found dead at Madagascar home

US diplomat found dead at Madagascar home

-- 2018-09-25 11:31:09

A suspect is in custody after an American diplomat was found dead at home while serving in Madagascar, the US State Department said on Monday. Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statemen...

One dies as protests erupt in Nicaragua

One dies as protests erupt in Nicaragua

-- 2018-09-24 14:20:14

Police and supporters of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega clashed in Managua on Sunday with demonstrators calling for the release of people imprisoned during recent protests, leaving at least one pe...

US seeks to limit green cards for immigrants on public aid

US seeks to limit green cards for immigrants on public aid

-- 2018-09-23 12:13:57

The Trump administration proposed rules that could deny green cards to immigrants if they use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers and other forms of public assistance. Federal law already require...

Canada adopts motion declaring Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya as genocide

Canada adopts motion declaring Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya as genocide

-- 2018-09-22 18:31:23

Canada's Parliament has unanimously adopted a motion declaring crimes committed against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar to be genocide. The motion Thursday also endorsed the findings of a United Nations...

Brazilian cops arrest ‘Hezbollah financier’

Brazilian cops arrest ‘Hezbollah financier’

-- 2018-09-22 14:51:50

Police in Brazil have arrested a man accused by the United States of being one of the main financial operators of the Lebanese militant group, Hezbollah. Assad Ahmad Barakat was detained near the bor...

A year after hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico still struggles to rebuild

A year after hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico still struggles to rebuild

FE Online Desk 2018-09-22 14:05:44

Puerto Rico is still struggling to rebuild itself from the trail of ruins left by hurricane Maria even though a year has gone by since it hit the island on September 20 last year. Jubilee USA Network...

Five shot, including a girl, 8, in Syracuse, New York

Five shot, including a girl, 8, in Syracuse, New York

-- 2018-09-21 16:36:56

Five people were shot, including an eight-year-old girl, in Syracuse, New York on Thursday, the city’s police chief said, according to Reuters. Police responded to a shooting in the city in ups...

US sanctions China for buying Russian fighter jets, missiles

US sanctions China for buying Russian fighter jets, missiles

-- 2018-09-21 13:11:42

The Trump administration imposed sanctions on the Chinese military on Thursday for buying fighter jets and missile systems from Russia, in breach of a sweeping US sanctions law punishing Moscow for me...

Multiple victims in Maryland shooting, suspect in custody

Multiple victims in Maryland shooting, suspect in custody

-- 2018-09-20 23:09:25

Multiple people were killed Thursday morning in northeast Maryland, authorities said Thursday. Police responded to a call shortly after 9 a.m. at a Rite Aid distribution center, Harford County Sherif...

US ready to resume talks with North Korea

US ready to resume talks with North Korea

-- 2018-09-20 15:16:19

The United States said it was ready to resume talks with North Korea after Pyongyang pledged on Wednesday to dismantle its key missile facilities and suggested it would close its main Yongbyon nuclear...

Seven die in Ecuadorian bus accident

Seven die in Ecuadorian bus accident

-- 2018-09-19 15:29:10

At least seven people were killed and 15 others injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in the southern El Oro province of Ecuador on Tuesday, according to Ecuador's Transit Commission (CTE). "W...

US to sharply limit refugee flows to 30,000 in 2019

US to sharply limit refugee flows to 30,000 in 2019

-- 2018-09-18 12:52:41

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States would cap the number of refugees allowed into the country at 30,000 for fiscal-year 2019, a sharp drop from a limit of 45,000 it set...

Pompeo seeks to restore ties with alienated US diplomats

Pompeo seeks to restore ties with alienated US diplomats

-- 2018-09-17 15:22:58

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has nearly doubled promotions of top American diplomats as he seeks to restore diplomatic ties with a workforce alienated by his predecessor, Rex Tillerson. Since ta...

Floodwaters rise in North Carolina after Florence

Floodwaters rise in North Carolina after Florence

-- 2018-09-17 10:36:31

Deadly storm Florence drenched North Carolina with more downpours on Sunday, cutting off the coastal city of Wilmington, damaging tens of thousands of homes and threatening worse flooding as rivers fi...

US arrests ‘serial killer’ border agent for four murders

US arrests ‘serial killer’ border agent for four murders

-- 2018-09-16 14:45:28

A US Border Patrol agent has been arrested in the state of Texas on suspicion of killing four women. Officers began looking for Juan David Ortiz in the city of Laredo after a fifth woman allegedly es...

Pope expels Chilean priest accused of child abuse

Pope expels Chilean priest accused of child abuse

-- 2018-09-16 12:01:25

Pope Francis expelled a Chilean priest under investigation in a case involving the sexual abuse of children, according to a report by local media on Saturday, amid a growing global abuse scandal that...

Flood waters rise as Florence dumps 'epic' rain on Carolinas

Flood waters rise as Florence dumps 'epic' rain on Carolinas

-- 2018-09-16 11:44:02

Tropical Storm Florence dumped “epic” amounts of rain on North and South Carolina as it trudged inland on Saturday, knocking out power and causing at least eight deaths as flood waters tha...

‘Mariachi’ gunmen kill three in Mexico tourist plaza

‘Mariachi’ gunmen kill three in Mexico tourist plaza

-- 2018-09-15 10:53:14

Gunmen with rifles and pistols killed three people on Friday and injured at least seven in a tourist plaza in downtown Mexico City, police said, adding that they were chasing three men dressed as mari...

Hurricane ploughs Carolinas, leaving five dead, states flooded

Hurricane ploughs Carolinas, leaving five dead, states flooded

-- 2018-09-15 10:41:04

Hurricane Florence ploughed into the Carolinas and lumbered slowly inland on Friday, knocking down trees, gorging rivers, dumping sheets of rain and leaving five people dead before it was downgraded t...

Gas explosions drive thousands from homes in Boston

Gas explosions drive thousands from homes in Boston

-- 2018-09-14 21:37:49

Some 8,000 people were prevented from returning home in Boston suburbs on Friday as investigators scrambled to find out the cause of dozens of gas explosions that killed at least one person and injure...

Life-threatening Hurricane Florence makes landfall in US

Life-threatening Hurricane Florence makes landfall in US

-- 2018-09-14 18:54:12

Hurricane Florence has made landfall on the US East Coast, bringing with it winds, heavy rains and warnings of "catastrophic" floods. The centre of the storm struck Wrightsville Beach in North Caroli...

Life-threatening Hurricane Florence approaches North Carolina

Life-threatening Hurricane Florence approaches North Carolina

-- 2018-09-14 17:32:49

A dangerous storm is expected to land shortly in the US East Coast, where it has already brought flooding and destructive gales. Hurricane Florence, packing winds of up to 90mph (150 km/h), is first...

Dozens of gas blasts rock Boston suburbs

Dozens of gas blasts rock Boston suburbs

-- 2018-09-14 11:20:52

Dozens of explosions, apparently triggered by a natural gas pipeline rupture, rocked three communities near Boston on Thursday, killing at least one person, injuring 12, officials said. The blasts le...

Hurricane Florence deluges Carolinas ahead of landfall

Hurricane Florence deluges Carolinas ahead of landfall

-- 2018-09-14 11:18:30

Heavy rain, gusting winds and rising floodwaters from Hurricane Florence deluged the Carolinas on Thursday as the massive, slow-moving storm crept toward the coastline, threatening millions of people...

UN decries ‘shameful’ reprisals on  rights activists in 38 countries

UN decries ‘shameful’ reprisals on rights activists in 38 countries

-- 2018-09-14 10:22:31

The United Nations listed 38 "shameful" countries, including China and Russia, which it said had carried out reprisals or intimidation against people cooperating with it on human rights through killin...

Six die in California linked shootings

Six die in California linked shootings

-- 2018-09-13 17:24:34

Six people have been killed in linked shootings in the city of Bakersfield in California on Wednesday, said police. A man and his wife drove to a trucking business in the city, where the man shot dea...

US invites China to trade talks as tariffs loom

US invites China to trade talks as tariffs loom

-- 2018-09-13 10:59:07

The Trump administration has invited Chinese officials to restart trade talks, the White House’s top economic adviser said on Wednesday, as Washington prepares to further escalate the US-China t...

Maduro heads to key financier China, eyes fresh loans

Maduro heads to key financier China, eyes fresh loans

-- 2018-09-13 10:45:24

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is travelling to China to discuss economic agreements, as the crisis-struck OPEC nation seeks to convince its key Asian financier to disburse fresh loans. “I...