2017-09-17

Syria

Syrian forces capture key district in Deir al Zor

Syrian troops with Russian air power capture al-Jafra district in Deir al-Zor

17/09/2017

Israel

Jewish Orthodox protests turn violent

At least 8 protesters arrested in Jewish orthodox protests over conscription

17/09/2017

USA

SpaceX Dragon arrives home from International Space Station

The cargo capsule was released from the ISS on Sunday, heading back to Earth after a month in space.

17/09/2017

Bangladesh

Aid agency launches Rohingya appeal

Thousands of Rohingya refugees, many of them children, face starvation without international action

17/09/2017

Sport

Sarah-Quita Offringa triumphs in Windsurfing World Cup

17/09/2017

United Kingdom

The Queen has a back-up World War 3 speech

The Queen has a speech ready in case World War 3 breaks out and it's still as relevant now as the day it was written 30 years ago

17/09/2017

World

German elections: the challenges ahead

What challenges does Germany face as it prepares to elect its new leaders?

17/09/2017

Germany

Small parties vie coalition prize as German election race tightens

Angela Merkel's conservatives are tipped to win but without enough support to govern alone.

17/09/2017

Sport

Game on for Ashgabat and Fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Ashgabat is in the spotlight.

17/09/2017

United Kingdom

UK threat level downgraded to severe from critical

As the investigation into Friday's blast on a London train progressed, the UK lowered its security threat level from critical to severe, meaning another attack remains highly likely but is no longer expected imminently.

17/09/2017

Mexico

Netflix’s ‘Narcos’ location scout killed in Mexico

Carlos Muñoz Portal was looking for places to film the next season of 'Narcos'. His body was found in his car in a rural area of Mexico State.

17/09/2017

Turkey

Erdogan echoes Iraqi alarm over Kurdish independence vote

President Erdogan is to raise northern Iraq's planned referendum during a visit to the US this week.

17/09/2017

Serbia

Serbia's lesbian PM joins Belgrade Pride Parade

Campaigners have described the event as a test of the conservative Balkan state's rights record as it seeks to join the European Union.

17/09/2017

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Rohingya refugees struggle in Bangladesh camps

Nearly half a million Ronhingya Muslims are said to have crossed the border after fleeing violence in Myanmar.

17/09/2017

West Bank

Hamas 'ready' to work with Palestinian authority in Gaza

Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed since the Islamist Hamas group drove forces loyal to President Abbas from the Gaza Strip in 2007.

17/09/2017

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Fresh protests in St. Louis over cop's acquittal

"The whole damn system is guilty as hell," the protesters chanted, decrying a police officer's acquittal in the killing of a black man.

17/09/2017

France

Freed journalist arrives back in France

Loup Bureau says he is both relieved and surprised to have been freed on Friday.

17/09/2017

Japan

Typhoon hits Japan, grounding hundreds of flights

Authorities have warned of flash floods and landslides as the storm moves towards the country's northeast. It could bring strong winds to the Tokyo area by Sunday evenging.

17/09/2017

United Kingdom

'Foster parents' home searched in London bomb probe

Police probing the Tube train bombing earlier arrested an 18-year-old in Dover. A second man has also been arrested.

17/09/2017

USA

St Louis rocked by second night of protests

Clashes between demonstrators and riot police marred the end of what had been a largely-peaceful second day of protest rallies in the US city of St Louis.

17/09/2017

Iraq

A stark warning for Iraq's Kurds

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi describes plans for a vote on independence as "playing with fire"

17/09/2017

Greece

Greece: Clashes as activists mark death of anti-fascist rapper

Protesters marched in Athens against the Greek far-right Golden Dawn party

17/09/2017