2018-09-29

USA

Syria 'ready' for refugees to return, says Foreign Minister

Syria says it's ready for the voluntary return of refugees and is appealing for help to rebuild the country devastated by a more than seven-year long war.

29/09/2018

Germany

Erdogan get mixed reception in Cologne

Erdogan get mixed reception in Cologne on last day of bridge-building trip.

29/09/2018

World News

Typhoon Trami threatens Japan's main isalnds

Typhoon Trami is the second major typhoon to threaten Japan in as many months, as the country is still recovering from Typhoon Jebi.

29/09/2018

World News

North Korea says it won't disarm first, citing U.S. sanctions as source of mistrust

Secretary Pompeo responded, saying that the sanctions must continue "vigorously and without fail" until the region denuclearizes.

29/09/2018

Russia

Woman strikes Lindsay Lohan live on Instagram during ‘attempted kidnapping’

Lindsay Lohan has filmed herself behind knocked to the ground after she upset a homeless woman while persuading her and her children to go with her to a hotel.

29/09/2018

World News

UNHCR calls for better search and rescue operations in Mediterranean

European governments must review their search and rescue capacities in the Mediterranean Sea according to the UN Refugee Agency in Geneva. "The fear is if there is no search and rescue in the Mediterranean, more lives will be lost,” says UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch.

29/09/2018

Indonesia

Watch: Tsunami thrashes Palu in Indonesia

Footage has emerged of a devastating tsunami which swept the city of Palu in Indonesia while hundreds were attending a beach festival.

29/09/2018

World News

Pope seeks prayers to save church from 'attacks by the devil'

A Vatican statement appeared to be an indirect response to accusations that Pope Francis and other officials were part of a cover up of sexual misconduct

29/09/2018

World News

Riot of color as separatists throw paint at Barcelona police

'I make a call for calm,' the city's mayor said.

29/09/2018

USA

Owner bids for ice-skating dog to become hockey mascot

Benny, a Labrador retriever, was once living in a kill shelter, waiting to be put down. But when Cheryl Del Sangro saw a picture of the puppy, she knew she had to take him home.

29/09/2018

USA

US F-35 military fighter jet crashes during training missing

US F-35 military fighter jet crashes during training missing

29/09/2018

Israel

Two boys among 7 Palestinian protesters killed by Israeli soldiers

Two boys among 7 Palestinian protesters killed by Israeli soldiers during weekly Gaza protests.

29/09/2018

World News

Brexit is just six months away. And neither backers nor foes are happy.

A slew of issues remain unresolved, including customs and tariffs, medicine and aviation regulation, fishing rights and what happens at the Irish border.

29/09/2018

China

Man develops rat disease in Hong Kong

A 56-year-old man in Hong Kong has developed a strain of hepatitis E that normally infects rats, marking the first time it has been transferred to humans, scientists say.

29/09/2018

World News

Quake-triggered tsunami kills at least 384 in Indonesia

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami with waves up to 9.8 high slamming into the tourist town of Palu

29/09/2018

World News

This Japanese probe just took an epic hop on a strange little asteroid

Scientists were surprised by the odd geometric form of asteroid Ryugu

29/09/2018

World News

One passenger missing in Micronesia plane crash

Air Niugini is unable to account for a man after earlier saying all 47 passengers and crew had evacuated safely.

29/09/2018

World News

Citing Iran-backed violence, U.S. closes consulate, pulls diplomats out of Basra

Secretary Pompeo: 'The United States will hold Iran directly responsible for any harm to Americans or to our diplomatic facilities in Iraq.'

29/09/2018

USA

Flake confronted by sexual assault survivors after backing Kavanaugh

Arizona Senator Jeff Flake was confronted by a group of sexual assault survivors on September 28 after he said he would support Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

29/09/2018

Russia

Russian enthusiast showcases Soviet car collection

A former race-car mechanic has amassed hundreds of rust-bucket Soviet cars, symbols of a vibrant automobile industry that crashed with the fall of the Soviet Union.

29/09/2018

Germany

Students at Catholic school in Germany fight for gay teacher's rights

One topic is at the forefront of everyone's minds at a Catholic school in Borken, on Germany's border with the Netherlands: the decision of the school's management to backtrack on offering a trainee teacher a permanent position.

29/09/2018