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September 5, 2017 1:08 PM
The United States plans to circulate a new tougher UN Security Council resolution on North Korea soon and seek a vote next Monday. This was stated by the US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley at an emergency Security Council meeting in New York yesterday.<br/><br/> She called f...
September 5, 2017 12:56 PM
Sri Lanka Navy's offshore patrol vessels, SLNS Sayura and Sagara will arrive at Port of Visakhapatnam tomorrow to participate in the joint maritime naval exercise with the Indian Navy. They are part of biennial Joint Indo-Lanka Maritime Fleet Exercise - SLINEX 2017 to be conducted from 7th to 1...
September 5, 2017 12:52 PM
Australia's highest court has begun hearing petitions against a national vote on same-sex marriage. Two separate petitions by same-sex marriage advocates will be heard in the High Court of Australia today and tomorrow. Both the petitions argue that the vote is invalid because its funding was no...
September 5, 2017 8:07 AM
South Korea's navy held major live-fire drills today to warn the North against any provocations at sea, it said, two days after Pyongyang's biggest nuclear test to date. The drills, conducted in the East Sea of Japan, involved the 2,500-tonne frigate Gangwon, a 1,000-tonne patrol ship and ...
September 5, 2017 7:04 AM
Cuba today began a five-month political transition, expected to end with Raul Castro's departure from the presidency, capping his family's near-total dominance of the country's political system for nearly 60 years. Over the rest of this month, Cubans will meet in small groups to nomin...
September 5, 2017 7:04 AM
UN Security Council, UNSC, members called for further sanctions against North Korea after a powerful nuclear test explosion. <br/><br/>Yesterday's emergency session of the UNSC comes six days after the council strongly condemned Pyongyang's 'outrageous' launch of a ba...
September 5, 2017 6:47 AM
Brazilian police killed 10 suspected members of a gang of burglars during a shootout in an area of Sao Paulo. <br/><br/>Officials said today the gang was responsible for more than 20 burglaries and robberies of homes" in districts such as Morumbi where the shootout erupted late yest...
September 5, 2017 6:47 AM
In Syria, two Russian soldiers have been killed by artillery fire from the Islamic State group in eastern province of Deir Ezzor, where the army is battling jihadists. <br/><br/>Russia's defence ministry said one serviceman was killed instantly and a second died from his wounds in h...
September 5, 2017 6:46 AM
Colombia's government and the country's last active guerrilla group, the ELN, announced a ceasefire today, a key step toward sealing a "complete peace" to end Latin America's longest civil war. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and National Liberation Army, ELN, negotia...
September 5, 2017 6:46 AM
In the United States, Hurricane Irma surged to a dangerous Category Four storm today as it churned toward the Leeward islands, sparking alarm and alerts from the Caribbean to Florida. <br/><br/>The National Hurricane Center said that the storm was packing top sustained winds of 215 kilom...
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