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May 25, 2017 1:56 PM

More than 30 migrants drowned off Libyan coast

More than 30 migrants, mostly toddlers, drowned when about 200 people without life jackets fell from a boat into the sea off the Libyan coast before they could be hauled into waiting rescue boats.<br/><br/>Rescue group Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), which operates in the Mediterran...

May 25, 2017 1:56 PM

NATO to join US-led anti-Islamic State coalition

NATO Member States are expected to formally join a US-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant armed group in Syria and Iraq.<br/><br/>The decision by the North Atlantic Council, the highest decision-making body within NATO, is expected to be officially announced at...

May 25, 2017 1:32 PM

Sea level rising three times as quickly as they were 25 years ago: Research

According to a new study from European researchers, sea levels are rising three times as quickly as they were 25 years ago, placing hundreds of millions of people living in coastal areas at risk.<br/><br/>S&apos;nke Dangendorf, an Oceanographer with the University of Siegen, which publis...

May 25, 2017 12:35 PM

Pakistan: JIT sends questionnaires to Nawaz Sharif and his sons

In Pakistan, the joint investigation team (JIT) investigating the Panama Papers revelations has sent questionnaires to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his sons Hussain and Hassan Nawaz.<br/><br/>Media reports say that the team, headed by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Additional Dire...

May 25, 2017 12:16 PM

May to raise concerns with Trump on Manchester attack evidence leak

UK Prime Minister Theresa May will raise concerns with US President Donald Trump after evidence from the Manchester Arena bombing was apparently leaked to US media.<br/><br/>UK officials were furious when photos appearing to show debris from the attack appeared in the New York Times. Mon...

May 25, 2017 12:01 PM

US sends navy warship near artificial island in disputed South China Sea

United States has sent a navy warship near an artificial island in the disputed South China Sea as part of the first freedom of navigation operation under President Donald Trump.<br/><br/>A move likely to provoke Beijing. The guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey conducted a patrol within 2...

May 25, 2017 11:46 AM

Trump in Brussels for NATO talks amid protest

US President Donald Trump is in Brussels for what his team describes as tough talks with other members of the NATO military alliance. The NATO summit begins today afternoon in Brussels. Mr Trump is also due to meet European Union officials today.<br/><br/>He has been critical of both NAT...

May 25, 2017 8:40 AM

Proposed US funding cuts would make its work impossible: UN

United Nations says, proposed US funding cuts would make its work impossible as United States is the largest contributor to the UN budget.<br/><br/>UN spokesman, Stephane Dujarric said in New York that President Donald Trump's huge proposed cuts in US funding for the United Nations ...

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