Hurricane Maria devastates Puerto Rico, kills at least 32 in Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Hurricane Maria destroyed buildings and knocked out power across Puerto Rico before flooding parts of the Dominican Republic and then regaining some of its strength as it approached the Turks and Caicos Islands and sou…
Roadside bomb kills four in Thailand’s troubled south: security official
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A roadside bomb planted by suspected Muslim insurgents killed four army rangers and wounded six, including a civilian, in southern Thailand on Friday, a security official said.
China’s ruling Communist Party expels former Gansu party boss for graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has expelled a former party boss of northwestern Gansu province from the Communist Party, the country’s anti-graft agency said on Friday, after an investigation showed he received bribes and was involved in “superstitious acti…
British police release two men in Parsons Green attack probe
(Reuters) – British police said they have released two men arrested as part of the investigation into last week’s Tube attack in Parsons Green, London, which injured 30 people.
Trump, Ghani agree U.S. can help develop Afghanistan’s rare earth minerals
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani agreed at a meeting in New York on Thursday that U.S. companies could help develop Afghanistan’s rare earth minerals, the White House said in a statement.
Hurricane Maria devastates Puerto Rico, heads for Turks and Caicos
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Hurricane Maria destroyed buildings and knocked out power across Puerto Rico before flooding parts of the Dominican Republic and then regaining some of its strength as it approached the Turks and Caicos Islands and sou…
North Korea’s Kim says will make ‘deranged’ Trump pay dearly for U.N. speech
SEOUL/NEW YORK (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un blasted U.S. President Donald Trump as “mentally deranged” on Friday and vowed to make him pay dearly for threatening to destroy his country, hours after Trump ordered fresh sanctions over Pyon…
Mexico focuses on 10 buildings in search for quake survivors, 273 dead
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Rescuers swarmed over rubble with shovels and picks on Thursday in a frantic search for survivors two days after Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in a generation, focusing on 10 collapsed buildings where people may still be alive.
Exclusive: Faulty devices help keep Iran in nuclear deal limits – report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Frequent breakdowns of advanced uranium enrichment devices have inadvertently helped Iran comply with restrictions in the international agreement curbing its nuclear program, according to a new report by a Washington-based think …
Mexico focuses search for quake survivors on 10 buildings; 273 dead
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Rescuers swarmed over rubble with shovels and picks on Thursday in a frantic search for survivors two days after Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in a generation, focusing on 10 collapsed buildings where people may still be alive.
