Kenya tightens security as country waits for Supreme Court verdict
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Police sealed off roads near Kenya’s Supreme Court on Wednesday as judges prepared to deliver a detailed ruling laying out their reasons for annulling last month’s presidential election.
Powerful Hurricane Maria lashes St. Croix, takes aim at Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Hurricane Maria, the second maximum-strength storm to hit the Caribbean this month, battered the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Croix on Wednesday and was headed to Puerto Rico with catastrophic winds and dangerous storm s…
Erdogan says Turkey to consider sanctions over Kurdish independence vote: Anadolu
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will consider imposing sanctions on Kurdish northern Iraq over its planned independence referendum, President Tayyip Erdogan was cited by state-run Anadolu news agency as saying.
New Zealand’s ruling National Party regains wide lead over Labour: poll
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s ruling National Party regained a wide lead over the opposition Labour party in an opinion poll released on Wednesday, the latest twist in a volatile campaign for a general election at the weekend.
Strong quake near Mexico City kills at least 226, rescuers dig through collapsed buildings
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Rescue crews and ordinary citizens searched through rubble for survivors as night fell on Tuesday on battered cities in central Mexico, including the capital, where the death toll from a major earthquake grew to at least 226.
South Korea president says Trump’s warning to North Korea ‘firm and specific’
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations, where he warned he would “totally destroy” North Korea if threatened, reinforced the need for Pyongyang to realize it must give up its nuclear weapons, South Korea said…
Kirkuk shaping up as flashpoint ahead of Kurdistan independence vote
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) – Visitors to Kirkuk in northern Iraq are greeted by an imposing statue of a Kurdish Peshmerga fighter with a gun slung over his shoulder, a reminder of tensions building in the hotly-contested city ahead of a referendum on Kurdi…
China offers support for strife-torn Venezuela at United Nations
BEIJING (Reuters) – China believes that the Venezuelan government and people can resolve their problems within a legal framework and maintain national stability, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Venezuelan counterpart at the United Nations.
At U.N., Britain to push internet firms to remove extremist content quicker
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The leaders of Britain, France and Italy will push social media companies on Wednesday to remove “terrorist content” from the internet within one to two hours of it appearing because they say that is the period when most mate…
Strong quake near Mexico City kills almost 150, rescuers dig through collapsed buildings
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Rescue crews and ordinary citizens searched through rubble for survivors as night fell on Tuesday on battered cities in central Mexico, including the capital, where the death toll from a major earthquake grew to at least 149.
