Battering smaller islands, powerful Hurricane Maria barrels toward 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 headed toward Puerto Rico, set to be the strongest storm to hit the isla…
Austria checking indications nine foreigners abducted in Libya in 2015 are dead
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria said on Wednesday it had some evidence that nine foreign oilfield workers abducted by Islamist militants in Libya in 2015 were killed the same year, though it was still trying to verify the information.
Desperate night search in Mexico school, other ruins as quake deaths pass 200
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Desperate rescue workers scrabbled through rubble in a floodlit search on Wednesday for dozens of children feared buried beneath a Mexico City school, one of hundreds of buildings wrecked by the country’s most lethal earthquake …
After election rout, split stalks France’s National Front
PARIS (Reuters) – Four months after a resounding electoral defeat, France’s far-right National Front party is on the brink of a split, with simmering differences between leader Marine Le Pen and her chief deputy appearing irreconcilable.
Desperate night search for children in Mexico school ruins after quake
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Desperate parents and rescue workers pulled through rubble in a floodlit search on Wednesday for dozens of young children feared buried under a Mexico City school destroyed by the country’s most lethal earthquake in a generation…
Raqqa campaign in final stages, SDF says
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Wednesday its campaign to capture Raqqa from Islamic State (IS) was in its final stages and its fighters had seized 80 percent of the city.
Battering smaller islands, powerful Hurricane Maria now barrels toward 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 headed toward Puerto Rico, set to be the strongest storm to hit the isla…
Hindus fleeing Myanmar violence hope for shelter in Modi’s India
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Caught in the crossfire between Myanmar’s military and Rohingya insurgents, hundreds of Hindus who have fled to Bangladesh are placing their hopes on the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narend…
Kyrgyzstan protests over Kazakh ‘support’ for opposition candidate
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan’s government officially protested on Wednesday after Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Kyrgyz opposition presidential candidate Omurbek Babanov, saying its neighbour was interfering in its Oct. 15 election.
British police arrest third man in London bomb attack investigation
LONDON (Reuters) – British police have arrested a third man over the bombing of a busy commuter train in west London last week which injured 30 people.
