Red Cross fills U.N. void in Myanmar’s violence-torn region
YANGON/COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – The Red Cross organizations are scaling up operations in Myanmar’s violence-riven northwest, after the United Nations had to suspend activities there following government suggestions that its agency had suppor…
Hurricane Irma strengthens, tears into Cuba’s northern coast
(Reuters) – Hurricane Irma walloped Cuba’s northern coast on Saturday as a Category 5 storm, as millions of Florida residents were ordered to evacuate after the storm killed 21 people in the eastern Caribbean and left catastrophic destruction in its wa…
Australia to allow more Pacific Islands workers, patrol fisheries
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will extend its Pacific Islands migrant labor program and fly aerial surveillance missions to protect valuable Pacific fisheries, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said at the Pacific Island Leaders Forum.
Australia to send more troops to help Philippines fight Islamist militants
Sydney – (Reuters) – Australia will send troops to assist Philippine forces in the ongoing battle against Islamic State fighters in the southern city of Marawi, Australia’s Defense Minister Marise Payne said on Friday.
Pope to see a Medellin that has put drug wars in its past
MEDELLIN, Colombia (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Saturday travels to Medellin, once notorious as the stomping grounds of drug lord Pablo Escobar, to find a city transformed since his predecessor Pope John Paul visited in 1986.
Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Cuba as Category 5
HAVANA (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma strengthened and made landfall in Cuba on Friday as a Category 5 storm, as millions of Florida residents were ordered to evacuate after the storm killed 21 people in the eastern Caribbean and left catastrophic destruct…
Officials found list of targets with 5,000 names in east German raid: media
BERLIN (Reuters) – German officials found lists with over 5,000 names of possible targets, including over 100 politicians, during the raids on the homes and workplaces of two terrorism suspects in the east German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern last we…
North Korea-U.S. tensions are not Mexico’s business: diplomat
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – North Korea’s ambassador to Mexico on Friday said its tensions with the United States were not Mexico City’s business after President Enrique Pena Nieto ordered that he leave the country in protest over Pyongyang’s nuclear tests…
Millions in Florida evacuate as Hurricane Irma pounds Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) – Millions of residents in Florida were ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Irma roared toward the state on Friday after lashing Cuba, killing 21 people in the eastern Caribbean and leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake.
U.S. calls for U.N. Security Council vote on North Korea on Monday
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States on Friday told the U.N. Security Council that it intends to call a meeting on Monday to vote on a draft resolution establishing additional sanctions on North Korea for its missile and nuclear program, the U….
