North Korea says readying satellite, suggesting long-range missile launch
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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's space agency is close to developing a new satellite and readying it for launch, state media said on Monday, suggesting it will fire a long-range rocket around a national anniversary next month.
DSEI weapons fair: authoritarian regimes descend on Londonby Richard Norton-Taylor
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Azerbaijan and Bahrain are among 61 countries the UK government has invited to biennial event
Authoritarian regimes including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and Azerbaijan are among the official guests the UK government has invited to one of the world’s largest arms bazaars opening at London’s Docklands this week.
The biennial weapons fair, which opens on Tuesday, is the focus of an increasingly heated debate between those who say major weapons producers such as Britain cannot claim at the same time to defend human rights, and those who say the arms industry provides tens of thousands of jobs and valuable exports.
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Same-sex couple gets marriage license over clerk's objection; 1st since she returned to work
The moves in Germany, Austria and elsewhere came as E.U. interior ministers met to discuss the crisis.
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The governor of California has declared a state of emergency after wildfires forced thousands of people to flee their homes.
Ending the conflict in Syria and Iraq is key to solving the migrant crisis facing Europe, a senior US official tells the BBC.
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Fifteen babies and children were among 34 refugees who drowned when their boat sank off a Greek island, in what is thought to be the largest single loss of life in those waters since the crisis began.
Pope Francis has warned there is a "danger" Isis jihadists could use the ongoing refugee crisis to infiltrate Europe.
David Cameron has suggested that Labour MPs should defy their new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and support the Government in voting for airstrikes against Isis in Syria.
Police: Man suspected of fatally shooting Kentucky trooper is shot and killed after manhunt
Thousands of Kurds flooded a square in this southeastern city for a mass funeral, as Turkish forces offered a short respite from their longest crackdown on separatist militants since a civil war reignited in July.
Malaysia’s police chief said a Pakistani and two Malaysians were detained in connection with last month’s bombing of a shrine in Bangkok that killed 20 people.
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Taliban insurgents stormed a prison in central Afghanistan, freeing hundreds of inmates in the largest jailbreak in the country in years.
Afghan people smugglers are exploiting a moneymaking opportunity created by the thousands of migrants beating a path to Europe, breaking down the continent’s borders and upending immigration policies.
Austria sent 2,200 soldiers to help implement border controls and stem a tide of migrants flowing in from Hungary, dealing a further blow to Europe’s ideal of open borders.
Malcolm Turnbull will succeed Tony Abbott as Australia’s prime minister after a party rebellion that may moderate the country’s stance on issues ranging from same-sex marriage to climate change and economic policy.
The U.S. criminal investigation into FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, has expanded beyond the initial indictment revealed earlier this year.
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Germany is expecting one million migrants this year - 200,000 more than previously estimated, Angela Merkel's deputy has said.
Russia has positioned seven tanks at a Syrian airfield where it has been building up defences, according to US officials.
Hungarian police have blocked the main crossing point from Serbia that is used by migrants to enter the country.
Germany introduced temporary border controls on Sunday evening to slow the influx of immigrants arriving from Hungary via Austria. German police were stopping vehicles on the Austrian border after officials said record numbers of refugees, most of them from Syria, had stretched the system to breaking point. Berlin said the temporary measure would initially affect Germany’s southern border with Austria
Continue reading...Hundreds of bags of radioactive waste washed away in Japan floods by Danielle Demetriou in Tokyo
Japan's unprecedented rainfall last week resulted in hundreds of bags of radioactive debris from the 2011 Fukushima clean up being swept away into a river
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Hundreds of prisoners including 150 Taliban go free after militants attack jail in Ghazni
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Hungary and Germany react to the migrant crisis by enforcing tough measures
Germany's vice chancellor Sigmar Gabriel warns the country could receive up to one million people seeking refugee status. Follow latest developments here
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Protesters and police clash for a second consecutive night as the Israeli prime minister will hold urgent consultations
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'Syrian policy must be changed'
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US Envoy: ‘Remarkable Progress’ Made Against Islamic Stateby webdesk@voanews.com (Victor Beattie)
The special U.S. envoy to the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS (the Islamic State), retired Marine General John Allen, said “remarkable progress” has been made against the Islamic State, or ISIS, in the past year. However, Allen also said that only a political solution, not a military victory, will finally bring the nearly five-year Syrian conflict and its humanitarian and refugee crisis to an end. Allen, in a U.S. television interview on ABC’s This Week, said when he took up his current...
EU Ministers to Discuss Migrant Crisis Mondayby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
European Union interior ministers are meeting Monday to discuss ways to spread responsibility for the seemingly endless flow of refugees into Europe. The meeting in Brussels comes one day ahead of Hungary's promise to prosecute people who try to evade the country's border police. Parts of Europe, especially eastern European countries, blame Germany for the wave of migrants onto the continent. Germany, however, has become increasingly frustrated with some members in the EU who have...
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Most of the thousands of refugees aboard had arrived in Greece over the past few days on rubber boats after harrowing all-night journeys from Turkey. Many slept in parks near the port; others camped in tents by the boat that brought them from the island of Lesbos to Athens.
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The Indian Express |
German Border Checks Add Urgency to EU Refugee Debate
New York Times BRUSSELS — Germany announced Monday it expects to handle one million people fleeing their homelands this year and Slovakia joined Berlin in reintroducing border checks with Austria, underscoring the need for European Union nations to quickly forge a ... Migrant crisis: Austria to deploy troopsBBC News Germany institutes border controls as vice chancellor says 1 million refugees ...Fox News EU Ministers Discuss Sharing Refugees Among NationsABC News Telegraph.co.uk -CBS News -Reuters all 1,617 news articles » |
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Refugee crisis - live updates
Deutsche Welle Austria and Slovakia have announced plans to introduce border controls to manage an influx of refugees, following a similar move by Germany. EU interior ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis. Read the latest here. Guards at the German-Austrian ... and more » |
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The Latest: German Border Checks Jam Traffic in Austria
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 New York Times |
US and Iran Both Conflict and Converge
New York Times BAGHDAD — American troops advising Iraqi security forces in restive Anbar Province are sharing a base with odd bedfellows: an Iranian-backed militia that once killed United States soldiers. Both are fighting the militants of the Islamic State. Here in ... After Iran deal, Obama struggles to gain Israel's trustFox News When Iran co-opted the United StatesWashington Times U.S., Iran fast becoming ever-stranger bedfellowsThe Seattle Times The Atlantic-Tehran Times-Haaretz all 396 news articles » |
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'Passports, please': first Syrians halted after Germany restarts border control
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Germany re-imposes border controls to slow migrant arrivals
Reuters BERLIN/BRUSSELS Germany re-imposed border controls on Sunday after Europe's most powerful nation acknowledged it could scarcely cope with thousands of asylum seekers arriving every day. A day before deeply divided European Union ministers ... Migrant crisis: Germany starts temporary border controlsBBC News Human torrent pouring through Europe testing EU cohesionSydney Morning Herald 'Passports, please': first Syrians halted after Germany restarts border controlThe Guardian RTE.ie-CNN- Los Angeles Times all 1,011 news articles » |
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The Latest: German Border Controls Cause Traffic Jams
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Germany institutes border controls along Austria frontier in effort to cope ...
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Germany institutes border controls as vice chancellor says 1 million refugees ...
Fox News Germany's vice chancellor said Monday that the country expected to take in 1 million refugees from the Middle East, Africa, and Asia this year, a day after Berlin introduced document checks along its border with Austria and temporarily halted trains ... and more » |
BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany re-imposed border controls on Sunday after Europe's most powerful nation acknowledged it could scarcely cope with thousands of asylum seekers arriving every day.
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese government-backed think-tank will host a forum with officials from six countries involved in stalled talks on North Korea's banned nuclear weapons program, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday, in China's latest push to resume discussions.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli motorist died in a crash in the Jerusalem area overnight, apparently after someone threw a stone at his vehicle, police said, as Israeli-Palestinian tensions mounted in the city over the Jewish New Year.
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron will seek to reach a consensus on striking Islamic State militants in Syria despite the election of an anti-war leader of Britain's opposition Labor Party, his spokeswoman said on Monday.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two car bombs exploded in the eastern Syrian of city Hasaka on Monday, at least one of which targeted Kurdish fighters, causing an unknown number of casualties, a monitor said, with state television confirming the explosions.
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