BBC: The US government has granted visas to Iranian officials so they can travel to the UN General Assembly in New York next week, as the war between the two countries grinds into its seventh month. The BBC understands the core delegation permitted to attend includes Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. […]
BBC: Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has appeared in person at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, where he is due to be tried for alleged crimes against humanity. He is facing charges over his bloody war on drugs, which saw tens of thousands of small-time drug dealers, users and others allegedly executed summarily. […]
BBC: Fiji has declared a national emergency as HIV cases surge, and is expanding access to testing, treatment and prevention services. About one in 60 adults in the tiny Pacific archipelago is now living with the bloodborne virus, compared with one in 167 five years ago, with a rising number of babies dying from HIV-related […]
(Reuters) TOKYO, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Oil prices fell in early trade on Thursday, extending the previous day’s losses, as reports of Saudi Arabia offering extra crude cargoes through Oman reduced fears of supply disruptions in the Middle East. Brent crude futures dropped $1.24, or 1.2%, to $104.59 a barrel by 0049 GMT, while U.S. […]
(Reuters) SYDNEY, Sept 17- Australia will stop foreign students from bringing their partners and children to accompany them while they study and tighten rules for temporary migrants to switch visas, media reported on Thursday, ahead of a minister’s speech on immigration changes. Net overseas migration numbers will be reduced to 225,000 by 2028, down from […]
BBC: US interest rates have been raised for the first time in more than three years and could be increased further in a bid to slow rising prices. Rates were hiked to 3.75%-4% from 3.5%-3.75% by the Federal Reserve in a unanimous decision, despite fierce opposition from President Donald Trump, who had called for rates […]
Al Jazeera: At least 12 Palestinians including women and children have died after a multi-storey residential building collapsed overnight in western Gaza City, with six families reportedly trapped underneath, according to local witnesses and journalists. Gaza’s Civil Defence said on Wednesday at least 12 people died, including five children. Footage verified by Al Jazeera showed […]
BBC: Three people have died after a helicopter crashed in suburban Los Angeles, fire authorities in the city have said. The aircraft went down between two commercial buildings in the Chatsworth neighbourhood, a Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) spokesperson told the BBC. One person has been transferred to a local hospital and their condition remains […]
BBC: Prime Minister Mark Carney is pitching Canada as a “safe harbour” for some of the world’s largest investors in an era of geopolitical and economic uncertainty. Canada is “perfectly situated to build in the new global economic order”, he told more than 100 major investors in Toronto. The prime minister has pledged to bring […]
BBC: Denmark has accused a Russian warship of firing two emergency flares at one of its helicopters while it was tracking the vessel in the Baltic Sea. The Danish government has summoned the Russian ambassador over the incident, which it said happened during a “routine” monitoring operation on Monday. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen branded the […]