International Past News - 2017

Jordan's foreign minister has warned the US of "dangerous consequences" if it recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Mount Agung: Bali volcano alert raised to highest level

[October 27 2017]

About 100,000 people near Bali's Mount Agung have been ordered to evacuate as officials fear a major eruption.

He held power for 37 years and once said "only God" could remove him.

The party of Zimbabwe's embattled President Robert Mugabe is to begin moves to impeach him.

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has rattled the northern border region between Iran and Iraq, killing at least 140 people and injuring hundreds more.

All sea life will be affected because carbon dioxide emissions from modern society are making the oceans more acidic, a major new report will say.

The Spanish government has rejected a statement of independence signed by Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and dismissed calls for mediation.

Las Vegas: Mass casualties in Mandalay Bay shooting

[October 02 2017]

At least two people have been killed and 24 others wounded in a mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert.

Japan election: PM Shinzo Abe dissolves parliament

[September 28 2017]

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dissolved the lower house of the parliament ahead of a snap election.

Mexico earthquake of magnitude 8.2 strikes off Pacific coast

[September 08 2017]

An earthquake described by Mexico's president as the country's strongest in a century has struck off the southern coast, killing at least 15 people.

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has signed a decree granting amnesty to another 3,600 members of the Farc rebel group, which last year reached a peace deal with the government.     

Global ransomware attack causes turmoil

[June 28 2017]

Companies across the globe are reporting that they have been struck by a major ransomware cyber-attack.     

Finsbury Park Mosque: Man dies as van hits pedestrians

[June 19 2017]

A man has died and eight people have been injured after a van struck a crowd of pedestrians near a north London mosque.     

Fire engulfs Grenfell tower block in west London

[June 14 2017]

The fire at Grenfell Tower on the Lancaster West Estate was reported at 01:16 BST and about 200 firefighters are tackling the blaze.     

Myanmar plane: Debris and bodies found after search

[June 08 2017]

The Burmese army says debris and bodies have been found after a military plane went missing with 122 people on board.     

London attack: Police 'know identities of killers'

[June 05 2017]

Police investigating Saturday night's terror attack in London say they know the identity of the three attackers who killed seven people and injured 48.     

Manchester attack: UK terror threat level raised to critical

[May 24 2017]

The UK terror threat level has been raised to its highest level of "critical", meaning further attacks may be imminent, Theresa May has said.     

Ransomware cyber-attack a wake-up call, Microsoft warns

[May 15 2017]

A cyber-attack that has hit 150 countries since Friday should be treated by governments around the world as a "wake-up call", Microsoft says.     

French election: Macron 'most convincing' in final debate

[May 04 2017]

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was more impressive than rival Marine Le Pen in Wednesday evening's final TV debate, a viewers' poll says.

Aung San Suu Kyi: No ethnic cleansing of Myanmar Muslim minority

[April 06 2017]

Aung San Suu Kyi has denied there is ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, despite widespread reports of abuses.     

Stellar Daisy: Growing concern for missing ship crew

[April 03 2017]

Rescuers say they have made little headway in finding survivors from a huge South Korean ship that sank in the South Atlantic.      

Anti-apartheid icon Ahmed Kathrada dies

[March 28 2017]

Kathrada, beloved by millions of South Africans, spent 26 years in jail, many of them alongside Nelson Mandela.     

Proactiva Open Arms said it had recovered five bodies floating near two capsized boats, which can each hold more than 100 people..     

Sierra Leone pastor finds huge 706-carat diamond

[March 17 2017]

Government says gem will be sold with a 'transparent' bidding process to the benefit of the community and country.     

Park Geun-hye: Court ousts South Korea's scandal-hit president

[March 10 2017]

South Korea's President Park Geun-hye has become the country's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office.     

UN inquiry concludes air strikes in Helmand's Sangin district killed at least 18 civilians, mostly women and children.     

Israel has passed a controversial law retroactively legalising 3,800 settler homes built on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.     

Canada mosque attacked

(CNN)A shooting at a mosque in the Canadian city of Quebec has left an unknown number of people dead and wounded.      

Turkish cargo Boeing 747 crashes in Kyrgyzstan

[Jan 16 2017]

Plane attempting to land at Kyrgyzstan's main airport in thick fog crashed in populated area, authorities say.      

Tributes for ex-Iran President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

[Jan 09 2017]

Ayatollah Khamenei hailed a "companion of struggle" despite their differences, saying this was a "difficult" loss.      

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