Deaths in Mediterranean have risen with migrants opting for dangerous routes and exposing themselves to violence, says IOM The Guardian 11 September, 2017 Saeed Kamali Dehghan More than 22,500 migrants have reportedly died or disappeared globally since 2014 – more than half of them perishing while attempting to cross ... Read More »
ABC News 6 september, 2017 The United Nations’ special enjoy to Syria says oppositional forces must be prepared to face the reality that they did not win the six-and-a-half year war against President Bashar al-Assad. Staffan de Mistura suggested the war was now almost over since critical territories had ... Read More »
SANA 7 September, 2017 Damascus, SANA- General Command of the Army and Armed Forces affirmed that the Israeli warplanes fired several rockets from the Lebanese airspace at 02:42 a.m. on Thursday targeting one of the Syrian military posts near Massyaf, killing two army personnel and causing material damage to the ... Read More »
CNN By Rebecca Wright and Ben Westcott 7 September, 2017 (CNN)Bangladesh summoned the Myanmar ambassador on Wednesday to urge an end to the violence that has engulfed the region and to raise concerns about reports of landmines being laid along the border between the two countries. At least 146,000 ethnic ... Read More »
Winds of up to 75 miles per hour are expected The Independent Shehab Khan 7 September, 2017 A third hurricane is set to threaten the US in the space of six days. Katia, a storm off the Mexican coast, has strengthened into a hurricane, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) ... Read More »
Parasites such as lice and fleas are crucial to ecosystems, scientists say, and extinctions could lead to unpredictable invasions The Guardian Damian Carrington 6 September, 2017 Climate change could wipe out a third of all parasite species on Earth, according to the most comprehensive analysis to date. Tapeworms, roundworms, ticks, ... Read More »
Regional parliament passes referendum law as Spain’s national government calls move ‘constitutional atrocity’ The Guardian Sam Jones 6 September, 2017 The Spanish government has accused the Catalan parliament of committing a “constitutional and democratic atrocity” by approving legislation to allow next month’s bitterly disputed independence referendum to go ahead. On ... Read More »
General says Himalayan standoff could become larger conflict with China, which Pakistan would then use to its advantage Associated Press 7 September, 2017 India’s army chief said on Wednesday the country should be prepared for a potential two-front war given China is flexing its muscles and there is little hope ... Read More »
The Washington Post By Liz Sly 5 September, 2017 BEIRUT — The Syrian army broke a three-year siege by the Islamic State on an enclave of the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zour on Tuesday, offering a fresh boost to the fortunes of President Bashar al-Assad and his once-flagging army. ... Read More »
The Washington Post By Brian McNoldy and Jason Samenow 5 September, 2017 Hurricane Irma is an “extremely dangerous” Category 5, barreling toward the northern Lesser Antilles and Southern Florida. It’s already the strongest hurricane ever recorded outside the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, and it’s likely to make landfall somewhere in Florida ... Read More »
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