GAZA CITY AFP Oct3, 2017- The Palestinian cabinet met in Gaza on Tuesday for the first time since 2014 in a further step towards the internationally recognised Palestinian Authority (PA) retaking control of the territory.   

COX’S BAZAR, (AFP) Oct 3, 2017- Bangladesh police have rescued 20 Rohingya after busting a gang which ferried the refugees from Myanmar but demanded thousands of dollars for the boat ride, an official said Tuesday.   

vanuatu, (Daily Mail), 3 October 2017 - The mass evacuation of a volcano-threatened Vanuatu island is running ahead of schedule as a ramshackle armada of civilian boats ferries people to safety, officials said Monday.  

America is reeling from the worst mass shooting in its history after at least 58 people were killed and more than 515 wounded at a country music festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night.   

More than 2 million people fleeing wars or persecution have joined the ranks of the world’s refugees this year, but often face more restrictive asylum policies, including in Europe and the United States, the top U.N. refugee official said on Mo

REUTERS, 2 October, 2017- The leader of Catalonia called for international mediation on Monday to resolve a stand-off with Madrid, the day after hundreds were injured as police tried to forcibly disrupt a referendum on independence that had been rule

HINDUSTAN TIMES, 2 October, 2017 - A quick-thinking Muslim woman saved the life of an Indian truck driver in the UAE when she saw him in flames following a horrific road accident, media reports said.   

Hyderabad, (Hindustan Times),02.Sept 2017 - “Ammee, mubarak ho, aap ko satra damaad mila hain” (Congrats mother. You have now got the 17th son-in-law). This stark message from 18-year-old Rehana Begum to her mother Moin Begum sums up the

Spanish police have responded with “unjustified and unjustifiable” brutality, even with rubber bullets, to Catalonia’s unauthorized independence referendum, the region’s secessionist leader said Sunday.  

REUTERS, 1 October, 2017-  The United States said on Saturday it was directly communicating with North Korea on its nuclear and missile programmes but Pyongyang had shown no interest in dialogue.  

REUTERS, 1 October, 2017 - The World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Sunday for 75 million dollars in emergency aid over the next six months to help alleviate the suffering of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar.  

WASHINGTON AFP Oct1, 2017-- A Libyan militant accused of leading the September 11, 2012 attack on an American diplomatic compound in Benghazi that left the US ambassador and three others dead goes on trial Monday.   

German police said on Saturday that the suspect detained over an extortion scheme threatening to poison supermarkets’ food products has admitted his crime.   

More than half a million Rohingya Muslims have poured into Bangladesh in the last month, fleeing a vicious Myanmar military crackdown on Rohingya rebels that has gutted villages across northern Rakhine state.   

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi exhorted followers on September 29 to stand fast and keep fighting in his first purported audio communication in almost a year during which his jihadist group lost much of its self-proclaimed “caliphate

TOKYO,   September 28, 2017 -   Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday called a snap election, as fresh opinion polls showed a fledgling conservative party led by popular Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike was gaining momentum ah

MUMBAI Daily Mail, Sept 29, 2017 -  At least 21 people have been crushed to death and 30 more are injured after a stampede at a packed railway station in Mumbai.  

Bali, (Daily Mail), 28 September 2017 - More than 120,000 people have fled their homes on the Indonesian island of Bali, fearful that a rumbling volcano could erupt at any time, disaster officials said.  

Hefner, who died Wednesday at 91, prided himself as an advocate for the  LGBT community, taking public stands on high-profile issues such as  sodomy laws, same-sex marriage and transgender rights well into his  later years.  The a

At least 12 Afghan police men were killed and four wounded when a Humvee packed with explosives drove into their checkpoint in the southern province of Kandahar late on Wednesday, a government official said.  

Britain and America are on the brink of a trade war after the UK threatened to end its military contracts with the US aerospace company Boeing.   

A teenager who lost both her arms in a horror bus crash has had one of the world’s first double limb transplants.   

Airline passengers are suffering major disruption at airports around the world after a computer programme which handles passenger check in systems crashed.  

Britons travelling in France have been warned to expect petrol shortages as militant truck drivers took part in anti-government protests.  

REUTERS, 27 September, 2017 - Myanmar’s government will manage the redevelopment of villages torched during violence in Rakhine state that has sent nearly half a million Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, a minister was reported on Wednesd

The United Arab Emirates, criticized globally for its treatment of migrant workers, issued a law on Tuesday to combat abuse of domestic staff, state news agency  WAM said.  

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Saturday North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho and leader Kim Jong Un “won’t be around much longer” if Ri echoed the thoughts of “Little Rocket Man”, an apparent r

REUTERS, 24 September, 2017- A Puerto Rico dam damaged by heavy rains from Hurricane Maria was in danger of failing on Sunday, posing a risk to communities downstream, as people across the U.S. territory sought to dig out from the deadly storm.  

Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to cruise to victory in elections Sunday but also to face the breakthrough into parliament of hard-right populists for the first time in Germany’s post-war history.    Voting began at 0600 GMT in E

 New Delhi, (Hindustan Times), 23, Sept. 2017 - India has stepped up security along its largely porous eastern border with Bangladesh and is using “chilli and stun grenades” to block the entry of Rohingya Muslims fleeing from violenc