Category Archives: fnc/world

{FD} 2 Vietnamese dead, 5 arrested in chase with Philippine navy

Posted on September 24, 2017 by FOX News

Filipino military officials say two Vietnamese fishermen were killed and five others were taken into custody after they were spotted fishing off the northwestern Philippines and a night chase ensued with a Vietnamese boat hitting a Philippine navy ship and gunshots being fired.

{FD} Vatican auditor cries foul over ouster he calls forced

Posted on September 24, 2017 by FOX News

The Vatican is denouncing its ousted auditor general for revealing that he resigned under threat of arrest for what he says were trumped-up charges.

{FD} ‘Acid attack’ at London mall injures at least 6 people, police say

Posted on September 24, 2017 by FOX News

A group of men sprayed a "noxious substance" at shoppers in London Saturday night, injuring at least six people, police said.

{FD} Pakistan says Indian fire in Kashmir kills girl

Posted on September 24, 2017 by FOX News

Pakistan says Indian troops have fired across the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region, killing a young girl and wounding two other people.

{FD} Iraq’s Kurds to vote on independence amid fears of unrest

Posted on September 24, 2017 by SUSANNAH GEORGE

"For the sake of the sacrifices and blood of the martyrs, let's all say yes for Kurdistan independence," reads a large billboard in the center of Kalak, a small town in Iraq's northern Kurdish region.

{FD} Iranian Guard drills near Iraq ahead of Kurdish referendum

Posted on September 24, 2017 by FOX News

Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard has begun a military exercise in the northwestern Kurdish region near the Iraqi border ahead of a Kurdish independence referendum in the neighboring country.

{FD} Thousands rally across Catalonia for independence from Spain

Posted on September 24, 2017 by FOX News

Thousands of Catalan separatists are rallying in public squares in Barcelona and other towns in support of a disputed referendum on independence of the northeastern region from Spain.

{FD} Turkish FM visits 2 Turks jailed in the US for May brawl

Posted on September 24, 2017 by FOX News

Turkey's top diplomat has visited two Turks imprisoned in the United States for their alleged involvement in an infamous brawl that has raised tensions between the two countries.

{FD} More than 34,000 flee Bali volcano amid eruption fears

Posted on September 24, 2017 by FIRDIA LISNAWATI

Officials say more than 34,000 people have fled the region around a volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, fearing it will erupt for the first time in more than half a century.

{FD} UN official: Global community must step up Rohingya aid

Posted on September 24, 2017 by FOX News

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said Sunday that the exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh is "the most urgent refugee emergency in the world" right now.

{FD} Bangladesh coastal town a place of Rohingya hope and tragedy

Posted on September 24, 2017 by MUNEEZA NAQVI

From a distance you can see elegantly carved wooden boats bob gently in the waters that surround this coastal town at Bangladesh's southern tip.

{FD} France: Macron’s party faces likely blow in Senate elections

Posted on September 24, 2017 by FOX News

French President Emmanuel Macron's unconventional political party is fighting to make its mark on the Senate in elections for half the seats in the upper house.

{FD} Trump: North Korean leaders ‘won’t be around much longer’ if they strike US

Posted on September 24, 2017 by FOX News

North Korea's foreign minister called U.S. President Donald Trump "a mentally deranged person full of megalomania" and promised a strike on the American mainland was "inevitable" in a blistering speech to the United Nations General Assembly Saturday.

{FD} Merkel bids for fourth term as Germans head to the polls

Posted on September 24, 2017 by FOX News

Chancellor Angela Merkel is widely expected to win a fourth term in office as Germans go to the polls — and this election is also likely to see the farthest right-wing party in 60 years, the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany, win seats in parliament.

{FD} Taliban kill district police chief in southern Afghanistan

Posted on September 24, 2017 by FOX News

An Afghan official says the Taliban have killed a district police chief in the southern Helmand province.

{FD} Asia learns to live with Trump rhetoric, but unease remains

Posted on September 24, 2017 by KEN MORITSUGU

Declare China a currency manipulator?

{FD} Saudi Arabia says it shot down ballistic missile from Yemen

Posted on September 23, 2017 by FOX News

Saudi Arabia says it shot down a ballistic missile fired by Shiite rebels and their allies in Yemen during the kingdom's National Day.

{FD} North Korea stages massive anti-US rally

Posted on September 23, 2017 by FOX News

Tens of thousands of North Koreans packed into Kim II Sung Square in Pyongyang on Saturday as the government staged a massive rally against President Donald Trump and the United States.

{FD} Life, death in balance for Mexico quake survivors

Posted on September 23, 2017 by CHRISTINE ARMARIO and GISELA SALOMON

In a hospital room blocks away from where he survived 26 hours buried under the rubble of his nine-story apartment building, Jose Luis Ponce lay sedated and on a respirator, alive but with fractures to multiple bones and damage to his lungs and a kidney.

{FD} Tropical Storm Pilar forms off Mexico’s Pacific coast

Posted on September 23, 2017 by FOX News

Tropical Storm Pilar has formed just off western Mexico and is expected to brush its Pacific coast near the resort of Puerto Vallarta.