Panic, damage after deadly Philippine quake

Residents fled their houses in panic overnight on Friday as aftershocks hit the central Philippines a day after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake killed two people and injured at least 72 others, authorities said.

Mongolians vote in their first presidential runoff

Mongolians headed to the polls on Friday in the country's first-ever presidential runoff after the first round of elections failed to produce a clear winner following campaigns tainted by corruption scandals.

UN set to adopt treaty outlawing nuclear weapons

A global treaty banning nuclear weapons is set to be adopted at the United Nations on Friday despite opposition from the United States, Britain, France and other nuclear powers that boycotted negotiations.

US leads sanctions push after NKorea ’escalation’

The United States led a push at the UN Security Council Wednesday for tougher sanctions on North Korea, while warning the isolated regime's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile had drastically narrowed the path for diplomacy.

Modi begins first ever Israel visit by an Indian PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Israel Tuesday for what he called a "groundbreaking" first ever visit by an Indian premier, with growing ties between the two countries including billion of dollars in defence deals.

Austria ready to deploy army at Italy border

Austria will "very soon" impose border checks and deploy soldiers on its frontier with Italy if the influx of migrants across the Mediterranean does not slow, Vienna's defence minister was quoted as saying on Monday.

 

N.Korea fires ballistic missile: South’s military

North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Tuesday, the South's military said, just days after Seoul's new leader Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump focused on the threat from Pyongyang in their first summit.

 

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