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Flight of bombers follows Pyongyang’s missile tests and comes as Trump derides China’s response to apparent threat. FAST FACTS US ‘ready to respond with rapid, lethal, and overwhelming force’ Japan vows to put ‘heaviest possible pressure’ on North China warns launch violates UN Security Council resolutions Trump derides Chinese response in tweets: ‘They do NOTHING […]

Twenty-six migrants, including a two-year-old, were discovered in a refrigerated lorry at a ferry terminal near the northern French port of Dunkirk on Saturday, the emergency services said. The toddler, whose Iranian mother was also in the lorry, was taken to hospital suffering from hypothermia after the migrants were found in the lorry early Saturday […]

ZHURIHE, Inner Mongolia, July 30 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping reviewed the country’s armed forces on Sunday morning, as part of the commemorations to mark the 90th founding anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). It is the first for Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central […]

VIDEO: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says intelligence disrupted airport terror plot (Image: Tyson Armstrong) (ABC News) RELATED STORY: Sydney counter-terrorism raids aimed at foiling attacks, PM says RELATED STORY: Sydney terror raids thwart ‘Islamic-inspired’ plot to bring down plane MAP: Australia Australian travellers are facing major delays at airports after security measures were ramped up following the discovery of an alleged terror […]

US President Donald Trump says he is “very disappointed” with China for not doing enough to stop North Korea’s weapons programme. Writing on Twitter, he said he would not allow China to “do nothing” about the reclusive state. His comments came a day after Pyongyang test-fired its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a month. It […]

US warships fired several warning shots at Iranian patrol boats in the Persian Gulf in what Tehran calls another “provocative and unprofessional move.” A similar incident involving the US and Iran took place in the region on Tuesday. The US Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and another warship fired warning shots at Iranian vessels in the middle […]

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says anti-terrorism raids carried out in Sydney yesterday “disrupted” an alleged plot to bring down an aircraft. Key points: AFP says operation related to information about use of “improvised device” Extra security measures put in place at major airports, travellers advised to allow extra time for security screening Australia’s terror threat […]

An opposition activist clashes with the police during a march towards the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) in an offensive against President Maduro and his call for Constituent Assembly in Caracas on July 22, 2017. Photo: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images Nicholas Casey, the New York Times’ Andes bureau chief, was returning to Venezuela late last year after a trip to […]

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — A press release from the Cuban ministry of tourism reported that on Tuesday, July 25, Cuba reached the three million tourist mark, 75 days faster than last year. The figures translate in a 24 percent growth in the number of tourists, continuing the upward trend the country has experienced in the […]