MEPs give go-ahead to relocate an additional 120,000 asylum seekers in the European Union Thursday, 17 September 2015, 14:43 Last update: about 10 years ago An emergency proposal to relocate 120,000 asylum seekers from Italy, Greece and Hungary among EU member states was backed by Parliament on Thursday. The first temporary emergency rules for relocating...
Front-running Donald Trump tangles with Republican opponents in 2nd debate Thursday, 17 September 2015, 11:24 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press Front-running Donald Trump began the second Republican presidential debate with a bang, throwing barbs in all directions, but was quiet for long stretches as 10 fellow candidates for the...
Vessels used to smuggle migrants to Europe would be seized under UN proposal Thursday, 17 September 2015, 09:02 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press A proposed U.N. resolution would authorize the European Union and individual countries to take "enforcement action" on the high seas off Libya against vessels trying to smuggle migrants and...
United Nations chief ‘shocked’ by use of force by Hungarian police on migrants at the border Thursday, 17 September 2015, 08:00 Last update: about 10 years ago UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said he is "shocked" after Hungarian police fired tear gas and water cannon to force migrants back from its border. Mr Ban said such treatment of asylum...
Watch: Hawaii and parts of California under tsunami warning after strong Chile quake Thursday, 17 September 2015, 07:54 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press Hawaii and part of California's coast are under tsunami advisories after an 8.3-magnitude earthquake off the coast of north Chile. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center had originally issued a...
World news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 16 August Thursday, 17 September 2015, 07:49 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press PRESIDENTIAL RACE-REPUBLICAN DEBATE SIMI VALLEY — Front-running Donald Trump begins the second Republican presidential debate with a bang, throwing his well-practiced barbs in all...
Updated: Hungarian police repel migrants at Serbian border with tear gas and water cannons Wednesday, 16 September 2015, 15:44 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press Hungarian police have used tear gas after hundreds of migrants broke through a razor wire fence on the border with Serbia. The police stopped the crowd, who threw plastic water bottles at them....
New UK Labour leader uses first speech in Parliament to call for stop to rude confrontations Wednesday, 16 September 2015, 13:48 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press Newly elected Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn faces his first head-to-head confrontation with Prime Minister David Cameron in Britain's Parliament Wednesday. The "prime minister's questions"...
Migrants keep sneaking through Hungary's razor-wire fence, first group arrives in Croatia Wednesday, 16 September 2015, 10:41 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press Small groups of migrants continued to sneak into Hungary on Wednesday, a day after the country sealed its border with Serbia and began arresting people trying to breach the razor-wire barrier, while a...
Fear grows: Refugee surge to Europe raises concern about infiltration by militants Wednesday, 16 September 2015, 08:48 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press When Islamic State extremists lost control of a key crossroads town in northern Syria in June, some militants shed their jihadi garb and blended in with the flood of Syrians fleeing across the Turkish...