If Hurricane Irma hitting Cuba and Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico had one thing in common it was that – despite ample warning – they seemed to take many by surprise. It was an odd similarity given the long lag-time between the storms forming and making landfall on the two…
Media playback is unsupported on your device A Spanish official has taken command of local policing in Catalonia to stop the disputed independence referendum, the public prosecutor’s office says. Diego Pérez de los Cobos, a colonel in the Guardia Civil, will direct both Catalan and Spanish police forces in the…
A popular spiritual guru has been arrested in India for the alleged rape of a 21-year-old woman, Indian media report. Falahari Maharaj is accused of raping the law student at his ashram in Alwar, a village in Rajasthan state. The self-styled “godman” faces 10 years in prison if convicted. Last…
US President Donald Trump has hit out at Republicans who are refusing to back the latest effort to repeal Obama-era healthcare legislation. Speaking in Alabama, he said senators from his party who opposed the repeal lacked “the guts to vote for it.” Senator John McCain dealt the Trump administration’s efforts…
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake has been detected in North Korea, China’s earthquake administration says. The earthquake is reported to have occurred near a nuclear test site and previous quakes have occurred during weapons’ tests. Chinese seismologists said it was a “suspected explosion”, the state news agency reports. But South Korea…
A US student spent almost three days trapped inside a cave after he was left behind on a university field trip. Lukas Cavar, 19, was visiting the Sullivan Cave in southern Indiana with the Indiana University Caving Club on Sunday. He was separated from the rest of the group who…