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Dominica, which is located near the French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe and has some 72,000 inhabitants, has been almost completely cut off from the world.

As Kurds in neighbouring Iraq prepare to vote on secession from Baghdad, Hadiya Yousef told Reuters that Assad's aim to take back all of Syria could lead to its partition, though Syria's Kurds insist that independence is not their aim.

"Six died on the spot while three died on the way to hospital," said AKM Jahangir, a senior official with the Red Crescent relief group.

"Severe persecution started before I was born. From street to school, from market to travel, from healthcare to education, every aspect of life is in extreme persecution, which is systematic and state-directed."

Suu Kyi avoided using the term "Rohingya" -- a word which many in the Buddhist-majority nation refuse to use. They say the Muslim Rohingya are not a distinct ethnic group but illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov urged all parties to seek a "peaceful resolution" to the current stand-off with Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons program, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement.

Ivanka, who would be leading American delegation to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in India in November, discussed women's entrepreneurship and workforce development in the two countries.

After an explosion in the London subway early Friday injured more than 20 people, Trump on Twitter blamed "sick and demented people who were in the sights of Scotland Yard."

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's comments were the strongest indication to date that the United States might mount a major diplomatic response, potentially jeopardising the historic restart of relations between the U.S. and Cuba.

Iran said last month it could abandon the nuclear agreement "within hours" if the United States imposes any new penalties, after Washington ordered sanctions over Tehran's ballistic missile tests.

Shinzo Abe floated the idea of holding a vote on October 22 or October 29 in meetings with senior ruling party officials, Jiji Press and the Asahi Shimbun reported, citing unnamed government and ruling party sources.

From North Korea to global terror threats, these are the key issues among others on the agenda at United Nations General Assembly.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May said that the police and security services were doing all they could to identify those responsible for the “cowardly attack”.

Basi outlived most of her peers by nearly two decades - pandas in the wild have an average lifespan of about 20 years, but those in captivity generally live longer. Besides her longevity, Basi was beloved for her athletic feats, which became the inspirati...

The Election Commission of Pakistan was hearing a case against 64-year-old Khan filed by a dissident from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and one of the founding members Akbar S Babar.

International pressure has been growing on Buddhist-majority Myanmar to end the violence in the western state of Rakhine that began on Aug. 25 when Rohingya militants attacked about 30 police posts and an army camp.