Earthquake of magnitude 8.1 strikes off Mexico's Pacific coast
An earthquake described by Mexico's president as the country's strongest in a century has struck off the southern coast, killing at least five people.
One person also died in neighbouring Guatemala, its president has said.
The quake, measured at 8.1 by the US Geological Survey but higher by Mexico, struck in the Pacific, about 87km (54 miles) south-west of Pijijiapan.
A tsunami warning has been issued for Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and Honduras.
The quake was felt in Mexico City, with buildings swaying and people running into the street. The tremors there, about 1,000km from the epicentre, were reported to have lasted up to a minute.
Irma could 'catastrophically devastate' Florida, governor warns
Updated 0752 GMT (1552 HKT) September 8, 2017
(CNN) Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm, hurtled through the Caribbean, leaving catastrophic damage in its wake as it continued toward South Florida where it could slam into Miami this weekend.
The fast-moving storm barreled between Cuba and the Turks and Caicos Islands early Friday morning, and is expected to move westward toward the Bahamas.
Irma, which has 160 mph maximum sustained winds, has killed at least 10 people as it pummeled small northeastern Caribbean islands such as Barbuda and left hundreds of thousands of customers in Puerto Rico without power.
Desmond Tutu condemns Aung San Suu Kyi: 'Silence is too high a price'
Nobel laureate issues heartfelt letter to fellow peace prize winner calling for her to speak up for Rohingya in Myanmar
Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu has called on Aung San Suu Kyi to end the violence against her country’s Rohingya Muslim minority in a heartfelt letter to the Myanmar leader.
The 85-year old archbishop said the “unfolding horror” and “ethnic cleansing” in the country’s Rahkine region had forced him to speak out against the woman he admired and considered
Despite Aung San Suu Kyi defending her government’s handling of the growing crisis, Tutu urged his fellow Nobel peace price winner to intervene. “a dearly beloved sister”.
Anti-left 'kill list' kept by far-right German lawyer and policeman
Evidence of a far-right terror group is growing after the discovery of a "kill list" of left-wing politicians to be murdered if social order collapsed. Is Germany ignoring a right-wing threat from the middle of society?
The German Justice Ministry has confirmed that investigators found a folder containing the names, addresses and photos of "representatives of the left-wing political spectrum" which had been kept "for criminal purposes" during last week's raids against suspected far-right terrorists in the northern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
In an answer to an official information request filed by the socialist Left party, the Justice Ministry said an investigation for "preparation of a serious act of violence against the state" had been opened against two men on August 15. The investigation is understood to be a corollary of the case against Bundeswehr soldier Franco A., who had allegedly been planning to carry out a terrorist attack while posing as a Syrian refugee.
Raw sewage flows onto Gaza’s beaches amid energy crisis
The stink hits you first. On beaches in the Gaza Strip, in the Palestinian Territories, untreated sewage is being channelled straight into the sea after an electricity crisis that has brought water and sewage treatment centres in the region grinding to a halt. The pollution can also have dangerous consequences for residents: in July, a five-year-old boy died after swimming in the contaminated seawater.
Five-year-old Mohammad al-Sayis died in hospital after ingesting contaminated water while swimming in the sea. His brothers were also hospitalised, but recovered. Mohammad’s father Ahmad told local news: “It’s hot and humid and there is no power, water or fans in the house. The sea is our only outlet."
Locals in Gaza are used to having reduced electricity. But the normal rate of five to six hours of electricity a day was reduced even further when Gaza’s sole power plant ran out of fuel in April 2017 after it used up its fuel stocks, which had been purchased with money lent by Turkey and Qatar.
N. Korea facing domestic complaints that 'military buildup will not result in more food'
(Mainichi Japan)While the North Korean regime continues to send shockwaves through the international community with its nuclear weapon and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests, some members of the North Korean public are beginning to voice their discontent with leader Kim Jong Un's policy of military provocation, a source involved with the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) has told the Mainichi Shimbun.
According to the source, North Korean authorities have been cracking down on those who make remarks to the effect that "military buildup does not help in obtaining food," while at least one military researcher appears to have attempted to flee the country, fearing war with the United States. In response, the WPK leadership is beefing up its efforts to bolster the regime and clamp down on those who express dissatisfaction with it.
Last year and this year, North Korea conducted a series of ICBM launches and nuclear tests. A major rally celebrating the "success" of the latest nuclear test was held on Sept. 6 in Pyongyang, to which scientists who contributed to the test were invited.
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