Palestinian gunman kills three Israelis in West Bank
Three Israelis have been shot dead by a Palestinian at the entrance to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli police say.
The gunman, a 37-year-old from a nearby village, was also shot and died later.
Police say he pulled out a gun as he waited to enter Har Adar along with Palestinian labourers and opened fire on police and security guards.
It is the latest in a wave of attacks on Israelis, mostly by Palestinians or Israeli Arabs, since late 2015.
No group has taken responsibility for the attack, although Gaza-based Palestinian militant organisations Hamas and Islamic Jihad welcomed it.
Sixth mass extinction of wildlife also threatens global food supplies
Plant and animal species that are the foundation of our food supplies are as endangered as wildlife but get almost no attention, a new report reveals
The sixth mass extinction of global wildlife already under way is seriously threatening the world’s food supplies, according to experts.
“Huge proportions of the plant and animal species that form the foundation of our food supply are just as endangered [as wildlife] and are getting almost no attention,” said Ann Tutwiler, director general of Bioversity International, a research group that published a new report on Tuesday.
“If there is one thing we cannot allow to become extinct, it is the species that provide the food that sustains each and every one of the seven billion people on our planet,” she said in an article for the Guardian. “This ‘agrobiodiversity’ is a precious resource that we are losing, and yet it can also help solve or mitigate many challenges the world is facing. It has a critical yet overlooked role in helping us improve global nutrition, reduce our impact on the environment and adapt to climate change.”
Turkey's President Erdogan threatens to invade Iraq and cut off oil pipeline after Kurds vote for independence
'We could arrive suddenly one night,' warns leader
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has threatened to invade Iraq, after the country's Kurds voted for independence in a non-binding referendum.
Issuing a strongly-worded speech, Mr Erdoğan said fighting the Iraqi Kurdish bid for independence was "a matter of survival".
The Turkish leader also suggested he could cut off a pipeline that carries oil out of Iraq, to increase pressure on an autonomous Kurdish region.
Mr Erdoğan has long struggled against a Kurdish insurgency in southeast Turkey, which shares a border with northern Iraq.
Brazil scraps bid to mine Amazon natural reserve
The Brazilian government backed off a controversial proposal to authorize private companies to mine a sprawling Amazon reserve Monday after blistering domestic and international criticism.
President Michel Temer's office will issue a new decree Tuesday that "restores the conditions of the area, according to the document that instituted the reserve in 1984," the Ministry of Mines and Energy said in a statement.
Last week, environmental activist group Greenpeace said at least 14 illegal mines and eight clandestine landing strips were already being used by miners in the Denmark-sized reserve known as Renca in the eastern Amazon.
Thai plan to push back Rohingya refugees sparks fears of new wave of boat people
Military-ruled Thailand says its navy will push Rohingya refugees back out to sea as fears grow of a new wave of boat people across Asia's waters.
Human rights groups describe the policy announced by Thailand's Internal Security Operation Command as "inhumane".
"Rather than sympathy and support for those at risk, Thailand is preparing with the back of its hand," said Sunai Phasuk, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch.
Analysts expect many of 436,000 Rohingya who have fled Myanmar's northern Rakhine state since August to be recruited by people-smugglers and take to the seas in unsafe boats to try to reach Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and eventually Australia.
'Apocalyptic' devastation in Puerto Rico, and little help in sight
Updated 0135 GMT (0935 HKT) September 26, 2017
Hurricane Maria whipped Puerto Rico with Irma-level winds, drenched the island with Harvey-level flooding, crippled communications, decimated buildings and damaged a dam that puts downstream residents at risk of catastrophe.
But help has been slow to come to communities where the devastation is described as "apocalyptic," officials and residents argue.
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said the nation faces a humanitarian crisis. He urged Congress to approve a commensurate aid package as the US commonwealth, already hammered by a prolonged economic crisis, tries to get back on its feet.
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