Earthquake kills more than 200 in central Mexico
Rescue workers race to find survivors after deadliest tremor in 32 years kills at least 248 in central Mexico.
Elizabeth Melimopoulos & Ali Rae
Mexico City, Mexico - Fabiola Luna Rios was in her house in the southern part of this city when Tuesday's earthquake struck.
"This was a horrible experience," the 47-year-old told Al Jazeera as she sat with her husband, Jesus Alberto, on Obregon Avenue on Tuesday night.
"I really felt panic," she said. "I went out to the street, but when I saw my house, I saw it moving left to right."
Alberto, who was in Mexico state at the time, added that he thought "the ground was opening up".
Facebook bans Rohingya group's posts as minority faces 'ethnic cleansing'
As hundreds of thousands flee a brutal campaign by the Myanmar military, the social media company labels an insurgent group a ‘dangerous organization’
Amid international accusations that Myanmar’s military is engaging in “ethnic cleansing” of the Rohingya Muslim minority, Facebook designated a Rohingya insurgent group a “dangerous organization” and ordered moderators to delete any content “by or praising” it.
The decision, which the company said was made after an internal assessment of the group, came shortly before activists began complaining that the company was censoring posts about the brutal military campaign against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) was placed on Facebook’s “dangerous organization” list in recent weeks, a Facebook spokesperson confirmed. The company’s community standards ban posts by or in support of such organizations, which it defines as groups engaged in terrorism, organized violence or crime, mass murder, or organized hate.
Spanish police storm Catalan government buildings to stop independence referendum
The central government in Madrid says the breakaway region's referendum is illegal
Spanish national police have stormed ministries and buildings belonging to Catalonia's regional government to put a stop to the region's independence referendum.
The Guardia Civil, which acts with the authority of Madrid's interior ministry, is searching for evidence regarding the planned 1 October referendum on Catalan independence, which Spain's Constitutional Court has declared illegal.
In the early hours of the morning armed officers arrived at various Catalan ministries, including the economy department, foreign affairs department, and social affairs department, Spanish media reports.
The UN was waiting for President Trump. Candidate Trump showed up instead.
Trump’s big UN speech sounded like it could have come from the mouth of Steve Bannon.
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Donald Trump’s high-profile speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday didn’t sound like the words of a typical American president. It sounded like what candidate Trump spent more than a year saying on the campaign trail.
Personal attacks on other world leaders? Check. Tough talk implicitly threatening war against countries that don’t do what he says? Check. Jarring use of profanity? Check. Harsh criticism of the Iran nuclear deal? Check. Attacks on free trade, vowing to better protect the US border, and making clear that he didn’t want to take in foreign refugees? Check, check, and check.
Here was Trump on North Korea: “The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea. Rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime.”
New Koike-allied party to field dozens of candidates in Abe’s snap election: Wakasa
KYODO
A new party envisioned by a lawmaker close to popular Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike plans to field several dozen candidates in an upcoming general election expected for Oct. 22, the lawmaker said Wednesday.
Independent lawmaker Masaru Wakasa said on a radio program that he will choose at least 50 candidates from the political academy he founded.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who doubles as chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has reportedly decided to dissolve the Lower House later this month before the new party and opposition forces are fully prepared for the election.
Australian school discriminated against turban-wearing boy
An Australian school discriminated against a five-year-old Sikh boy when it prevented his enrolment because he wore a turban, a tribunal has found.
The uniform policy of Melton Christian School in Melbourne prohibits non-Christian head coverings for boys.
But the boy's father, Sagardeep Singh Arora, argued that not letting him wear the patka, a child's turban, was indirect discrimination.
The tribunal ruled in Mr Arora's favour on Tuesday.
Having uncut hair, or kesh, is a Sikh belief and wearing a patka is an essential practice of the religion.
But the Christian school chose not to make an exception for the boy, Sidhak, after an enrolment meeting with the family last year.
Mr Arora told the BBC that he had been stunned by the rejection.
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