Migrant separations: US judge orders family reunifications
A US judge has ordered that migrant children and their parents who were separated when they crossed into the US should be reunited within 30 days.
The judge issued the injunction in a case stemming from the administration's "zero-tolerance" policy.
Meanwhile the policy of breaking up families at the Mexico border is being challenged by 17 US states.
Democratic attorneys general from states including Washington, New York and California launched the lawsuit.
More than 2,300 migrant children have been separated from their parents since early May under the Trump administration's controversial policy, which seeks to criminally prosecute anyone crossing the border illegally.
North Korea making 'rapid' upgrades to nuclear reactor despite summit pledges
Monitoring group says work shows why a denuclearisation deal rather than a ‘statement of lofty goals’ is needed
North Korea has continued to upgrade its only known nuclear reactor used to fuel its weapons program, satellite imagery has shown, despite ongoing negotiations with the US and a pledge to denuclearise.
Infrastructure improvements at the Yongbyon nuclear plant are “continuing at a rapid pace”, according to an analysis by monitoring group 38 North of commercial satellite images taken on 21 June.
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has committed to “complete denuclearisation” in meetings with Donald Trump and South Korean president Moon Jae-in, but the details of how and when that will happen have not yet been decided. Kim announced earlier this year the the North’s nuclear arsenal and weapons capable of striking the US were complete, and the North closed its only known nuclear test site in May.
US ranked in top 10 most dangerous countries for women: poll
Experts in the poll said the Time's Up and #MeToo movements revealed a massive culture of sexual violence and harassment in the US
The United States is the 10th most dangerous country in the world for women, a new survey of experts shows.
Thomson Reuters Foundation surveyed 548 experts to determine which countries are seen as the worst for women.
The results make the US the only Western democracy to land in the top 10 of the list, alongside the likes of India, Afghanistan, and Somalia. The US tied with Syria in terms of he risks women face as far as sexual violence, harassment, sexual coercion, and women’s access to justice in cases of rape, according to the survey.
Israel asks Cyprus to consider port for Gaza
Israel's defense minister has said the proposal aims to "change the reality in the Gaza Strip." For years, the coastal enclave has been under a naval blockade, preventing it from receiving goods by water.
The Cypriot government on Tuesday said Israel has requested it examine the possibility of building a port facility for Gaza-destined goods to pass through.
Such a facility would provide a new way for goods to make it to the Gaza Strip, which is under a blockade by Israel and Egypt.
Streamlining deliveries
Myanmar officials 'played key role' in Rohingya ethnic cleansing
Amnesty International identifies 13 army officials for alleged role in crimes against humanity targeting Rohingya.by Saba Aziz
Amnesty International has accused and identified 13 senior Myanmar military officials for orchestrating crimes against humanity.
The report titled We Will Destroy Everything: Military Responsibility for Crimes against Humanity in Rakhine State, Myanmar, calls for an international investigation into the army's brutal crackdown on the country's ethnic Rohingya minority in northern Rakhine state.
In the report published on Wednesday, Amnesty said that there is overwhelming, credible evidence that Myanmar's military Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, and nine of his subordinates in the armed forces, as well as three others in the Border Guard police (BGP), played a key role in ethnic cleansing.
Powerful quakes more likely to hit Hokkaido, Pacific coast
The government released this year's earthquake probability map of Japan on Tuesday, showing an increased likelihood of strong earthquakes occurring within the next 30 years across a wide area of the Pacific coast including parts of Hokkaido.
The map showed that Kushiro in Hokkaido saw a sharp increase in the probability of a powerful earthquake, measuring lower 6 or stronger on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7, in the next 30 years, jumping 22 percentage points to 69 percent.
The sharp rise reflected research suggesting major earthquakes accompanying massive tsunami have repeatedly occurred along Chishima trench off eastern Hokkaido in the past.
Elsewhere in Hokkaido, the likelihood rose 15 percentage points in both Nemuro and Hidaka to 78 percent and 70 percent, respectively.
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