Incidents - страница 26

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All missing people found after Japan floods: authorities Japanese authorities said they had found all the people left missing after massive floods that devastated large areas north of Tokyo.

15 September 2015

Indonesia water-bombs forest fires to fight haze Helicopters water-bombed raging forest fires that have cloaked parts of Indonesia in thick haze and pushed air quality to unhealthy levels in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia.

14 September 2015

Japan warns tourists on Mount Aso after eruption Japan warned tourists to keep away from popular Mount Aso after it began belching smoke and ash into the air, the latest eruption in one of the world's most volcanically active countries.

14 September 2015

What's in a name? Thais avoid linking Uighurs to Bangkok blast The police investigation into the Bangkok shrine blast increasingly points towards a game-changing attack on Chinese tourists by Uighur militants or sympathisers.

14 September 2015

London march urges UK change of heart on refugees Tens of thousands of people marched through London in protest against Britain's refugee policy, with new Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn attending in his first political engagement only hours after being elected.

14 September 2015

Mecca crane collapse highlights city's development boom The deadly collapse of a construction crane in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca has highlighted the controversial pace of high-end urban development in the birthplace of Islam.

14 September 2015

Crane collapse kills 107 at Mecca's Grand Mosque ahead of hajj At least 107 people died when a massive construction crane crashed into Mecca's Grand Mosque, with scores more injured, Saudi authorities said, days before the annual hajj pilgrimage.

12 September 2015

1.4 mn people at Catalan independence demo: city police Some 1.4 million people joined a march demanding independence for the Catalonia region from Spain, Barcelona city police said.

12 September 2015

Hungary PM defends police handling of 'rebel' migrants Prime Minister Viktor Orban defended Hungarian police against accusations of maltreating refugees, saying the migrants had "rebelled" against Hungarian law.

12 September 2015

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No 'specific or credible threats' linked to 9/11 anniversary: FBI chief The Federal Bureau of Investigation said that it has picked up no "specific or credible threats" linked to the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

11 September 2015

Bin Laden doctor languishes in Pakistan prison as appeal lingers The lawyer for a Pakistani doctor who was jailed after helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden accused the government of deliberately delaying his appeal after the case was adjourned for the sixteenth time.

10 September 2015

Floods spark evacuations as Japan is deluged Tens of thousands of people were ordered to flee homes across Japan as heavy rain pounded the country, sending radiation-tainted waters into the ocean at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

10 September 2015

Migrants breach Hungary police lines as army prepares for action Hundreds of migrants broke through police lines in Hungary near the Serbian border for a third day running, as the army began mobilising for a possible role in guarding the frontier.

10 September 2015

'Tired but happy': refugees arrive in France from Germany A first group of around 50 refugees arrived in France from Germany as Paris tries to ease pressure on its neighbour, which has received the bulk of the migrants streaming into Europe.

10 September 2015

Turkey hunts PKK in Iraq as nationalist violence spreads Turkish forces crossed into Iraq to pursue Kurdish militants after dozens were killed in the deadliest attacks for years, as protesters assailed offices of the main pro-Kurdish party in a night of nationalist-tinged violence.

09 September 2015

Amal Clooney visits ex-leader Nasheed in Maldives jail Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney spent hours in a high security prison island in the Maldives consulting with former president Mohamed Nasheed.

09 September 2015

Denmark sends first group of refugees back to Germany Denmark has sent back a first group of refugees who arrived from Germany, Danish police said Tuesday, with others expected to follow.

09 September 2015

Russian journalist names attackers in 2010 near-fatal beating Russian journalist Oleg Kashin released the names of three men charged with carrying out a savage beating that left him close to death in 2010.

08 September 2015

Greece's Lesbos 'near explosion' with over 15,000 refugees: minister The Greek island of Lesbos is "on the verge of explosion" with violence erupting as the more than 15,000 mainly Syrian refugees push local resources to the limit.

08 September 2015