The US Navy sent a destroyer to 12 nautical miles (22 kilometers) of the artificial islands that China has built in the South China Sea. A spokesperson of the US Department of Defense said Monday. With the move to the United States shall notify the territorial claims of China in the area of the jaw.
The earthquake that struck Monday the rugged border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan was the strongest in 66 years. The death toll so far amounts to about 180. They were mainly on the Pakistani side of the border. The earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 was felt from Kabul to Islamabad and New Delhi.
The woman who as a girl became world famous by the photos which show how they ran screaming and naked after a napalm attack in Vietnam, get a laser treatment.
Passengers on a plane of British Airlines on Monday with a fright came after the landing gear of their aircraft during landing was aborted.
Netherlands and China will together make more films. The relevant ministers of both countries on Monday signed a co-production treaty. That happened during the state visit of the Dutch royal couple in China. For the Netherlands signed minister Bert Koenders (Foreign Affairs).
China, Japan and South Korea love for the first time in three years a summit. That Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced Monday. The three countries will meet in the South Korean capital Seoul, presumably early November.
A newlywed couple drowned during their honeymoon in South Africa. The 28- year-old man and 26- year-old woman from Northern Ireland had just a few hours at their destination, write British media.
Australia goes along the coast of New South Wales drones bets to avoid shark attacks. Has announced that the local government, writes The Sydney Morning Herald. The drones have equipment on board to monitor the real sharks. They fly from December, when the beach season begins, above the beaches of Sydney and other popular resorts.
The South Korean navy has fired on a patrol boat from North Korea. The boat was in South Korean waters arrived and answered with five shots with a machine gun, the South Korean news agency Yonhap writes Sunday. The boat was Saturday on the disputed border in the Yellow Sea.
In Argentina held Sunday presidential elections. It is the first time in twelve years that Argentines thereby can not vote for a member of the Kirchner family.
Some 120 people have been injured by a train crash in the South African city of Johannesburg. Some passengers were blown out of the wagons according to news ENCA. That happened reportedly when the brakes of the train refused service.
The Mexican resort of Puerto Vallarta has been spared the violence of super storm Patricia. To the relief of present Dutch has even hardly blown in the popular holiday destination.
The hole in the ozone layer over the South Pole has unexpectedly grown to the second largest size ever measured. That's what scientists at the German research center DLR determined using satellites. Are likely to cause major changes in air currents in the stratosphere.
Hurricane Patricia is the worst hurricane ever. The heavy storm that is heading for the west coast of Mexico, now already reached speeds of 325 kilometers per hour with estimated winds of 400 kilometers per hour. Worldwide, there were only two hurricanes with wind, said Weather Plaza in Hilversum.
Thousands of angry South African students Friday at the government buildings protesting against plans to increase tuition. The demonstrators tried fences around the buildings in Pretoria, where President Jacob Zuma has an office, pulling down.
The United Nations existed seventy years. Which is celebrated worldwide on October 24 by exposing 180 sites in more than fifty countries in the official blue of the UN. The Peace Palace in The Hague in the Netherlands the blue object. Which announced the UN.
No fewer than 65 have several hundred war- separated Korean couples have to wait for a reunion and after three days it was already over.
Hungary has no intentions to open a corridor for migrants. That left the government Wednesday.
A large group of students and riot police Wednesday for the South African parliament in Cape Town hit clashed. Students are furious over an announced increase in tuition fees. Also mixed opposition MPs joined in the fight, which left many injured.
Hundreds if not thousands of students protest at this moment in South Africa's Cape Town against the increases in tuition fees. Earlier today, the furious students were expelled from the parliament when they expressed their discontent in the public gallery. Political parties also " Economic Freedom Fighters" is present at the demonstration.
Although the Iraqi government is doing everything in their own words to an outbreak of cholera in to stop the country are now more than 1,800 people infected with the bacterial disease. At least six people deceased.
A hunter in Norway mistakenly shot dead two reindeer that ran in a zoo in northern Norway. The hunter realized shortly after the incident that he had seen the fence around the zoo overlooked.
Four men , two women and two babies were killed in Mabaleni, a town in the South African province of KwaZulu- Natal. One person was seriously injured in the massacre and a baby was unhurt.
A Korean couple is finally reunited after 65 years. The 88-year-old South Korean Lee Ok- yeon became her husband ( 87 ) lost by the Korean War and were together today, after all that time again to embrace.
British Prime Minister David Cameron must during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping in London this week openly urging him to release Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia . To that end call other twelve Nobel prize-winners , led by South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu him.
Following the example of Crimea wants the breakaway Georgian republic of South Ossetia hold a referendum on joining Russia. That Leonid Tibilov , the leader of South Ossetia , said during discussions with Vladimir Surkov , a key adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
South Koreans since the Korean War (1950-1953) living apart from family members in North Korea, which may see the same again . Four hundred South Koreans were waiting Tuesday at the North Korean resort of Mount Kumgang at the first meetings , which take place until Thursday . Reported that the South Korean news agency Yonhap .
The Dutch student teams from Twente , Delft and Eindhoven remain leading in the World Solar Challenge, a prestigious competition of solar cars across the Australian desert . After three days and halfway through the race , Team Twente managed to hold the lead. The Nuon Solar Team from Delft ended day three on the second place . The team from Eindhoven participates in another class , the category of family cars powered by solar energy , and is a close second .
Oscar Pistorius is Monday given conditional freedom , reported CNN. He presides over the remainder of his sentence under house arrest .
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations has condemned Monday Iran because of the execution of two minors last week. The South Korean expressed his concern about the increased number of executions in the Islamic country . This year performed more than seven hundred death sentences , of which at least forty in public. That's the highest number in twelve years.
