In northern Iraq heavy fights have broken out between Iraqi troops and Kurdish peshmerga. Government-led Shiite militia showed Friday that they had taken the place of Altin Köprü in the county of Kirkuk. That could not be confirmed for the time being.
The California fire department seems to be slowing down the tremendous natural fires north of San Francisco. The fire has already killed 40 people in the past week and hundreds of people are still missing.
The number of deaths caused by natural fires in the wine-growing region north of San Francisco in the US state of California has risen to 38.
The fire brigade, helped by improved weather conditions, has made progress on Friday's fight against natural fires in California, the deadliest in the history of the US state. Rescue workers who search for trawls with detective ruins have so far kept the physical remains of 35 people.
The death toll of natural fires in California has risen to thirty on Thursday. This makes it the most deadly fires ever in the US state.
The death toll due to natural fires in California has risen to 21st Wednesday. As a result of the fires in the United States, nearly six hundred people are missing.
The death toll due to persistent natural fires in California has risen to seventeen. Certainly 2000 houses and businesses were flammed according to the authorities. About 20,000 people had to flee before the fire.
Natural fires in northern California have cost at least ten people's lives and certainly 1,500 buildings have gone up in flames. Burning in the area more than fourteen burns and possibly more people were killed.
A government delegation of the Kurdish Autonomous Region in Iraq is on its way to Baghdad to discuss the planned referendum on independence. Despite the pressure of the Iraqi government and the outside world, the referendum will happen Monday, reports a Kurdish advisor.
The inhabitants in the Rio Guajataca river basin in northwest Puerto Rico were urged to seek a safe return as quickly as possible. The meteorological institute of San Juan, part of the US National Weather Service (NWS), hit a big alarm. A dam in the river can not break and threaten to break the huge influx of water. This leads to life-threatening floods.
The United States wants the Iraqi Kurds to abstain from the referendum on independence that the Kurdish semi-autonomous region has issued in Iraq. The US is 'strongly opposed' to the scheduled Monday referendum, let the US Department of Foreign Affairs know.
Nature monuments and Facebook show on September 21, the first day of autumn, the most beautiful Dutch autumn phenomena during a twelve-hour Facebook Live marathon: HerfstLive. From sunrise to sunset, viewers can take a trip from the Veluwe heath to the Limburg Sint Pietersberg.
A British woman and her Canadian husband, who celebrated their 75th anniversary celebration last month, died only five hours apart last Friday.
The number of Turkish asylum seekers in Germany has increased considerably over a year. The German authorities received more than 4400 asylum applications from Turkish citizens between January and August.
Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi has formally demanded suspension of the independence referendum issued by the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan on Monday.
The 44-year-old American Kristi Lyn Goss abused for years a corporate credit card from the personal expenses court. She bought a suit for her mopshond.
The police chief of the Philippine capital, Manila, has ordered to send a complete police force back to the school desks. The 1200 agents from Caloocan will be released in the meantime.
During a unique criminal case, a man of 102 years old in Great Britain was convicted of child abuse.
About 17,000 people are working in the south of Florida on Monday to repair the power supply. It is estimated that three million households are due to the hurricane Irma without power.
The authorities in Florida have moved prisoners on the islands (Keys) south of the state to the mainland in connection with the arrival of Hurricane Irma. There are 460 prisoners who were taken to Palm Beach County on Saturday.
After the arrival of Stephen King's film IT in the cinemas, there is a new era of 'killer clowns' in front of the door. The first clown is spotted in the United States of Wisconsin. With a bunch of balloons, the creepy clown appeared as the lead player of the movie IT at the front door of an American family.
The US authorities urge 650,000 people to leave their homes in and around Miami. It is the biggest evacuation in the region's history, said Mayor Carlos Giménez of the Miami-Dade County.
Some airlines in the US have promised to flee people in Florida who want to flee out of fear of Hurricane Irma. The hurricane is expected at the weekend in southeastern Florida.
North Korea presents the United States with more 'presents' in the prospect. That said the North Korean ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva in the wake of the toughest nuclear test in the history of his country.
The fact that it was a bit dared to wander virtually naked around Egyptian pyramids, Marisa Papen knew, but the cell she encountered when she was arrested brought an abrupt end to her adventure in Egypt.
In California, a forest fire blocks one of the access roads to the famous Yosemite Natural Park. Highway 41 was closed on Thursday due to the fire seas between Oakhurst and the national park. Over three hundred firemen fight the flames. Their work is hampered by the summer heat and the drought.
The Enschede police arrested a suspect for the massive murder of 40-year-old Sarah Kolenberg from Enschede. It's about a 48 year old man from that place.
The death toll caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas has been raised to seven people. Six of them come from Harris County, a spokesman spokesman said. The seventh victim is a 60 year old woman from Montgomery County who died after a tree fell on her caravan while she was sleeping. The death toll is still expected.
More than a hundred people had to be treated in hospitals after a kind of chemical mist from the sea had reached the coast of East Sussex County in southern England. It was about visitors to the beach and the cliffs near Birling Gap, near the coastal town of Eastbourne.
A British farmer whose pigs were saved by a fire a few months ago, has now served the animals to the group of firemen. She made sausages and gave the sprinklers their well-deserved heroic meal.
