Puerto Rico Facing 'Humanitarian Crisis' After Hurricane Maria

The island's governor Ricardo Rossello has called on the US Congress for help.

Kurdistan Votes in Independence Referendum

Voters are jubilant as they go to the polls, but Baghdad opposes the vote.

The British PM said there should be a transition period of "about" two years after Brexit

President Trump announces new sanctions against North Korea's nuclear weapons programme

The Federal Reserve will start to reduce its $4.2 trillion balance sheet in October

Members of the General Assembly are due to sign a new treaty at a meeting on Wednesday

The French territory is preparing for the arrival of the latest storm in the Caribbean

The Iraqi Kurdish parliament has voted to back an independence referendum

The new railway will be the result of a developing relationship between India and Japan.

The UN secretary general urges Myanmar to suspend military action in Rakhine state