HOUSTON - Parts of the coast of south-central U.S. state of Texas are under a hurricane watch on Sunday (Sept. 12), in preparation for Tropical Storm Nicholas which is forecast to gain in strength.
BAGHDAD - Three Iraqi soldiers were killed and two others wounded on Sunday (Sept. 12) in attacks by the militants of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a local security source said.
TEHRAN - Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi arrived in Iran's capital Tehran on Sunday (Sept. 12) for talks on a host of issues, the official IRNA news agency reported.
ANKARA – Emma Raducanu, the hope of British tennis, won the 2021 US Open women's singles title on Saturday (Sept. 11), her first Grand Slam championship.
CANBERRA - The Australian government has secured an additional one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine as the country continues to battle the third wave of infections.
BOGOTA -- At least five soldiers were killed and six were wounded on Saturday (Sept. 11) in an attack by guerrillas from the National Liberation Army (ELN) in a rural area of the Colombian municipality of Arauquita in the department of Arauca.