US President Barack Obama walks during a tour of the Treme neighborhood August 27, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. AFP
- A newly released poll shows half of Americans think the US is vulnerable to natural disasters ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast.
- Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says twenty people have been killed by Tropical Strom Erika across the Caribbean island.
- Thousands of Hondurans take to the streets in Tegucigalpa, calling on the president to relinquish power over corruption allegations.
- Thousands of Hondurans have once again staged an anti-corruption protest in the capital Tegu-cigalpa.
- The UN says the number of refugees who have taken the risky journey across the Mediterranean to Europe, has reached 300 thousand.
- Official figures released by the Brazilian government show that the country's economy has entered recession.
- The United Nations Refugee Agency is warning that over 300,000 refugees and migrants have taken the perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe this year.
- Ban Ki-moon called on European nations to avoid forcing the refugees back to their crisis-hit countries. The UN chief unveiled plans to convene a special meeting in late September to discuss global concerns about the situation.
- arcelona have been gearing up ahead of their first home match of the season where Argentinean super star Lionel Messi can present his UEFA's Player of the year award to Barca fans at Camp Nu.
- Iraqi Kurdish fighters have liberated more villages in the northern province of Kirkuk, as they push to flush the ISIL terrorists out of the region.
- The United Nations has said satellite images show the ancient Baal Shamin temple in the Syrian city of Palmyra has been flattened.
- Turkey’s problems have compounded since the June parliamentary elections. In politics, no one seems to agree. Ankara is embroiled in a domestic war with Kurdish militants.
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