JAPAN :  Apocalyptic ' Volcano Eruption ' of Mt. Ontake kills over 50 people : leaves hundreds trapped on mountain

UNITED NATIONS : Palestinian Pres. Mahmoud Abbas calls UN to end ' Israeli occupation ' accuses Israel of war crimes

UNITED NATIONS : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon bemoans ' world's mounting woes ' at UN's General Assembly

RUSSIA :  Vladimir Putin stages ' biggest-ever post-Soviet military drills ' - 100K troops, 1,500 tanks,120 aircraft & 70 ships

ISRAEL :   Israeli forces ' shoot down '  Syrian fighter jet over Golan Heights after violating Israeli-controlled airspace

IRAN :  " The Treacherous Dealer " -  Iran's Rouhani says ties with arch-rival Saudi Arabia ' deserve to be warmer '

RUSSIA :  Vladimir Putin & Naval Admiral announce Russia to add ' 80 new warships ' to its Black Sea Fleet by 2020

BREAKING NEWS :  SYRIA :  US , Arab allies launch ' first wave of air-strikes ' against ISIS targets in Syria

USA :   US Government has asked ' long-time enemy ' Iran to be  part of  ' coalition ' against terror group ISIS

YEMEN :  Iranian - backed ' Houthi ' militants tighten grip on Yemen capital after swift capture  &  power-sharing deal

UNITED NATIONS :  " The Treacherous Dealer " -  Iran seeks to link ISIS co-operation - to - Nuclear Program concessions

VATICAN :  UNHOLY POPULARISM :  Pope Francis asks aides to make Catholic divorce " easier "

SYRIA :  Mounting humanitarian crisis  : 70,000 Syrian-Kurds fleeing ISIS advances flood across Turkey's border

MOSCOW :  Russia, Egypt seal preliminary ' weapons deal '  worth $3.5 billion as Putin extends influence in MidEast

ASIA PACIFIC :  Magnitude 7.1 ' Earthquake ' strikes 40km  northwest of Guam within notorious Pacific ' Ring of Fire '

CHINA :  Monster ' Typhoon ' Kalmeigi hits Hong Kong  & southern China causes floods & landslides - 90K+ evacuated

SYRIA :  United Nations withdraw its ' Peacekeeping Forces ' from Syrian-controlled Golan Heights on Israel's border

UKRAINE :  Russia ' freezes ' Ukraine into submission :  Kiev admits it does not have enough fuel for Winter

MEXICO :  Powerful Cat-3 ' Hurricane ' Odile wreaks havoc & destruction on Baja Peninsula as 30,000 evacuated

PHILIPPINES :  Evacuation of 12,000+ ordered as Mt Mayon ' Volcano ' crater glows red, ahead of possible eruption

PARIS :  World's largest state sponsor of Terrorism , Iran rejects ' American request ' for co-operation against ISIS

SYRIA :  REPORT :  Islamic State ( ISIS )  &  Syrian rebels reach crucial ceasefire :  agree to ' non-aggression pact ' in Syria

ISRAEL :  Sources report Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorist group are planning ' large raids ' into Israel's Galilee region

RUSSIA :  Vladimir Putin orders ' surprise military exercises -  over 100,000 troops mobilised in Russia's Far East

MID-EAST :  CIA estimate ISIS fighters have tripled to as high as 31,000 as recruits w/wide flood in to join  Jihad

MOSCOW :  President Vladimir Putin slams potential ISIS strikes in Syria as ' acts of aggression ' against Russia's ally

EU :  Euro Union's 28 nations stockpiling gas in record quantities as fears mount of Russian switch-off as Winter nears

MID-EAST :  Grave setbacks for Obama’s ISIS strategy : Turkey , Jordan say NO - Germany & UK say NO to air campaign

POLAND :  Russia slashes gas exports to Poland by 45% in retaliation for its reverse flow supply to support Ukraine

GLOBAL :  Solar Storm blasts headed Earth's way after two large explosions on Sun's surface

NASA :  ' Harvest Moon ' :  The final of 3 rare ' Supermoons ' lights up skies around the world

INDONESIA :  Powerful 6.5 Magnitude ' Earthquake ' strikes off Indonesia's Sulawesi Island

USA :  Nuclear Launch Rehearsal : 2 Russian Tu-95 Strategic Bombers near Canada practice ' Cruise Missile Strikes ' on US

SPAIN :  Meteorite lights up Spanish skyline : early morning fireball so bright it was seen across entire nation

NASA :  House-sized Asteroid 2014 RC  -  only detected on 31 Aug  -  flies past Earth 25,000mi above New Zealand

IRAQ CRISIS :  U.S. air strikes target ISIS insurgents near Iraq's Haditha Dam in battle to seize control Euphrates River

VATICAN :  Pope Francis  &  Shimon Peres talks on Mid-East crises, religious co-operation to fight terror & anti-Semitism

WALES :  As NATO leaders meet - Russia launch pre-emptive strike - warns against giving Ukraine membership in NATO

ARGENTINA :  New fossils found of most complete ' giant sauropod dinosaur ' ( Dreadnoughtus schrani ) ever discovered

RUSSIA :  After ISIS threaten Russia , feared Russian-Chechen leader & Putin's close ally Kadyrov vows to ' crush ' ISIS

UKRAINE CRISIS :  Ukraine's Defence Minister warns :  " Russia has started great war ... deaths will be in thousands "

GLOBAL :  The ugly return of anti-Semitism : following Israeli actions in Gaza , anti-Semitism on the rise world-wide

MEXICO :  Mass Deaths :  Over 50 tonnes of ' Dead Fish ' removed from Mexican Lake in 2 days after mystery die-off

UKRAINE CRISIS :  Russian President Vladimir Putin menacingly warns " I can take Kiev in two weeks "

MADAGASCAR :  Biblical Scenes :  Billions of locusts descend onto Madagascar's capital as plague turns skies dark

ECUADOR :  Ecuador's ' Throat of Fire ' Tunguarahua ' Volcano eruption ' : spews ash cloud 28,000ft into the sky

BRITAIN :  UK ' deplores ' Israel decision to claim West Bank land ... " will damage Israel's international reputation "

IRAQ CRISIS :  Iraqi Minister warns " Islamic State poses global threat ... imminent danger to all countries of the world "

UKRAINE CRISIS : Increasingly alarmed European leaders warn :  " Russia in a ' state of war ' with our continent "

RUSSIA :  ' The Rouble ' - Russia's monetary currency -  falls to ' all-time low ' as investors fear new sanctions

UKRAINE CRISIS :  Ominous warning !!  Russia's Vladimir Putin warns " Don't mess with nuclear-armed Russia "

PAPUA NEW GUINEA :  Mt Tavurvur ' Volcano Eruption ' causes evacuations ; ashcloud diverts international flights

USA :  Western nations ' leader-less ' as President Obama admits : " We don't have a strategy to tackle ISIS in Syria "

WEST AFRICA :  Ebola outbreak reaches Senegal , riots break out in Guinea , as deadly virus defies efforts to stop

GREECE :  Large 5.7 Magnitude ' Earthquake ' strikes southern Greece ;  followed by 4.7 Mg after-shock

USA :  Massive Russian ' cyber attack ' on Wall Street targets major US Banks amid suspicion of sanctions retaliation

LIBYA :  Libya's UN Ambassador warns of ' full blown civil war ' as security situation deteriorates amid Islamist attacks

ISRAEL-GAZA CRISIS :  Gaza truce holds but Israel's Netanyahu ' under fire ' after costly conflict & no clear outcome

LEBANON :  Lebanese army shells Islamist militants in Syrian border zone as conflict spreads along Israeli border

SYRIA CRISIS :  Al-Qaeda affiliated Syrian rebels seize border crossing with Israel in the Golan Heights

IRAQ CRISIS :  Iraqi Govt security experts estimate ISIS has 100,000 fighters  &  swallowing up other Jihadist groups

IRAN :  Military Chiefs in Iran threaten ' surprise attack ' on Israel , after spy drone shot down over nuclear plant

IRAN :  Tehran vows to " accelerate " weapons supply to Palestinians in ' West Bank ' after downing Israeli spy drone

IRAN :  Iran's Revolutionary Guard claims to have shot down Israeli spy drone near Iranian nuclear enrichment plant

UKRAINE CRISIS :  Russian tanks & armored vehicles enter southeast Ukraine  " in the guise " of separatist rebels

SYRIA :  Hundreds dead as ' Islamic State ' seizes major Syrian air base , 3rd military base captured in recent weeks

PERU :  Powerful 6.9 magnitude ' Earthquake ' strikes central Peru , along the seismic ' Pacific Ring of Fire '

USA :  California hit by biggest ' Earthquake ' in 25 years as 6.0 quake shakes San Francisco & Napa

CHINA :  China hosts ' largest ever military exercises ' with Russia , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan & Tajikistan

ISRAEL-GAZA CRISIS :  Heavy barrage of rockets fired at Tel Aviv after 90 rockets fired at southern Israel Saturday

UKRAINE :  Reports of Russian artillery fire ' inside ' Ukraine , as Kiev reports ' direct invasion ' by Putin's aid convoy

IRAN :  Western Iran hit by ' Earthquake ' of magnitude 5.2 , after larger 6.3 magnitude quake hit region on Aug 18

MEXICO :  Earth opens up , as mysterious ' Giant Crack '  over 1km long appears in desert raising earthquake fears

ISRAEL-GAZA CRISIS :  Hamas holds mass execution of 18 ' suspected ' Israeli informers after death of 3 commanders

SYRIA :  UN Human Rights chief says ' Syrian death toll up to April 2014 is ' more than 191,000 ' as fighting rages

ISRAEL-GAZA CRISIS :  Israeli airstrikes kill three senior Hamas military commanders as conflict escalates

IRAQ CRISIS :  Islamic State posts execution of US journalist to deter Obama from further involvement in Iraq war

IRAQ CRISIS :  Retaken Mosul Dam is rigged with ISIS explosives ; fears may be used as weapon of mass destruction

SYRIA :  President Al-Assad forced to attack advancing ISIS militants with airstrikes as pro-govt forces lose ground

WEST AFRICA : Ebola outbreak death toll tops 1,200 WHO says , as disease isolation clinics stormed by armed mobs

IRAN :  Strong 6.2 Magnitude ' Earthquake ' hits Iran near border with Iraq , following two tremors of 4.8  & 5.0

ICELAND :  Fears of ' Volcano Eruption  ' as Iceland's Bardarbunga Volcano struck by strongest quake in 20 years

USA :  Unprecedented disaster as ' Severe Drought ' covers nearly 99.8% of California

MEXICO :  ' Hailstorm ' of mammoth proportions hammered sections of Mexico City , as ice & floods wreak chaos

ISRAEL - GAZA CRISIS :  Israeli PM warns of harsh retaliation , if Hamas resume rocket fire into Jewish State

IRAQ CRISIS :  Kurdish & Iraqi Forces push to drive militants from Mosul Dam with U.S. air support

IRAQ CRISIS :  U.S. airstrikes hit ISIS militants at Mosul Dam after reported massacre of 300 Yazidi men

UKRAINE CRISIS :  Kiev says forces destroyed Russian ' armoured column ' inside Ukraine , fuelling fears of invasion

LEBANON :  Hezbollah Leader calls Islamic State growing ' monster ' : warns of threat to Jordan, Saudis & Gulf States

RUSSIA :  Energy Giant ' Rosneft ' requests $ 42 Billion loan from Russian Government as Western sanctions bite

UKRAINE CRISIS :  Ukraine President warns of " direct invasion " by Russia as ' suspect '  truck convoy nears border

RUSSIA :  Egypt offered fighter jets , helicopters , weapons by Putin : co-operation in fight against terrorism & trade

IRAQ CRISIS :  Islamic State militants threaten Turkey with violence if Euphrates River water supply is not restored

JAPAN :  ' Typhoon Halong ' triggers evacuation of 1 million in south-west Japan : threat of major floods & landslides

IRAQ CRISIS :  Fears of genocide , as thousands of Iraqi Yazidis trapped on Mount Sinjar by Islamic State extremists

HAWAII :  Islands' first since 1993 - Hawaii braces as ' twin Hurricanes ' Iselle & Julio near : days after ' earthquake '

BRITAIN :  UK severe weather warnings as ' Hurricane Bertha ' crosses Atlantic : forecasters warn of floods & winds

GENEVA :  World Health Organisation declares spreading Ebola Outbreak an ' international public health emergency '

IRAQ CRISIS :  Islamic State militants surge across North Iraq , near Kurdistan border as minorities flee onlsaught

UKRAINE CRISIS :  NATO fears invasion as estimated 20,000 combat-ready Russian troops mass on Ukraine border

RUSSIA :  President Vladimir Putin issues ' decree ' imposing 1 year retaliatory sanctions agnst EU & Western nations

LEBANON :  Islamic State expands militant campaign into Lebanon as clashes erupt on Syrian / Lebanese border

EUROPE :  UK & Europe commemorate the  ' 100th Anniversary '  of the outbreak of Word War One

LEBANON :  Sixteen killed as Lebanese army battle Islamic State ( ISIS ) militants at Syria border as thousands flee

IRAQ CRISIS :  Iran's elite Republican Guards fighting in Iraq to push back against Islamic State militants ( ISIS )

IRAQ CRISIS :  Islamic State militias ( ISIS ) seize  Iraq's  ' largest dam '  & oilfield in first major victory over Kurds

CHINA :  Strong 6.1 ' Earthquake ' in southern Yunnan province kills over 400 ppl  :  12,000 homes destroyed
 

ISRAEL-GAZA CRISIS :  Palestinian Terrorists ' Hamas '  &  North Korea in secret arms deal for missiles & equipment

RUSSIA :  President Vladimir Putin remains defiant as U.S. imposes ' additional economic sanctions ' over Ukraine

ISRAEL-GAZA CRISIS :  Israeli Dilemma : Back Obama ' Save Hamas Policy '  or fight for its downfall w/- Egypt / Saudis

RUSSIA :  Vladimir Putin attends Russian ' Navy Day ' Parade on Black Sea :  promises ' more new ships to be built '

LIBYA :  US emergency evacuation of embassy :  Libya sliding into chaos as fighting escalates between rival militias

GLOBAL :  ' Anti-Semitic ' Al-Quds Day demonstrations held around the world in protest of Israel-Gaza conflict

USA :  FAA bans all US flights to & from Tel Aviv Airport after Hamas rocket fire : Britain , Germany , France follow

IRAQ :  Iraqi Christians flee as ISIS Sunni militants issue chilling ultimatum in Mosul : " Pay , Leave or Face Death ! "

VIETNAM :  Typhoon ' Rammasun ' ( " God of Thunder " ) kills 11 in Vietnam ; causes widespread flooding & landslides

MID-EAST :  Iraq disintegrates in face of ISIS onslaught , ISIS militants make gains in Syria with new US weaponry

CHINA :  Most powerful Typhoon to EVER to hit mainland China : ' Rammasun ' leaves dozens dead, 600K evacuated

UKRAINE :  International outrage as Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 shot down by pro-Russian rebels : 298 dead

UKRAINE :  Russian jets shoot down Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jet , as international crisis reaches boiling point