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