UNITED KINGDOM

It would be the first time in the tournament's 32-year history that a game has been cancelled

Super Typhoon Forces Unprecedented Axing Of World Cup Games In Japan

Two Rugby World Cup matches were cancelled in an unprecedented move on Thursday as Japan braces for potential damage and disruption from powerful Super Typhoon Hagibis.Organisers took the "very difficult decision" to scrap the games on Saturday -- England v France and New Zealand v Italy -- on safety grounds as Hagibis takes direct aim at Tokyo.The storm covers an unusually wide area and is currently rated as "violent", the highest level on the Japanese scale, packing maximum gusts of up to 270 kilometres (168 miles).
More news
Calm has returned to the streets of Iraq after a week of anti-government protests were met with violence, but a political crisis remains.

Iraq PM Vows Full Probe Into Killings, Reshuffle

Shiite Muslim pilgrims gather in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf ahead of Arbaeen which marks the 40th day after Ashura, commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein
China is destroying burial grounds where generations of Uighur families have been laid to rest, leaving behind human bones and broken tombs in what activists call an effort to eradicate the ethnic group's identity in Xinjiang

Even In Death, Uighurs Feel Long Reach Of Chinese State

China is destroying burial grounds where generations of Uighur families have been laid to rest, leaving behind human bones and broken tombs in what activists call an effort to eradicate the ethnic group's identity in Xinjiang.In just two years, dozens of cemeteries have been destroyed in the northwest region, according to an AFP investigation with satellite imagery analysts Earthrise Alliance.Some of the graves were cleared with little care -- in Shayar county, AFP journalists saw unearthed human bones left discarded in three sites. In other sites tombs that were reduced to mounds of bricks lay scattered in cleared tracts of land.
Turkish military vehicles take part in a joint patrol with US forces on the outskirts of Syria's Kurdish-controlled Tal Abyad on October 4, 2019

Turkey To Begin Syria Offensive 'Shortly' Despite Mixed US Signals

Turkey said Tuesday it would "shortly" begin an offensive into northern Syria as President Donald Trump insisted the United States had not abandoned its Kurdish allies by pulling forces out of the area.Istanbul sent more armoured vehicles to the border with Syria, an AFP correspondent said, with a large convoy of dozens of vehicles seen in the Turkish town of Akcakale in Sanliurfa province.Meanwhile, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Turkish forces were attacking near the border.

Pages

IBT Spotlight

We Help Businesses Find B2B Service Providers They Can Trust.