No trains will be running from the station today as firefighters tackle the blaze.
Turkey on Friday cautioned its citizens about traveling to the United States, in retaliation for a new U.S. travel advisory that warned Americans about terror threats and arbitrary detentions in Turkey.
Nepalese authorities stated that they are "discussing their response" to Trump's recent comment which referred to their country (among others) as a "shithole". Botswana also summoned their US ambassador to "express its displeasure".
Context: Botswana, Botswana-United States relations, Nepal-United States relations, Trump
Protesters set a government office on fire in the Pakistani city of Kasur, in a second day of riots after the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl.
The body of six-year-old Zainab, who was raped and strangled, was found in a rubbish dump.
The CDU-CSU (Christian Democrats) and SPD (Social Democrats) agree on a blueprint for formal negotiations on a new "grand coalition" government after the September 2017 federal election.
Context: CDU/CSU, Cabinet of Germany, SPD, September 2017 federal election, grand coalition
Mexicans react with incredulity after President of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto appointed Alberto Bazbaz to the position of head of the CISEN intelligence service. Bazbaz is known for having overseen a 9-day search for a missing girl, Paulette Gebara Farah, who was eventually found dead in her own bed.
Alberto Bazbaz, an ally of the president, has been handed the top intelligence job despite leading a nine-day search for missing girl later found dead in her own bed
Two Palestinian teens were killed in clashes with the Israeli military on Thursday, Palestinian health officials said, in a wave of violence sparked last month when President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Bowing to pressure, French publisher Gallimard suspends plans to reprint a compendium of "violently antisemitic pamphlets" by novelist Louis-Ferdinand Celine.
French publishing house Gallimard cancels plan to reissue a collection of the controversial writer’s essays from the late 1930s after sparking uproar
Walmart announces that it will increase the minimum wage for its U.S. employees to $11 per hour and close 50 Sam's Club stores.
Context: Sam's Club, Walmart, Walmart employee wages, minimum wage
The South Korean Ministry of Justice announces that it is a preparing a bill to ban cryptocurrency trading through exchanges.
South Korea says it's planning a law to ban cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin being traded through its exchanges, sending prices plummeting.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office reports this afternoon that up to 43 people are still missing from Tuesday's mudslides as rescuers continue to search through Montecito's massive debris field; this morning the report had been eight missing. The casualty numbers are expected to rise.
Context: 2018 Southern California landslides, Montecito's, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, mudslides
The Trump administration through the U.S. Justice Department establishes the Hezbollah Financing and Narcoterrorism Team to assist with the DEA's Project Cassandra investigation into groups supporting Hezbollah.
The U.S. Justice Department has set up a team to investigate individuals and organizations providing support to Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Islamist group in Lebanon that the U.S. has branded a terrorist organization, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Thursday.
The United Kingdom, France, and Germany call on U.S. President Donald Trump to endorse the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Britain, France and Germany made a joint plea to Donald Trump on Thursday to endorse a key nuclear deal with Iran as the US president mulls reimposing sanctions ...
The rape and murder of six-year-old girl Zainab in Pakistan has sparked outrage across the country. Two people die in protests in Kasur city.
Context: Kasur, Murder of Zainab Ansari, Pakistan
The United States House of Representatives passes a bill to reauthorize, for a period of six years, a key foreign intelligence collection program. Changes to the program will require the FBI to get a probable cause warrant if it wants to view the contents of Americans' communications swept up in the process.
Context: FBI, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Section 702, United States House of Representatives, key, probable cause, process, require, warrant
Ecuador's Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa reveals that Ecuador granted citizenship to Julian Assange one month ago in an effort to find an outcome to his political asylum and life at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
Ecuador’s foreign minister reveals to reporters in Quito that Wikileaks founder was granted citizenship a month ago
Twitter posts disseminate claims that actor Kirk Douglas (aged 101) had been accused in the past of having sexually assaulted actress Natalie Wood when she was 16 years old (1954).
Context: Kirk Douglas, Natalie Wood, Weinstein effect
U.S. President Donald Trump referred to Haiti and Africa as "shithole countries" in a private meeting; several U.S. politicians have condemned his remarks as deeply offensive.
Context: Haiti-United States relations, Trump, U.S. President
After failing to reach agreement on an extension of the 101-day ceasefire, hostilities resume between Colombia's government and ELN forces.
Colombia’s military and ELN rebels resumed hostilities on Wednesday after failing to agree to an extension of a bilateral ceasefire, in spite of pleas by victims and the international community…
Ivorian soldiers in Bouake attack the Coordination Center for Operational Decision-Making ("fr de Coordination des Decisions Operationnelles") military base, seizing their weaponry and setting the base on fire after accusations that the unit was spying on them. Last year the soldiers were involved in a series of mutinies.
Context: Bouake, Ivorian soldiers, series of mutinies
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing posts on Facebook that Myanmar Army troops and Rakhine State villagers killed 10 Rohingya Muslims whose bodies were found in a mass grave in Inn Din village. This is the first time Myanmar's military has officially acknowledged violent actions against the Rohingya minority in Rakhine. Fortify Rights chief executive officer Matthew Smith says the two Reuters journalists who have been jailed since December 12, 2017, were investigating the same mass grave referenced by Min Aung Hlaing.
One of the biggest questions in the Rohingya crisis: Where are the bodies?
The United States Central Command launches an investigation into a video posted on YouTube which appears to show a U.S. service member firing on civilians inside a truck on a road in Afghanistan. The montage video, titled "Happy Few Ordnance Symphony", has since been removed.
The clip is filmed from the perspective of an individual armed with a shotgun who is standing in a rear hatch of the armored vehicle.
BEIJING: Chinese authorities battling to prevent an environmental disaster after a collision between an Iranian tanker and a cargo ship said Wednesday (Jan 10) no major oil spill has been detected, but 31 sailors remained missing. Cleanup and rescue ships have faced toxic fumes, rain and windy condi...
Tom Wolf, the Governor of Pennsylvania, issues a disaster declaration over the "heroin and opioid epidemic", starting an Opioid Operational Command Center at the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf declares disaster emergency over what he termed the state's opioid and heroin epidemic that is killing thousands through drug overdoses and ratcheting up government costs across the state.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency conducts operations at 98 7-Eleven stores in 17 states, arresting 21 people suspected of being illegal immigrants.
U.S. immigration agents fanned out to nearly 100 7-Eleven convenience stores nationwide on Wednesday, arresting 21 people suspected of being in the country illegally and giving owners a tight deadline to prove other employees are authorized to work.
The Hellenic Coast Guard seizes the Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship "Andromeda" - allegedly bound for Libya, loaded with 410 tonnes of explosives - in Heraklion, Greece. 102 safety deficiencies are found, and 8 crew members are arrested.
The Hellenic Coast Guard has seized the cargo ship Andromeda after finding 29 containers of ammonium...
More than two hundred people are arrested across Tunisia as protests against economic conditions continue to grip the North African country. At least 49 police officers have been injured during clashes with protesters.
At least 10 towns were involved in the protest over a rise in the cost of living.
President Enrique Pena Nieto accepted the resignation of three secretaries of his cabinet, including the Secretary of the Interior, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong.
Mexican Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said on Wednesday he was stepping down from his post in which he oversaw government responsibilities including security, migration and human rights.