World News Update, What you need to know

World News Update, What you need to know

The foreign ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia are to meet their counterparts from Germany and Luxembourg in Prague to discuss Europe's migrant crisis.

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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has ordered his team to admit at least 10,000 Syrian refugees next year, amid criticism that the United States has not done enough.

WASHINGTO - A Democratic minority in the US Senate has staved off a united Republican effort to sink the Iran nuclear deal, handing President Barack Obama a welcome foreign policy victory.

NEW YORK - The United Nations is expected to allow the Palestinians to raise their flag at its headquarters in New York, in a symbolic move highlighting Palestinian aspirations for statehood.

WASHINGTON - The Federal Bureau of Investigation says it has picked up no "specific or credible threats" linked to the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

JOSO CITY , Japan - Nearly 700 people are awaiting rescue and at least 12 are missing in Japan following torrential rains that saw a river burst its banks and deluge a city north of Tokyo.

LONDON, Sept 10 AAP - London's National Gallery for the first time ever is featuring a painting by an Australian artist, with Arthur Streeton's Blue Pacific, depicting cliffs and the sea at Coogee in Sydney, loaned to the gallery by a private Australian collector.


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