Hurricane Irma has pummelled the Turks and Caicos Islands after leaving a trail of destruction across the Caribbean, killing at least 14 people. Howling winds and rough seas battered the British overseas territory, experiencing a top-rated category five hurricane for the first time. UK Correspondent John Adderley gave the latest on this…

The most powerful Atlantic Ocean storm in recorded history is sweeping across the Caribbean leaving destruction in its wake.  Hurricane Irma howled past Puerto Rico on Wednesday after thrashing several smaller islands with tree-snapping winds, drenching rains and pounding surf on a collision course with Florida. The tiny island of Barbuda, which has a population of 1,800, and was devastated.

A French court ruled on Tuesday that photographers and gossip magazine executives violated the privacy of Britain's Duchess of Cambridge by taking and publishing photographs of the former Kate Middleton sunbathing topless. The court in a Paris suburb fined two executives of French gossip magazine Closer — owner Ernesto Mauri and executive editor Laurence Pieau — each the maximum of 45,000 euros ($53,500) for such an offense.

Adam spoke about the latest in Korea and the heated verbal volleys over the crisis.  And he also touched on the story of a military pilot who fell to his death from his helicopter. He  had recently separated from his wife and two young children. Vincent Valkenberg, 34, is suspected of having waited until his co-pilot was out of the way before jumping from the cockpit door during a flight on Sunday.

South Korea will temporarily deploy four remaining launchers for a missile defence system after the completion of an environmental assessment by the government, the country’s defence ministry said on Monday. Some construction would be carried out to deploy the launchers for the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system at a site in Seongju, south of Seoul,.

The northern town of Tal Afar has been "fully liberated" from the Islamic State group, Iraq's prime minister said Thursday, further shrinking the territory controlled by the extremists who overran nearly a third of the country three years ago. The militants have suffered a series of major defeats in recent months, including the loss of Mosul, the second-largest city, in July.

 Harvey's flood levels started dropping across much of the Houston area and the sun peeked through thinning clouds Wednesday in the first glimmer of hope in days for the besieged city. But the crisis was far from over, and the storm began to give up some of its dead.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan’s northern Hokkaido island into the sea early on Tuesday, prompting warnings for residents to take cover while provoking a sharp reaction from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other leaders.

An Indian guru convicted of rape awaited sentencing on Monday, with authorities ramping up security amid fears of fresh violence days after protests over his guilty verdict left 36 dead. Barbed-wire barriers were erected and residents warned to stay indoors in the northern city of Rohtak where Ram Rahim Singh is being held and will be sentenced, while senior members of his sect were placed under detention as a precautionary measure

Tropical Storm Harvey continued to hit southeastern Texas on Sunday with "catastrophic flooding" in Houston, forcing residents to flee to their roofs and higher ground as officials respond to thousands of 911 calls for rescues in the "unprecedented" event.