Already playing nice with more than 1 million stateside locations, September 10 marks the start of a slow introduction of the service.

The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia reject quotas proposed by the EU Commission and backed by Germany.

Islamic State used at least two car bombs in its latest assault on the air base near the city of Deir al-Zor, where government troops are holed up.

The motion was passed by 119 votes, with Israel and the U.S. among the eight countries that voted against.

Japan has put heavy emphasis on disaster prevention since a 2011 earthquake and tsunami killed nearly 20,000 people.

The ministry says most of the dead were Kurdish militants but the pro-Kurdish HDP says 20 civilians were killed in the violence.

The comments came as a Republican-backed effort to kill the Iran nuclear agreement was narrowly blocked in the U.S. Senate.

The U.S. has identified at least four occasions on both sides of the Iraq-Syria border where IS has used mustard agents, the official said.

The ruling brought cheers from grassroots government supporters who view the U.S.-educated activist as a dangerous conspirator.