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Catalan leader says region has 'won the right' to secede from Spain

7 years ago

BARCELONA (AFP) - Catalonia's leader Carles Puigdemont said the region had won the right to break away from Spain after 90 percent of voters taking part in a banned referendum...

Saudi university to open driving school for women

7 years ago

RIYADH (AFP) - A university in Saudi Arabia has said it will open a driving school for women, in a first for the ultra-conservative country after a ban on women driving...

3,000 killed in Syria in deadliest month of 2017: monitor

7 years ago

BEIRUT (AFP) - Syria's war killed at least 3,000 people including 955 civilians in September, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said Sunday, in the deadliest month of the...

Bangladesh to move 15,000 Rohingya from tribal district

7 years ago

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) - Bangladesh is to move to a camp at least 15,000 Rohingya refugees who have settled in a restive hill district near the border with Myanmar,...

Trump calls Puerto Rican officials after lashing out at pleading mayor

7 years ago

SAN JUAN (AFP) - President Donald Trump spoke by phone with senior officials in hurricane- devastated Puerto Rico late Saturday, hours after lashing out at the mayor of San Juan...

China marks 68th National Day

7 years ago

BEIJING (Xinhua) - At day break, more than 115,000 people from across China gathered at the Tian'anmen Square at the heart of Beijing to watch the raising of the National...

Air France plane forced to land in Canada after engine blowout

7 years ago

OTTAWA (Xinhua) - An Air France plane en route to Los Angeles from Paris made an emergency landing Saturday in Canada after one of its engines blew out over the...

3rd LD-Writethru: U.S. health chief resigns over private jet trips

7 years ago

WASHINGTON (Xinhua) - U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price resigned on Friday amid increasing fire over his frequent and expensive private jet trips, becoming the first cabinet...

US in contact with N.Korea, probing willingness to talk: Tillerson

7 years ago

BEIJING (AFP) - The United State has open channels of communication with North Korea and is investigating whether the regime is ready to enter talks on giving up its nuclear...

Congo army cargo plane crashes near Kinshasa, no surviors

7 years ago

KINSHASA (Xinhua) - An army cargo plane of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) crashed near the capital Kinshasa on Saturday morning, and there was no survivor, an...

73 Syrian soldiers, allied fighters killed by IS near Deir al-Zour

7 years ago

DAMASCUS (Xinhua) - As many as 73 Syrian soldiers and allied fighters were killed within the past 24 hours in battles with the Islamic State (IS), a monitor group reported...

Cuba calls U.S. reduction of embassy staff "hasty decision"

7 years ago

HAVANA - Cuba said on Friday that the U.S. decision to withdraw up to 60 percent of its diplomatic personnel in Cuba is a "hasty decision" that will affect bilateral...

DPRK military experts leave Uganda over nuclear sanctions

7 years ago

KAMPALA - Military experts from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) completed this week their withdrawal from Uganda where they have been training troops. Brig. Richard Karemire, Uganda military...

Spain's unemployment rises by 46,400 people in August

7 years ago

MADRID, (Xinhua) - The number of people registered as unemployed in Spain rose by 46,400 people from July to August, according to data published on Monday by the Spanish Ministry...

4 terrorists killed in Pakistan's Karachi: police

7 years ago

ISLAMABAD (Xinhua) - Police in the Pakistani port city of Karachi said on Monday that four terrorists were killed in an encounter during a police raid operation. Those kille...

BRICS countries urge UN reform, cooperation on terrorism

7 years ago

XIAMEN, China (AP) - The BRICS group of five major emerging economies called Monday for comprehensive reform of the United Nations and its Security Council to better represent developing countries, as...