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-- 2017-10-21 06:58:28
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Saturday announced plans to fire Catalonia’s president and his entire government under special powers available to the government under Spain’s cons...
-- 2017-10-21 06:23:26
Several people are injured following a knife attack at an underground station in Munich, says a report on Metro UK. The attacker is on the run after stabbing multiple people at the Rosenheimer stati...
-- 2017-10-19 12:00:00
Spain is to start suspending Catalonia's autonomy from Saturday, as the region's leader threatens to declare independence. The government said ministers would meet to activate Article 155 of the cons...
-- 2017-10-19 11:24:00
Catalonia’s regional president told a meeting of his party he would formally declare independence if Spain starts the process of suspending the region’s autonomy on Thursday, a Catalan gov...
Monira Munni 2017-10-19 10:12:37
Five global-rights groups made a fresh plea to the European Commission (EC) to recheck Bangladesh's GSP status as they alleged continuous denial of core labour rights in the country's apparel industry...
Reuters 2017-10-18 02:08:15
An explosion overnight in the southern Swedish town of Helsingborg caused extensive damage to the entrance of a police station, authorities said on Wednesday. Nobody was injured in the explosion, whi...
Reuters 2017-10-17 12:05:46
At least 36 people died in wildfires raging through parched farmlands and forests in Portugal and another three in neighbouring northwestern Spain on Sunday and Monday. Firefighters were battling 50...
Reuters 2017-10-17 12:00:00
Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta’s best-known investigative journalist, was killed on Monday when a powerful bomb blew up her car, police said, in a case that stunned the small Mediterranean island...
BBC 2017-10-17 02:48:31
A Spanish judge has jailed two key members of the Catalan independence movement. Jordi Sánchez and Jordi Cuixart, who lead prominent separatist groups, are being held without bail while they a...
BBC 2017-10-16 12:00:00
The Met Office has warned of "potential danger to life" as the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia head for the British Isles with 80mph (130km/h) winds. An amber warning for Northern Ireland, where all sc...
-- 2017-10-16 12:00:00
At least 27 people have died in a series of wildfires in Portugal, the country's civil protection service says. In Spain's Galicia region, at least three people are dead, reports BBC. A spokeswoman...
BBC 2017-10-16 11:50:00
Theresa May is to travel to Brussels later for a dinner with EU leaders in a bid to end a stalemate over Brexit. The meeting, with chief negotiator Michel Barnier and Commission chief Jean-Claude Jun...
-- 2017-10-16 06:16:29
The President of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, failed to clarify Monday whether his administration had officially declared independence from Spain and instead repeated his call for talks to resolve th...
-- 2017-10-15 12:00:00
Austria is expected to vote in the world’s youngest leader in Sunday’s parliamentary election, after a campaign that has been dominated by immigration. If the opinion polls are correct, 3...
-- 2017-10-15 07:34:45
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on Sunday called for calm less than 24 hours ahead of a deadline from Spain’s central government for him to clarify whether he has declared independence for Cata...
-- 2017-10-15 06:29:15
Hurricane Ophelia picked up pace as it marched toward Ireland, where it's forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rains this week. Ophelia weakened from a Category 3 to a Category 2 hurricane early...
BBC 2017-10-15 01:27:19
The first scheduled commercial airline service to the remote British island of St Helena in the south Atlantic has touched down safely. The virgin flight, an SA Airlink service from South Africa, end...
Reuters 2017-10-14 12:00:00
The United Nations’ cultural agency selected former French culture minister Audrey Azoulay as its new chief on Friday, handing her the keys to revive UNESCO’s fortunes after the United Sta...
-- 2017-10-14 06:19:16
Thousands of Italian school students are protesting nationwide over work placements which they say contribute little to their future job prospects. The students are calling it a "strike" in 70 cities...
-- 2017-10-14 06:07:42
Turkish authorities issued detention warrants on Saturday for 100 former police officers and have so far detained 63 of them, the state-run Anadolu news agency said, as part of a widening crackdown si...
-- 2017-10-14 04:38:23
Global powers, including key US allies, have said they will stand by the Iran nuclear deal which US President Donald Trump has threatened to tear apart, reports BBC. Trump said on Friday that he woul...
BBC 2017-10-13 12:00:00
The EU is to begin preparing for its post-Brexit trade negotiations with the UK, while refusing to discuss the matter with the British government. An internal draft document seen by the BBC suggests...
-- 2017-10-13 12:00:00
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said he does not back Catalan independence, fearing others may follow the same path. Juncker, speaking at a students’ forum in Luxembourg,...
Reuters 2017-10-11 12:00:00
Catalonia’s leader balked at making a formal declaration of independence from Spain on Tuesday, calling for talks with Madrid over the region’s future in a gesture that eased fears of imme...
-- 2017-10-11 12:00:00
Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says he has asked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to confirm whether or not he has declared independence, reports BBC. He said this was necessary before the Span...
-- 2017-10-10 12:00:00
Pro-independence Catalans gathered on the streets of Barcelona Tuesday ahead of a hotly anticipated speech by the region's leader on the status of the restive province. Carles Puigdemont, the Preside...
BBC 2017-10-09 11:26:34
Turkey and the US have become embroiled in a consular row, mutually suspending most visa services. The Turkish embassy in Washington said it needed to "reassess" the US government's commitment to the...
-- 2017-10-09 05:42:30
The French government has said it will not recognise Catalonia if it declares independence from Spain and such a move will mean expulsion from the EU, reports BBC. European Affairs Minister Nathalie...
-- 2017-10-08 05:36:33
Any declaration of independence by Catalonia will have no effect, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has warned, adding that he is not ruling out suspending the region's autonomy. In an interview w...
-- 2017-10-07 05:39:10
Pro-unity rallies are underway in the Spanish capital after Sunday's disputed referendum for Catalan independence. Tens of thousands have protested in Madrid, while other demonstrations have been hel...
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