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The Spanish Foreign Minister, Alfonso Dastis, has denied that his government’s move to reassert control over Catalonia amounts to a “coup”. The speaker of the Catalan parliament, Carme Forcadell, called …

  Russia has accused the US-led coalition of bombing the Syrian city of Raqqa “off the face of the earth” during the fight against so-called Islamic State. Syrian Democratic Forces …

Brexit negotiations with the EU are heading for a “no deal” scenario, Labour’s Emily Thornberry has warned. Shadow foreign secretary Ms Thornberry said the PM’s failure to control her party …

Eleven people, mostly foreign workers, were killed in a landslide at a construction site on Malaysia’s Penang Island, officials said on Sunday, as anger mounted among residents at the accident. …

The World Health Organization has revoked the appointment of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador following a widespread outcry. “I have listened carefully to all who have expressed their …

US President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to bar citizens of eight countries from entering the US has suffered a second federal court defeat. Judges in Hawaii and Maryland issued separate …

The EU Withdrawal Bill may not now be discussed in the House of Commons until after the Autumn recess, sources have told the BBC. The law is designed to transfer …

China has entered a “new era” where it should “take centre stage in the world”, President Xi Jinping says. The country’s rapid progress under “socialism with Chinese characteristics” shows there …

Radhika and Yashoda can travel for up to six hours a day to school and back. They live high in the mountains, in a remote Himalayan village. But getting an …

Hamas and Fatah have signed a landmark reconciliation deal in Cairo in a key step towards ending a decade-long rift between the two Palestinian factions. The deal will see administrative …

The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier says there has not been enough progress to move to the next stage of Brexit talks as the UK wants. He said there was …

  US President Donald Trump has griped about emergency relief efforts in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, saying federal aid cannot continue “forever”. In tweets, he accused Puerto Rico of a “total …

Pakistani soldiers have freed a North American family of five who were being held hostage by the Afghan Taliban. Canadian Joshua Boyle and his US wife Caitlan Coleman were kidnapped …

By Umar Bayo Abdulwahab Ilorin A World Bank Official, Dr. Khama Rogo, has said that Africa had the largest burden of diseases in the world, and the lowest in accessible …

Tunisia’s health minister has died of a heart attack after taking part in a charity marathon to help fi ght cancer. Slim Chaker, 56, fell ill after running some 500 …

US President Donald Trump could put the US “on the path to World War Th ree”, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has warned. Senator Bob Corker …

At least 350,000 people gathered in Barcelona, capital of Catalonia, for a rally against independence from Spain. They waved Spanish and Catalan flags and carried banners saying “Together we are …

Spain’s Constitutional Court has suspended next Monday’s session of the Catalan parliament, in a bid to pre-empt a possible push for independence. The court said such a move would be …

‘Every single ethnic Uyghur must hand in any Islam-related items,’ claims exile group Chinese authorities are ordering Muslims in the country to hand over their prayer mats and copies of …

An anti-abortion congressman asked a woman with whom he was having an extramarital aff air to get an abortion when he thought she might be pregnant, a newspaper reported on …

  people invoke witchcraft to make sense of misfortune in situations where they do not want to accept responsibility. They blame witches, demons and other evils spirits on occasions where …

<h4>  Awaal Gata </h4> Egypt’s former Minister of Foreign Aff airs, Mohammed Elorabi, has expressed confi dence that the African Union (AU)-backed Egyptian candidate to the position of the Director …