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VIDEO: Angry protests break out in Barcelona as police detain Catalan officials

VIDEO: Angry protests break out in Barcelona as police detain Catalan officials

Spontaneous protests broke out on the streets of Barcelona. All photos: AFP Thousands of people took to the streets of Barcelona on Wednesday as Spanish police detained 13 Catalan government officials in a crackdown ahead of an independence referendum deemed illegal by Madrid. With tensions mounting, separatist organisations called for more people to protest as leaders […]

Russia begins troop withdrawal from Belarus after end of Zapad 2017 drills – MoD

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Russia begins troop withdrawal from Belarus after end of Zapad 2017 drills – MoD

© Evgeny Biyatov / Sputnik Russian troops have started to routinely return to their home bases after the end of the joint Russia-Belarus Zapad 2017 exercises that earlier provoked large-scale hysteria in the West over their nature, numbers and purpose. Units of the Russian Air Force were first to set off for home following the […]

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Did a Swedish council buy apartments for a man and his three wives?

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Did a Swedish council buy apartments for a man and his three wives?

File photo of apartment keys. Photo: Janerik Henriksson/TT A Swedish municipality has hit back after it was criticized for offering a man and his three wives housing in apartments bought for more than 13.9 million kronor ($1.75 million) in total. Nacka municipality hit back at claims spread by the local branch of the anti-immigration Sweden […]

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Rouhani refers to Trump as ‘rogue newcomer’ over nuke deal

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Rouhani refers to Trump as ‘rogue newcomer’ over nuke deal

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 (AP Photo) It would be “a great pity” if the 2015 Iran nuclear deal were to be “destroyed by rogue newcomers to the world of politics,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told the U.N. General Assembly, a day after […]

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Iraqi Army/ UPDATED: Iraqi forces invade Anbar’s Annah, retake 2 areas

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Iraqi Army/ UPDATED: Iraqi forces invade Anbar’s Annah, retake 2 areas

A member of the Iraqi Army’s 9th Armoured Division walks among debris at the yard of a destroyed building at the frontline in western Mosul, Iraq June 17, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis Annah (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Army/ Iraqi forces invaded on Wednesday the first of three Islamic State bastions in western Anbar and near the borders with […]

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Moon stresses diplomacy on N. Korea in summits

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Moon stresses diplomacy on N. Korea in summits

President Moon Jae-in is drumming up international support for Seoul’s efforts to seek a peaceful solution to the North Korea nuclear issue through a series of summits with foreign leaders in New York City.Moon had talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May, Czech President Milos Zeman and Senegalese President Macky Sall on the sidelines of […]

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Earthquake kills more than 200 in central Mexico by Elizabeth Melimopoulos & Ali Rae

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Earthquake kills more than 200 in central Mexico by Elizabeth Melimopoulos & Ali Rae

Rescue workers race to find survivors after deadliest tremor in 32 years kills 217 in central Mexico. Mexico City, Mexico – Fabiola Luna Rios was in her house in the southern part of this city when Tuesday’s earthquake struck. “This was a horrible experience,” the 47-year-old told Al Jazeera as she sat with her husband, Jesus Alberto, […]

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Largest and Smallest Animals At Highest Risk of Extinction, Study Finds

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Largest and Smallest Animals At Highest Risk of Extinction, Study Finds

The Somali ostrich, Struthio molybdophanes, is listed as “vulnerable” by IUCN.WIKIMEDIA, DONNA BROWN Species within the “Goldilocks zone”—neither too big nor too small—have the lowest risk of extinction, while very large and very small animals are at greatest risk, according to a study published yesterday (September 18) in PNAS. “Surprisingly, we found that not only the largest of all […]

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France clears hundreds of migrants from wood near Calais

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France clears hundreds of migrants from wood near Calais

Photo: AFP French authorities evacuated hundreds of migrants from a wood on the northern coast near Calais on Tuesday over fears it could become a magnet for others hoping to head to Britain. Some 350 men, women and children, most of them Iraqi Kurds, had been living for weeks in squalid conditions in the wood […]

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27kg of counterfeit gold jewellery seized in Capital

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27kg of counterfeit gold jewellery seized in Capital

26 jewellery showrooms raided; jewelleries were inscribed with the fake international trademarks Image Credit: Abu Dhabi Police Some of the counterfeit gold jewellery pieces seized during raids on showrooms in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Police confiscated 27 kilogram of counterfeit gold jewellery in the local market here involving 26 gold jewellery showrooms. The […]

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