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In the run-up to the Italian general election on March 4th, The Local is bringing you a daily round up of who’s done what and why in the fast-moving world of Italian politics. Preparing ballot papers for a 2016 referendum. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP Days to go until Italy votes: 13 And so begins the penultimate […]

Syrian and Russian forces stepped up their assault on the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta enclave Wednesday as the number of civilian deaths continued to rise prompting international calls for an end to the siege. © Hamza Al-Ajweh / AFP | Smoke rises from buildings following bombardment on the village of Mesraba in the rebel-held besieged Eastern […]

NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday said it was “deeply dismayed” by the extension of Emergency in neighbouring Maldives by 30 days. Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom. (AFP Photo) It also expressed concern over the “manner” in which the extension was approved by the island nation’s Majlis (Parliament) “in contravention of the Constitution of Maldives.” […]

    The attackers took 10 firearms and a police van from the station Five police officers and a soldier have been shot dead during a raid on their station in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. In a statement, the South African Government News Agency said three officers were killed instantly. The off-duty soldier was shot as […]

FUKUSHIMA – A court awarded Tuesday ¥15.2 million ($142,000) in damages to the family of a 102-year-old man who killed himself in the face of an order to flee from his home as the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis was unfolding. Mieko Okubo ,the daughter in-law of Fumio Okubo who hanged him self at age 102 The […]

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied allegations by a former receptionist that he had kissed her without her consent in an elevator lobby of Trump Tower, calling the story “another false accusation.” President Donald Trump walks from the Oval Office as he leaves the White House, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, in Washington, for a […]

Three people were arrested in France on Tuesday for alleged links to a suspect in last year’s deadly jihadist attacks in Barcelona and a nearby seaside resort, the Spanish interior ministry said Tuesday. 16 people were killed when a van drove into crowds on the popular Las Ramblas boulevard in the heart of Barcelona. Photo: […]

A three-day jazz, food and arts festival will be held in the Saudi capital Riyadh starting Thursday. The festival’s entertainment department said, “it will celebrate jazz culture which emerged at the beginning of the 20th century, and inspired other audiovisual arts schools.” A three-day jazz, food and arts festival will be held in the Saudi […]

A convoy of fighters waving Syrian flags has apparently entered the northern Kurdish-held region of Afrin, which Turkey is targeting in a cross-border operation, footage on Syrian state TV shows. FILE PHOTO. © Mikhail Alaeddin / Sputnik The pro-government fighters were filmed entering the village of Nubul in some 20 pickup trucks. An RT source on […]

A congested street in Düsseldorf. Photo: DPA One of Germany’s top courts will decide on Thursday whether some diesel vehicles can be banned from parts of cities like Stuttgart and Düsseldorf to reduce air pollution, a possible landmark judgement for the “car nation”. Eyes have turned to the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig after years […]