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As the Spanish government enters its first working day following the Senate’s granting of unprecedented powers to Prime Minister Rajoy to activate Article 155 of the Constitution and remove and replace Carles Puigdemont’s pro-independence regional government and its officials, The Local Spain brings you live updates throughout the day. Photo: Lluis Gene/AFP. A bride and […]

Head of the African Culture and Solidarity Foundation Şakir Doğluer, (L) says his ancestors are reported to have come to Anatolia as agricultural workers or soldiers. Afro-Turks whose ancestors came to Anatolia as workers during the Ottoman era yearn to know more about their roots but, still consider themselves at home in Turkey The grandchildren […]

Irans and stockpiling or “using” any weapons to defend itself, as this does not violate any international deals, President Hassan Rouhani said will not back down and stop producing missile FILE PHOTO: Ballistic missile Zelzal is launched during the second day of military exercises, codenamed Great Prophet-6, for Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards at an undisclosed […]

The broadcast on state media said his father Kim Jong-il visited the factory in KCNA VIA REUTERS North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has taken time away from the confrontation with the US and allies to visit a cosmetics factory in Pyongyang. He went to the newly renovated factory with senior party members and his rarely seen […]

Iraqi Kurdish president Barzani speaks during a news conference in Erbil. (Reuters) Demonstrators, some carrying clubs, stormed the Iraqi Kurdistan parliament building in Erbil on Sunday, angry at the decision of Masoud Barzani to step down from the presidency of the region, witnesses said. Gunshots were heard as protesters who claimed they were “Peshmerga” Kurdish […]

Attorneys close to the case said they were discussing whether the indictment in the investigation by special counsel Robert was for former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn or former campaign chairman Paul Manafort. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s White House and personal lawyers scrambled Saturday to learn where the knife might […]

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati giving an update on results received at the National Tallying Centre at Bomas of Kenya on October 28, 2017. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP NAIROB  Kenya’s election chief was to announce on Sunday whether elections will go forward in flashpoint opposition areas, where a boycott sparked violent protests in […]

A Canadian woman who survived the 1945 atomic bomb attack in Hiroshima and devoted the rest of her life to nuclear disarmament will accept the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Setsuko Thurlow, 85, says Canada should be doing more to support nuclear disarmament around the world. Setsuko […]

Pro-unity protesters gathered for a rally in Catalonia’s capital Barcelona on Sunday, two days after regional lawmakers voted to break away from Spain, plunging the country into an unprecedented political crisis.As protesters gathered for the march, the deputy president of the region’s now-deposed government lashed out against Madrid over what he called a “coup d’etat” […]

The armed group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the twin bombings [Feisal Omar/Reuters] At least 10 people have been killed in a double car bombing in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, which is still reeling from a massive attack that left hundreds dead earlier this month. A suicide car bomber first drove into a hotel where President Mohamed […]