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Pro-independence demonstrators in Barcelona on October 21st 2017. Photo: AFP Catalonia’s leader accused Madrid on Saturday of waging the “worst attack” on his region since dictator Francisco Franco after the central government took drastic measures to stop it from breaking away. In a televised announcement, Carles Puigdemont said Madrid was failing to respect the rule […]

A group of 28 Kurdish and Iranian asylum seekers who are residents at a deportation centre in Denmark have been on hunger strike for the last eight days. A group of 28 Kurdish and Iranian asylum seekers who are residents at a deportation centre in Denmark have been on hunger strike for the last eight […]

Photo: DPA Four people were lightly injured Saturday morning in the southern German city of Munich by a man wielding a knife who fled the scene, said police, adding possible motives were unknown. The man attacked passersby in five places near Rosenheimer Platz in the eastern part of the city centre at around 0630 GMT, […]

Spain’s government kicked off a crisis cabinet meeting on Saturday as it prepares to seize powers from Catalonia’s separatist executive in an unprecedented move aimed at stopping the northeastern region’s independence drive. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (L) presides a crisis cabinet meeting at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on October 21, 2017. Photo: AFP […]

More than 60 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in two separate attacks on mosques in Afghanistan. In recent times, attacks on Shia in Afghanistan have been claimed by ISIL [Mustafa Najafizada/AP] In one attack, a suicide bomber targeted worshippers in a Shia mosque in Kabul, police said on Friday. A man “entered the […]

Formed in 1994, the 45 Emirati women squad are well-trained in shooting, martial arts and combat techniques Growing up, Shama Abdullah Rashid Al Ali, always dreamed of working with Dubai Police. “As a child, I used to watch movies where policemen and women would protect people from villains and they were hailed as heroes. I […]

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta attends the country’s Mashujaa Day (Heroes’ Day) celebrations at the Uhuru park in Nairobi, Kenya, October 20, 2017. /REUTERS. Any person threatening to disrupt the presidential repeat polls next week will be dealt with according to the law, President Uhuru has warned. The President said enough police officers have been deployed […]

President Donald Trump has often pointed to attacks in Europe, a relatively easier destination for terror groups centered in the Middle East, as proof that his national security policies. | Alex Wong/Getty Image President Donald Trump declared Friday morning that “we must keep America safe,” pointing to a study released Friday in Great Britain showing […]

Iraqi forces have seized control of a town in the Kurdish oil-rich province of Kirkuk, capping a dramatic week of maneuvers that saw the Kurds handover territory across the north and east of the country. A tank belonging to Iraqi army is seen in Dibis area on the outskirts of Kirkuk [Alaa al-Marjani/Reuters] The federal […]