Reuters, Baghdad :Iraqi Kurdish political parties opposed to regional leader Masoud Barzani reported attacks on their offices in several cities overnight, hours after Barzani announced...
BBC Online :Saudi Arabia will allow women to attend sports events in stadiums for the first time from next year, officials say.Families will be able...
BBC Online :Concentrations of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere surged to a record high in 2016, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).Last year’s increase...
BBC Online :Hollywood star Kevin Spacey has made an apology after being accused of making a sexual advance toward a child actor.Anthony Rapp, who was...
AFP, Barcelona :Catalonia’s secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont stood defiant Saturday against Madrid’s moves to depose him, urging “democratic resistance” to direct rule imposed in a...
Climate, migration disputes cloud German coalition talksReuters, Berlin Disputes about climate and immigration policy dominated German media ahead of resumed talks among Chancellor Angela Merkel’s...
Reuters, Sulaimaniya :Iraqi Kurdistan’s veteran leader Masoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term beyond Nov. 1, a Kurdish government official said on Saturday.His decision...
Reuters, Honolulu :Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen landed in Honolulu on Saturday en route to the island’s diplomatic allies among Pacific nations and set off for...
Reuters, Dubai :Iran will continue to produce missiles for its defense and does not consider that a violation of international accords, President Hassan Rouhani said...
AP, Mogadishu :A suicide truck bomb exploded outside a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, killing at least 23 people and wounding more than...
Australian PM puts FM in charge amid govt crisisReuters, Sydney Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Saturday appointed his foreign minister as acting prime minister...
AP, Barcelona :Spain took formal direct control of Catalonia on Saturday, on paper firing the region’s defiant separatist government a day after lawmakers passed a...
