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Finland train crash leaves four dead

Finland train crash leaves four dead

Reuters 2017-10-26 12:00:00

Four people were killed and several injured when a train crashed into an army truck during a military exercise in southern Finland on Thursday, police and defense forces said.  Three of the dead...

Ukraine blast wounds MP, kills guard

Ukraine blast wounds MP, kills guard

Reuters 2017-10-26 11:34:30

An explosion in Kiev on Wednesday killed a bodyguard and wounded three people including Ukrainian lawmaker Ihor Mosiychuk, Ukrainian officials said, describing the incident as a deliberate attack. Mo...

Russia comes under new cyber-attack

Russia comes under new cyber-attack

-- 2017-10-25 03:32:22

A new strain of malicious software has paralysed computers at some prominent Russian media outlets, a Ukrainian airport, and the Ukrainian capital's subway. The Odessa international airport in Ukrain...

Intruder stabs Russian radio presenter in neck

Intruder stabs Russian radio presenter in neck

Reuters 2017-10-24 12:47:37

An intruder forced his way into the offices of Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy and stabbed one of the station’s anchors in the neck, the broadcaster said on its Internet site on Monday. The i...

Catalonia to disobey Madrid's orders

Catalonia to disobey Madrid's orders

-- 2017-10-23 08:40:23

Catalan authorities will not follow orders from the Spanish government if Madrid moves to reassert control over the region, a senior official says. Foreign affairs spokesman Raul Romeva said the cent...

Catalonia could lose autonomy

Catalonia could lose autonomy

BBC 2017-10-21 12:00:00

The Spanish cabinet is expected to approve measures allowing the government to impose direct rule over Catalonia. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy meets with his cabinet almost three weeks after the regi...

Spain PM announces plans to suspend Catalan government

Spain PM announces plans to suspend Catalan government

-- 2017-10-21 06:58:28

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Saturday announced plans to fire Catalonia’s president and his entire government under special powers available to the government under Spain’s cons...

Munich underground knife attack injures several

Munich underground knife attack injures several

-- 2017-10-21 06:23:26

Several people are injured following a knife attack at an underground station in Munich, says a report on Metro UK. The attacker is on the run after stabbing multiple people at the Rosenheimer stati...

Spain moves to suspend Catalonia autonomy

Spain moves to suspend Catalonia autonomy

-- 2017-10-19 12:00:00

Spain is to start suspending Catalonia's autonomy from Saturday, as the region's leader threatens to declare independence. The government said ministers would meet to activate Article 155 of the cons...

Catalonia threatens formal independence declaration

Catalonia threatens formal independence declaration

-- 2017-10-19 11:24:00

Catalonia’s regional president told a meeting of his party he would formally declare independence if Spain starts the process of suspending the region’s autonomy on Thursday, a Catalan gov...

Rights campaigners seek EC probe into Bangladesh's GSP

Rights campaigners seek EC probe into Bangladesh's GSP

Monira Munni 2017-10-19 10:12:37

Five global-rights groups made a fresh plea to the European Commission (EC) to recheck Bangladesh's GSP status as they alleged continuous denial of core labour rights in the country's apparel industry...

Explosion hits Swedish police station, none injured

Explosion hits Swedish police station, none injured

Reuters 2017-10-18 02:08:15

An explosion overnight in the southern Swedish town of Helsingborg caused extensive damage to the entrance of a police station, authorities said on Wednesday. Nobody was injured in the explosion, whi...

39 dead in Portugal, Spain wildfires

39 dead in Portugal, Spain wildfires

Reuters 2017-10-17 12:05:46

At least 36 people died in wildfires raging through parched farmlands and forests in Portugal and another three in neighbouring northwestern Spain on Sunday and Monday. Firefighters were battling 50...

Bomb kills journalist Caruana who exposed Panama Papers link

Bomb kills journalist Caruana who exposed Panama Papers link

Reuters 2017-10-17 12:00:00

Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta’s best-known investigative journalist, was killed on Monday when a powerful bomb blew up her car, police said, in a case that stunned the small Mediterranean island...

Spain detains two Catalan pro-independence leaders

Spain detains two Catalan pro-independence leaders

BBC 2017-10-17 02:48:31

A Spanish judge has jailed two key members of the Catalan independence movement. Jordi Sánchez and Jordi Cuixart, who lead prominent separatist groups, are being held without bail while they a...

Hurricane Ophelia heads to UK

Hurricane Ophelia heads to UK

BBC 2017-10-16 12:00:00

The Met Office has warned of "potential danger to life" as the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia head for the British Isles with 80mph (130km/h) winds. An amber warning for Northern Ireland, where all sc...

Dozens dead in Portugal, Spain wildfires

Dozens dead in Portugal, Spain wildfires

-- 2017-10-16 12:00:00

At least 27 people have died in a series of wildfires in Portugal, the country's civil protection service says. In Spain's Galicia region, at least three people are dead, reports BBC. A spokeswoman...

UK PM May to dine with EU chiefs

UK PM May to dine with EU chiefs

BBC 2017-10-16 11:50:00

Theresa May is to travel to Brussels later for a dinner with EU leaders in a bid to end a stalemate over Brexit. The meeting, with chief negotiator Michel Barnier and Commission chief Jean-Claude Jun...

Catalonia leader gives ambiguous statement regarding independence

Catalonia leader gives ambiguous statement regarding independence

-- 2017-10-16 06:16:29

The President of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, failed to clarify Monday whether his administration had officially declared independence from Spain and instead repeated his call for talks to resolve th...

Austria set to elect 31-year old Kurz as Chancellor

Austria set to elect 31-year old Kurz as Chancellor

-- 2017-10-15 12:00:00

Austria is expected to vote in the world’s youngest leader in Sunday’s parliamentary election, after a campaign that has been dominated by immigration. If the opinion polls are correct, 3...

Catalan leader calls for calm ahead of Madrid deadline

Catalan leader calls for calm ahead of Madrid deadline

-- 2017-10-15 07:34:45

Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on Sunday called for calm less than 24 hours ahead of a deadline from Spain’s central government for him to clarify whether he has declared independence for Cata...

Hurricane Ophelia heads toward Ireland, UK

Hurricane Ophelia heads toward Ireland, UK

-- 2017-10-15 06:29:15

Hurricane Ophelia picked up pace as it marched toward Ireland, where it's forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rains this week. Ophelia weakened from a Category 3 to a Category 2 hurricane early...

First flight lands on “world’s most useless airport”

First flight lands on “world’s most useless airport”

BBC 2017-10-15 01:27:19

The first scheduled commercial airline service to the remote British island of St Helena in the south Atlantic has touched down safely. The virgin flight, an SA Airlink service from South Africa, end...

UNESCO selects France's Azoulay as new chief

UNESCO selects France's Azoulay as new chief

Reuters 2017-10-14 12:00:00

The United Nations’ cultural agency selected former French culture minister Audrey Azoulay as its new chief on Friday, handing her the keys to revive UNESCO’s fortunes after the United Sta...

Italy school students strike over work experience

Italy school students strike over work experience

-- 2017-10-14 06:19:16

Thousands of Italian school students are protesting nationwide over work placements which they say contribute little to their future job prospects. The students are calling it a "strike" in 70 cities...

Turkey to detain former police officers in post-coup probe: Anadolu

Turkey to detain former police officers in post-coup probe: Anadolu

-- 2017-10-14 06:07:42

Turkish authorities issued detention warrants on Saturday for 100 former police officers and have so far detained 63 of them, the state-run Anadolu news agency said, as part of a widening crackdown si...

Global powers defy US over Iran nuclear deal

Global powers defy US over Iran nuclear deal

-- 2017-10-14 04:38:23

Global powers, including key US allies, have said they will stand by the Iran nuclear deal which US President Donald Trump has threatened to tear apart, reports BBC. Trump said on Friday that he woul...

EU to offer UK hope of post-Brexit talks

EU to offer UK hope of post-Brexit talks

BBC 2017-10-13 12:00:00

The EU is to begin preparing for its post-Brexit trade negotiations with the UK, while refusing to discuss the matter with the British government. An internal draft document seen by the BBC suggests...

EC chief against Catalonia independence

EC chief against Catalonia independence

-- 2017-10-13 12:00:00

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said he does not back Catalan independence, fearing others may follow the same path. Juncker, speaking at a students’ forum in Luxembourg,...

Catalan government suspends independence declaration

Catalan government suspends independence declaration

Reuters 2017-10-11 12:00:00

Catalonia’s leader balked at making a formal declaration of independence from Spain on Tuesday, calling for talks with Madrid over the region’s future in a gesture that eased fears of imme...