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Catalonia: Carles Puigdemont demands Spain restore his government

The Spanish prime minister has rejected any idea of Puigdemont governing from overseas. Led by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Madrid invoked powers provided fo...

California rings in the new year with broad legalization of marijuana

The crowd sipped coffee and munched doughnuts, braving overnight temperatures in the mid-40s (around 6 degrees Celsius). Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska ...

Two shot dead in protests in southwest Iran: lawmaker

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also broke his silence on the demonstrations in a speech aired Sunday night, saying that people had the right to protest th...

First baby of new year born in Limerick

The hospital also delivered the first baby in the Mid-West region on Christmas Day. The baby girl was born about 1:14 a.m. and weighed 6 pounds 6 ounces. The ...

This week in the Trump-Russia investigation

Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller has so far charged four people associated with the Trump campaign as part of his probe into possible collusion with Moscow. ...

Killed As Anti-Government Protests Enter Fourth Day In Iran

State media also quoted Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli as saying: "Those who damage public property, violate law and order and create unrest are resp...

New deadly unrest in Iran after Rouhani calls for calm

Looks like they will not take it any longer. "This man who today in America wants to sympathise with our people has forgotten that a few months ago he called ...

'At least 12 killed' in anti-government protests in Iran

President Hassan Rouhani has appealed for calm, but also warned of a crackdown. Hundreds of people have been arrested. "Some armed protesters tried to take ...

Afghanistan Funeral Blast Kills 15

A suicide bomber has targeted the funeral of a local official in Afghanistan, killing at least 15 people, officials said. Inamullah Miakhial, spokesman for th...

Netanyahu's Likud party urges annexation of Israeli settlements in West Bank

By enacting civilian law over settlements, the move could streamline procedures for their construction and expansion. Netanyahu's Likud party has approved a n...

United Nations leader issues 'red alert' for unity in 2018

He says global anxieties about nuclear weapons are the highest since the Cold War. He urged leaders everywhere to resolve to "narrow the gaps". "The entire ...

Two killed in Iran as anti-government protests continue

Since Thursday, groups of Iranian protesters have held rallies in several cities to voice their anger over rising prices and unemployment. The day before, Durov...

NY family among the dead in Costa Rica plane crash

Ten of the victims were USA citizens, along with two local crewmembers. The cause of the crash is not yet known. "The government vows to do everything neces...

Donald Trump: No Deal on DACA Without the Wall

Trump said on Twitter Friday: "The Democrats have been told , and fully understand, that there can be no DACA without the desperately needed WALL at the South...

Activist & Daughter Of Eric Garner, Erica Garner, Has Died

After news of Garner's death broke, many took to social media to pay tribute to her. Snipes said the cardiac arrest was brought on by an asthma attack. "I pra...

What we know about fallen DougCo deputy Zackari Parrish

The gunman who killed Parrish and wounded the four other law enforcement officers ambushed them after they responded to a domestic disturbance call, Spurlock ...

Cops clueless on 23 Kapurthala students missing in Paris, travel agents booked

The agency carried out searches on the premises of the travel agents - Faridabad-based Lalit David Dean and Delhi-based Sanjeev Roy and Varun Choudhary -from wh...

Trump makes fun of global warming as cold snap hits United States east

Sobel joined CBSN on Friday to discuss the president's tweet , which said that areas expecting "the COLDEST New Year's Eve on record" perhaps "could use a litt...

Ringo Starr, Barry Gibb To Receive Knighthoods

However, if you could actually watch two knights battle their way across the realm, you could do a lot worse than picking Ringo Starr and Barry Gibb . Beatles ...

Israeli minister plans Trump train station at Western Wall

Guatemala's foreign minister insisted Friday that President Jimmy Morales' plan to move the country's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem will not be reversed, and c...

China will have 'say' on major worldwide issues, says Xi Jinping

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a letter...

New Year's fireworks disaster at Australian beach

Concerned parents posted that their children were traumatised after the barge full of fireworks exploded, and went on fire, shortly after 9pm. The beach w...

This may be Donald Trump's dumbest tweet yet

Journalists have previously been told that Trump's tweets should be considered official statements from the White House. Trump, not known for his fondness for...

Daughter of Black Lives Matter key figure Eric Garner dies

Since Garner went into a coma, friends and family have taken to using her Twitter account to deliver updates on her medical condition. "She stood up for justi...

Annual New Year's Day 'polar bear dip' cancelled in Toronto

This year's event in Peachland is on again on January 1 with a Polar Bear Walk and Run at 10:30 a.m. But it's unclear, at this point, just how many swimmers w...

Scaramucci says Trump is 'frustrated' but 'not worried' about Russian Federation probe

Scaramucci, who briefly served in the White House before an abrupt exit, said the president is "frustrated" by partisan attacks stemming from the special counse...

Six dead in Sydney seaplane tragedy

Inquiries into the tragic incident by NSW Police and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) are ongoing. The ages and identities of those aboard th...

Year 2018 to see China position itself as major superpower

Xi's message to the world, telecast live with subtitles in English, comes at the end of a year in which China and Xi himself have made large strides as potent...

Liverpool Echo Arena vehicle park fire disrupts horse show

Several animals from the International Horse Show were evacuated to safety ahead of its Sunday evening session. A statement from the show's organisers, issued...

Bengals get pick-six, but Ravens answer

He took one of the worst teams in the league and made them into a unit capable of winning an extremely competitive AFC North multiple times. The Ravens can earn...