Catalan separatists stage mass protest in Barcelona
BARCELONA – Demonstrators have marched en masse through this capital’s streets in protest of the trial of Catalan separatist leaders.
Some 200,000 people took to...
US senators to try again to pass Russia sanctions bill
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of US senators introduced a bill on Wednesday that would impose stiff new sanctions on Russia over its meddling...
I did it for my daughter, says woman arrested for headscarf protest in Iran
TEHRAN – Azam Jangravi’s heart was pounding when she climbed atop an electricity transformer box on Tehran’s busy Revolution Street a year ago. She...
New parties contest Suu Kyi’s grip on power in Myanmar
YANGON – New political groups are emerging to contest Myanmar’s next election in 2020, aiming to challenge the hegemony of national civilian leader Aung...
UK official condemns attack on BBC cameraman at Trump rally
LONDON – British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday condemned an attack on a BBC cameraman by a supporter of US President Donald Trump...
‘North Korea unlikely to give up all nuclear weapons’
WASHINGTON – Weeks before a second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the top US military commander...
Drug lord ‘El Chapo’ convicted by US jury
NEW YORK – The world’s most infamous cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who rose from poverty in rural Mexico to amass billions of...
‘North Korea may have made more nuclear bombs, but threat reduced’
WASHINGTON – North Korea has continued to produce bomb fuel while in denuclearization talks with the United States and may have produced enough in...
IMF warns of global economic ‘storm’ as growth undershoots
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The International Monetary Fund on Sunday warned governments to gear up for a possible economic storm as growth undershoots...
Mexican Church suspended 152 priests in 9 years for alleged abuse
MEXICO – At least 152 Catholic priests in Mexico have been suspended in the past nine years for sexual abuse against minors, Mexico’s Archbishop...