BARCELONA: Catalan separatists were determined Saturday to press ahead with an independence referendum banned by Madrid, having occupied dozens…

ARBIL: The Iraqi government cut autonomous Kurdistan’s direct air links with the outside world indefinitely on Friday, partially isolating…

KARANGASEM: Volunteers are risking their lives to save tens of thousands of animals left at the mercy of…

MEXICO CITY: Mexico is still cleaning up the rubble left by its killer earthquake on September 19, but already…

TOKYO: Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike will likely appoint a female senior public officer as a new vice governor, which…

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s embattled health secretary was forced out of the US administration Friday, amid a scandal over…

TALLINN: Only ‘miracles’ can move Brexit talks far enough forward to fulfil Britain’s hopes of launching discussions next month on…

A team of scientists won approval from Hawaii officials to build a US$1.4 billion telescope atop a volcano indigenous people…