Barcelona, Jun 2 : Catalonia's new separatist government was sworn in today in an emotional ceremony full of pro-independence symbolism, a move that will spark the end of Madrid's direct rule...

Brussels, June 1 :  A Belgian judge has charged an accomplice of Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam with a terror offence linked to the March 2016 Brussels suicide bombings, prosecutors...

Stockholm, May 31 :  The Danish parliament today passed a law banning the Islamic full-face veil in public spaces, becoming the latest European country to do so. "Anyone who wears...

Paris, May 31 :  Serena Williams will continue to wear her striking, all-black catsuit in her French Open second round clash on Thursday despite questions raised over whether or not...

Riyadh, May 30 : Saudi Arabia has passed a new law to criminalise sexual harassment, state media said today, less than a month before the conservative kingdom lifts its decades-long...

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories), May 30 : Israel said it struck 25 more Hamas sites overnight after a barrage of rocket and mortar fire from the Gaza Strip, denying Palestinian claims...

Geneva, May 29 :  The US ambassador to the UN in Geneva said today it was "a travesty" that Syria would head the Conference on Disarmament, leaving briefly when the...

Liege (Belgium), May 29 :  A gunman today shot dead two police officers with their own weapons before killing a bystander in a brazen suspected terror attack in Belgium, briefly...

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories), May 29 :  Palestinians launched boats from Gaza today to protest Israel's blockade, a move likely to further raise tensions after mortar fire from the enclave...

London, May 29:  British MPs probing sexual abuse in the international charity sector are investigating an unpublished UN report from 2001 naming 15 major aid organisations implicated in a "sex-for-food"...