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Spanish PM faces crisis after violent secession vote in Catalonia

Mon Oct 2, 2017 12:39:15

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces Spain's biggest constitutional crisis in decades after Sunday's violence-marred independence referendum in Catalonia opened the door for its wealthiest region to move for secession as early as this week.

`Suspect down´ after at least 50 killed in mass shooting on Las Vegas Strip

Mon Oct 2, 2017 11:56:07

US police have said one suspect is “down” after a mass shooting at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in which at least two people were killed and dozens of others injured.

Bangladesh to press for Muslim refugees' return to Myanmar

Mon Oct 2, 2017 10:12:34

Bangladesh opens talks with neighboring Myanmar on Monday with the aim of securing the return home of more than half a million Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar, most of whom have arrived since late August.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemns France, Canada terror attacks

Mon Oct 2, 2017 09:37:56

Iranian Foreign Ministry's Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has slammed the recent terrorist attacks in France and Canada.

Mountains of garbage and despair in India's dirtiest city

Mon Oct 2, 2017 08:38:11

Flies throng over piles of faeces, the drains overflow with sewage and the foul smell in the air is inescapable.

Hezbollah says Israel pushing region to war

Sun Oct 1, 2017 13:58:31

Lebanon’s Hezbollah accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s [regim] on Sunday of pushing the region to war in Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, and said nowhere in Israel would be safe if such a conflict were to erupt.

Catalan referendum: Voting begins amid police crackdown

Sun Oct 1, 2017 12:49:58

Catalonia's independence referendum has begun in chaotic fashion, with police attempting to prevent the vote from taking place.

Iraq: Pilgrims flock to Karbala on Ashura amid tight security

Sun Oct 1, 2017 11:07:30

Pilgrims flocked to the holy city of Karbala, to commemorate Imam Hossein's martyrdom .

Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s Parliament hails Ayatollah Sistani's statement

Sun Oct 1, 2017 08:51:28

Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s local parliament on Saturday welcomed top Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s call for preservation of the constitutional rights of Iraqi Kurds.

Iraqi Officials hail top Shiite cleric’s stance on Kurdish referendum

Sat Sep 30, 2017 13:39:53

The office of Iraq’s prime minister and also the head of the country’s National Wisdom Stream hailed top Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s opposition to the semi-autonomous Kurdish region’s moves for secession from Iraq.

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