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Catalan parliament opens with pro-independence majority The Catalan regional assembly opened a new session dominated for the first time by a secessionist majority that has vowed to break away from Spain within 18 months.

27 October 2015 14:30

Trump: Dad's 'small loan' of $1 million got him started Donald Trump enjoys his reputation as a magnate whose own smarts and business savvy made him a billionaire, but he acknowledged that his father helped him out -- with a "small" million-dollar loan.

27 October 2015 14:04

Britain's Cameron defeated over welfare cuts for poor British Prime Minister David Cameron suffered a damaging blow over plans to cut help for low-income working families that drew flak from within his Conservative party.

27 October 2015 13:52

Putin, Saudi King seek solution to Syria crisis Russian President Vladimir Putin held phone talks with King Salman of Saudi Arabia focussed on seeking a solution to the Syria crisis, the Kremlin said.

27 October 2015 13:33

Facebook expands smartphone alerts to news, weather Facebook, making a bigger push to deliver personalized information to its members, said it was expanding its mobile alerts to include sports scores, weather updates and local news updates.

27 October 2015 13:23

Should I stop eating meat? No need, experts say The UN's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) warned that processed meats like sausages and ham cause bowel cancer, and red meat "probably" does too.

27 October 2015 13:12

Montenegro PM shrugs off violent demos calling for resignation Montenegro's Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic brushed off violent protests calling for his resignation, insisting they were not a threat to his country's stability.

27 October 2015 11:58

US presidential candidate Carson in call to ban abortion Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson called for a ban on abortion in nearly all cases, and likened those seeking to terminate their pregnancies to slave owners, in comments certain to spark controversy.

26 October 2015 16:48

Australia marks 30 years since Uluru returned to Aboriginal owners Australia marked 30 years since the world's largest monolith Uluru was returned to its traditional Aboriginal owners with the government admitting it has not lived up to commitments made back then.

26 October 2015 16:43

Bodies of 43 would-be migrants wash up on Libyan beaches The bodies of at least 43 people thought to be migrants washed up on Libyan beaches east of the capital Tripoli at the weekend.

26 October 2015 16:32

EU will 'start falling apart' if no quick action on migrants: Slovenia The European Union will "start falling apart" if it fails to take concrete action to tackle the migrant crisis within the next few weeks.

26 October 2015 15:51

Economic migrants use children as 'human shields': Czech leader The Czech president accused economic migrants of using children as "human shields" in their bid to reach Europe, as the continent grapples with its biggest migration crisis since World War II.

26 October 2015 15:35

Greece 'has no time to lose' to meet creditor demands: Dombrovskis The European commissioner for the euro told Athens it has "no time to lose" in carrying out reforms its international creditors have demanded in exchange for bailout funds.

26 October 2015 15:31

'Eradicating terror' will produce political deal: Syria's Assad Syria needs to eradicate "terrorism" to find a political solution to end the country's war, embattled President Bashar al-Assad told a visiting Russian delegation.

26 October 2015 14:26

Daniel Craig: is the blond Bond getting bored? Daniel Craig makes his fourth appearance as James Bond in "Spectre", which premieres, but his time as 007 may be nearing an end if his recent jaded comments are anything to go by.

26 October 2015 11:51

Macklemore, Bieber win at MTV Europe awards Hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were the surprise winners for Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards in a show dominated by Justin Bieber.

26 October 2015 11:44

EU, Balkan leaders struggle to defuse tensions over migrants European Union and Balkan leaders struggled Sunday to reduce tensions over how to tackle the migrant crisis as Slovenia warned the bloc will "start falling apart" if it fails to take concrete action within weeks.

26 October 2015 11:19

World would be better place if Saddam, Kadhafi still in power: Trump The world would be a better place if dictators such as Saddam Hussein and Moamer Kadhafi were still in power, top Republican US presidential hopeful Donald Trump said in comments aired.

26 October 2015 10:21

LGBT human rights: freedom or infringement in Kazakhstan? Article 19, the UK's human rights organization proposed introducing a concept of an anti-LGBT crime to the Kazakhstani Criminal Code.

24 October 2015 20:19

Obama names new envoy for troubled anti-IS campaign President Barack Obama on Friday tapped veteran Iraq expert Brett McGurk to coordinate the troubled US campaign against the Islamic State group.

24 October 2015 17:56