Two women are stabbed to death and their assailant shot dead by soldiers in the southern port city of Marseille in what police sources describe as a "likely terrorist act".

More than 460 people have been injured in disturbances across Catalonia, the Barcelona mayor says, as riot police clashed with people who had gathered for a banned referendum on the region's independence from the rest of Spain.

Contributing 19 percent of Spain's GDP in 2016, Catalonia rivals Madrid for the distinction of being the richest

Police in Catalonia had already sealed over half of the 2,315 polling stations in the region mid-yesterday to stop an

Police in Catalonia has already sealed over half of the 2,315 polling stations in the region to stop an independence referendum from taking place, the Spanish government says, as separatists remained determined to fight for their right to vote.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who aims to unseat Vladimir Putin in presidential elections next year, was detained ahead of a

Praised to the skies and bearing great hopes, they went on to disappoint the world: as the case of Aung San Suu Kyi shows, Nobel Peace Prize winners have not always lived up to expectations.

The EU yesterday warned that Britain needs a miracle to unlock the next phase of Brexit talks by next month as it hopes, as leaders

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Syria and a key weapons

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the United States yesterday that Turkey could release a jailed American pastor if Washington

The Iraqi Kurdish regional government yesterday rejected measures adopted by Baghdad in the wake of its independence vote as

Chinese scientists used an adapted version of a controversial gene-editing technique to correct a disease-causing mutation in human

Rudimentary life may have existed on Earth 3.95 billion years ago, a time when our infant planet was being bombarded by comets and

Catalans will vote in an independence referendum, regional foreign minister Raul Romeva said Tuesday, despite a

At least 14 people were killed and 8 injured Tuesday night in northern Mexico when an armed group opened fire in a drug addiction

The EU yesterday unveiled plans to take at least 50,000 refugees directly from Africa, the Middle East and Turkey to

Britain's main opposition Labour party is "now the political mainstream" and "ready for government", leader Jeremy

President Vladimir Putin yesterday announced that Russia would destroy its last chemical weapons, hailing the move

Ukrainian authorities has evacuated more than 30,000 people from the central Vinnytsia region after a huge arms depot storing missiles caught fire and exploded in what prosecutors say is a possible act of "sabotage".

The BBC yesterday launched a new Korean language radio and online service that will be available to listeners in North