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Edinburgh/Madrid: Catalan academic Clara Ponsati, accused by Spain of rebellion for her role in Catalonia's independence campaign, was granted bail by a...

Goma: Rebels are suspected of killing at least 11 civilians in an attack in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said on Wednesday, adding...

Bogota: Colombia, which will hold presidential elections in May, on Wednesday blocked access to a cell phone application it said might be connected with...

Accra: Thousands of people protested in Ghana's capital Accra on Wednesday against the expansion of its defence cooperation with the United States, in a...

Kemerovo/Moscow: Funerals began in Russia on Wednesday for the 64 people, most of them children, whose deaths in a fire at a Siberian shopping mall have...

Washington: The US decision to expel 60 alleged spies is unlikely to cripple Russian spying in the United States because others have wormed and hacked their...

Beirut/Amman: The Syrian army is preparing to launch a "huge" operation against the last rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta unless the Jaish Al...

Jerusalem/Gaza: The Israeli military has deployed more than 100 sharpshooters on the Gaza border ahead of a planned mass Palestinian demonstration,...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho, accused of links to a plot to siphon billions of dollars from a Malaysian state fund, is trying to stop the...

Brussels: Facebook announced a series of changes on Wednesday to give users more control over their data, after a huge data scandal which has wiped more...