Huge Catalan march in Brussels to ’wake up Europe’

A sea of around 45,000 supporters of Catalan independence demonstrated in Brussels on Thursday to back deposed president Carles Puigdemont and urge the EU to stop siding with Spain over the region's independence drive.

Australia targets corporate crime with new laws

Australian companies will be held responsible for bribery committed by employees and contractors under new laws introduced on Wednesday aimed at combating corporate crime that costs the country billions of dollars a year.

Senate confirms new US Homeland Security chief

The US Senate confirmed White House deputy chief of staff Kirstjen Nielsen as Secretary of Homeland Security on Tuesday, putting her in charge of implementing the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

Trump to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

President Donald Trump will recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital on Wednesday, upending decades of careful US policy and ignoring dire warnings of a historic misstep that could trigger a surge of violence in the Middle East.

UN envoy bound for NKorea as tensions soar

The United Nations has dispatched an envoy to North Korea for a rare visit aimed at defusing tensions over Pyongyang’s intercontinental ballistic missile launch, as the US and South Korea began joint military exercises condemned by North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un.

Trump delays Jerusalem verdict as pressure mounts

Facing dark warnings of a historic misstep and widespread unrest, US President Donald Trump on Monday delayed a decision on whether to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and move the US embassy there.

Cubans march in memory of Castro

Tens of thousands of Cubans held up portraits of Fidel Castro and waved flags as they marched to the revolutionary leader’s tomb on Monday to mark a year since his funeral.

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