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Catalans set for large pro-secession demo
Pro-independence activists in Spain’s autonomous region of Catalonia plan a massive rally ahead of a significant regional poll.

Pro-independence activists in Spain’s autonomous region of Catalonia plan a massive rally ahead of a significant regional poll.

Australian bombing raids in the Middle East could go on for three years, the defense minister says.

Iran says Japan has welcomed a proposal to increase imports of Iranian oil to as high as 350,000 barrels per day (bpd).

Three US police officers will not face state criminal charges for fatally shooting a Mexican immigrant in February.

Japan orders over 100,000 people to evacuate as heavy rains cause floods.

Israeli navy forces open fire on Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the besieged Gaza Strip.

Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker says the United States should not take in Syrian refugees.

John Kerry has told his Russian counterpart that Washington is deeply concerned about reports of Russian military buildup in Syria.

At least 26 Yemeni people have been killed and scores of others sustained injuries in Saudi Arabia’s latest airstrikes against the war-hit country.

Iraqi forces have librated parts of Fallujah and Ramadi in the western Anbar province from the Daesh.

Russia and China are developing a new drone that uses a powerful projectile of a multiple launch rocket system for deployment.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin says he has not met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for nearly two months.

A new study has revealed that the Obama administration has carried out ten times more assassination drone strikes than the Bush administration which preceded it.

Lebanon’s cabinet has approved a plan to end a months-long waste disposal crisis that has crippled the capital Beirut.

The Daesh terrorist group says two hostages, a Norwegian and a Chinese, are for sale.

Many Americans still do not know who fathered the Daesh (ISIL) group, an American political commentator says.

As the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program is proven to the world, the Non-Aligned Movement calls for a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has removed 123 high ranking officials as part of his comprehensive plan to fight corruption.