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Basques urge independence from Spain
Thousands of Basques stage a rally in a northern Spanish city, demanding independence for the autonomous Basque region.

Thousands of Basques stage a rally in a northern Spanish city, demanding independence for the autonomous Basque region.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is coming under more pressure in a political crisis that may well end her career.

The US president has reportedly rejected his Turkish counterpart’s offer on a mosque opening in Maryland.

Iran strongly condemns recent deadly terrorist attacks in Pakistan and Iraq.

Kuwait revokes the residency visas of more than 60 Lebanese individuals over their alleged links with Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement.

Police and the supporters of an executed assassin clash in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.

Civilian deaths in conflict-stricken Syria drop to the lowest monthly level in over four and a half years amid an ongoing truce, a monitoring group says.

The US secretary of state says America’s presidential campaign is an embarrassment to the country.

The White House has condemned Sunday’s “appalling terrorist attack” in Lahore, Pakistan that left scores dead.

Yemen’s Houthis has freed nine Saudi soldiers in exchange for 100 Yemenis.

US Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz vows to “utterly and completely destroy” Daesh (ISIL) if he became the president.

Iran’s President Rouhani says boosting defense capabilities is a “strategic policy” of the Islamic Republic.

The top security court in the United Arab Emirates has given life sentences to 11 people accused of planning terror attacks in the country.

Hillary Clinton has been shocked by the challenge presented by Bernie Sanders, a “socialist” senator from Vermont, a journalist says.

At least 12 Algerians have been killed in a copter crash during a reconnaissance mission in the Sahara.

Dutch police have arrested a French national on suspicion of planning a terror attack in France.

Jordanian and British special forces are secretly working together to fight al-Shabab in Somalia, king Abdullah II says.

Donald Trump says, if elected US president, he would allow Japan and South Korea to build their own nuclear arsenals.