Catalan referendum: Separatists defiant as voting day arrives
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Activists occupied schools overnight so they could be used as polling station Catalan leaders insist that voting will go ahead in the coming hours for an independence referendum banned by the Spanish government.Regional officials said
Renoir painting stolen before auction near Paris
Image copyright EPA Image caption Pierre-Auguste Renoir was one of the leading Impressionist painters (stolen piece not pictured) A small oil painting by French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir has been stolen from a sale room near Paris, the day before it
Off the rails
Image copyright Alamy It was one of the world's most opulent railway stations, sitting imposingly on the French-Spanish border - but then it fell into disrepair. Now, writes Chris Bockman, the building is showing new signs of life. When they
Air France plane engine fails over Atlantic
Image copyright David Rehmar Image caption Passengers could see the damaged engine from windows mid-flight An Air France flight from Paris to Los Angeles was forced to make a sudden diversion when it lost part of an engine over the
Indian Yoga Center Accused of Detaining, Harassing Woman for Marrying Christian
(World Watch Monitor) — Police in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala have launched an investigation into a complaint by a woman in her twenties who says she was detained and harassed for 22 days at a yoga center because
Irish abortion law: Tens of thousands march for change
Image copyright RTÉ Image caption The country's abortion laws are some of the strictest in Europe Tens of thousands of people have marched through Dublin to demand change to the Republic of Ireland's abortion laws.The March for Choice is the
Sweden: Clashes at neo-Nazi rally in Gothenburg
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Some NMR members were equipped with full riot gear, including shields A rally of neo-Nazis in Sweden has ended in clashes with both anti-fascist counter-demonstrators and police.The Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR) group had planned a
Catalan referendum: Police ‘seal off’ polling stations
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Pro-independence activists have occupied designated polling stations Police have sealed off 1,300 of 2,315 schools in Catalonia designated as polling stations for the region's banned independence referendum, Spain's central government says.The move came as the
North Korea and US ‘in direct contact’, says Tillerson
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Rex Tillerson is in China meeting President Xi Jingping and other top officials The US is in "direct contact" with North Korea, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said.Mr Tillerson said Washington was "probing" the
Puerto Rico: Trump lashes out at San Juan mayor
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMayor Carmen Yulin Cruz describes deteriorating conditions Donald Trump has lashed out at Puerto Rico politicians over their criticism of US relief efforts on the island following Hurricane Maria.The category four hurricane