Catalan leaders demand talks with Madrid as thousands protest again

Oct 20,2019
Barcelona returned to relative calm after six days of demonstrations against the jailing of separatist leaders left hundreds injured in the tourist hotspot and pro-independence groups demanding new talks with the Spanish government.
Abe visits flooded areas in Nagano Prefecture
Oct 20
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has visited Nagano Prefecture in central Japan to see areas that were flooded by a powerful typhoon.
US makes history with first all-female spacewalk
Oct 19
US astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir on Friday became the first all-female pairing to carry out a spacewalk -- a historic milestone as NASA prepares to send the first woman to the Moon.
British PM tries to sell Brexit deal to MPs
Oct 18
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Friday seek to sell his Brexit deal to sceptical MPs, as he returns home fresh from an EU victory but risking defeat in parliament.
Kurdish forces say they will accept ceasefire
Oct 18

HK lawmakers dragged from chamber as leader heckled for second day
Oct 17

Syrian army enters key Kurdish-held town in northern Syria amid Turkish assault
Oct 17

The Syrian army on Wednesday entered the symbolically important Kurdish-held town of Ayn a