Catalan separatists launched their campaign Thursday for a banned independence referendum in front of thousands of cheering supporters, despite growing pressure in Madrid to stop the vote at all cost.

Hit harder than expected by Hurricane Irma, Cuba faces months of difficult recovery and will need international aid to get back on its feet, UN agencies and experts say.

A Russia-linked Facebook group asked a Texas secessionist movement if it would participate in a series of anti-immigrant, anti-Hillary Clinton rallies.

New research shows that video gamers in the US are a more diverse group than most people think.

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The husband reportedly resurfaced with the dead child in his arms and her hands tied, which drew suspicion from the family and villagers leading to the arrest of Aisha.

The heads of state of Germany and Poland agreed Thursday that a "calm discussion" was necessary to address the question of reparations from World War II, the Polish presidency said.

South Korean military officials said that the missile was fired near Pyongyang, North Korea's capital.

Shocked Americans were struggling on Thursday to understand how eight elderly people in a Florida retirement home -- directly across the street from a hospital -- could have died in the days following Hurricane Irma's devastating passage.

President Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders feuded on Twitter over the senator's single-payer health care proposal, which the president called a "curse."

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Ghana won their opening group A clash against Guinea to go top of the group

Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic faces a spell on the sidelines after suffering a thigh injury in his team's 3-0 Champions League win over APOEL Nicosia on Wednesday.

Bayern Munich's French international forward Kingsley Coman was fined 5,000 euros ($5,940) Thursday for attacking his then girlfriend last year.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin offered an explanation for his request to use an Air Force plane for his honeymoon, saying it was about national security.

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Thursday pressed Ankara to speed up the case of a French reporter held in Turkey for seven weeks and release him as soon as possible.

Facebook still does not know the extent of Russia's advertisement purchases during the 2016 election — or whether these unidentified ad buys are still on the site.

Catalonia, which is slated to hold a referendum on independence on October 1 deemed illegal by Madrid, is one of the most strategic regions of Spain, the eurozone's fourth largest economy.

A military campaign to wipe out Rohingya insurgents has rained violence down on Myanmar's Rakhine state, sending nearly 390,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees fleeing for sanctuary in Bangladesh.