Russia-backed Syrian forces wasted no time in taking advantage of an abrupt US retreat from Syria yesterday, deploying deep inside Kurdish-held territory less than 24 hours after Washington announced a full withdrawal.
Riot police last night engaged in a running battle with protesters outside Barcelona's airport after Spain's Supreme Court convicted 12 separatist leaders of illegally promoting the Catalonia region's independence and sentenced nine to prison.
One of Britain's worst paedophiles, who abused up to 200 Malaysian children, has been stabbed to death in prison.
US president Donald Trump's administration is set to impose economic sanctions on Ankara, potentially as early as this week, for its incursion into northern Syria, one of the few levers the United States still has over Nato-ally Turkey.
Pope Francis's chief bodyguard has resigned over the leak of a Vatican police flyer identifying five Holy See employees who were suspended as part of a financial investigation.
The suspected ringleader of a vast Asian drugs syndicate, who is protected by a guard of Thai kickboxers, has become the target of an international counter-narcotics operation.
Poland's nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party secured a second term in power in a parliamentary election, partial results showed yesterday, but fell short of the landslide victory it needs to overhaul the constitution.
