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MOGADISHU, (Reuters) – Two car bombs killed at least 17 people in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, police said, two weeks after a huge truck bomb killed hundreds of civilians in the city.

MADRID/BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Sacked Catalonian president Carles Puigdemont on Saturday called for peaceful “democratic opposition” to the central government’s takeover of the region following its unilateral declaration of independence from Spain.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. House Intelligence Committee on Saturday said it had reached an agreement related to its subpoena of a Washington research firm’s bank records that would secure access to records for the panel’s probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Saturday appointed his foreign minister as acting prime minister as he tried to stem the fallout of a citizenship crisis that has cost his government its parliamentary majority.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Cuba will make it easier for its U.S.-based

(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Philippe formed off Cuba on Saturday, dumping heavy rains on the island as it churned on a path expected to put it near south Florida overnight, the U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A federal grand jury in Washington yesterday approved the first charges in the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S.

BARCELONA/MADRID,  (Reuters) – The Madrid government sacked Catalonia’s president and dismissed its parliament yesterday, hours after the region declared itself an independent nation in Spain’s gravest political crisis since the return of democracy four decades ago.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Kenyan authorities said yesterday they would indefinitely delay further attempts to hold a repeat presidential election in some areas due to the risk of violence, as the opposition rejected the re-run as “a sham” and said the polls should be cancelled.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Millions of euros of assets belonging to the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president were ordered to be seized by a French court that found him guilty in absentia on Friday of using money plundered from his country to buy property and luxury cars.

MIAMI,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A plan by British billionaire Richard Branson to lead a post-hurricane rebuilding effort in the Caribbean, with a focus on clean energy projects, may include debt relief negotiations mediated by the International Monetary Fund.

  BARCELONA/MADRID,  (Reuters) – The Spanish government moved to impose direct rule over Catalonia on Friday, stripping the region of its autonomy less than an hour after its parliament declared independence in a stunning show of defiance to Madrid.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – A regional Latin American grouping on Thursday agreed more steps may be needed to further isolate Venezuela, where President Nicolas Maduro has been accused of stamping on rights and democracy, said Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives helped pave the way yesterday for deep tax cuts sought by President Donald Trump and Republican leaders, but barely overcame a revolt within party ranks that could foreshadow trouble ahead.

MADRID/BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – Catalonia’s leader Carles Puigdemont yesterday said he would not hold a new regional election to break the deadlock between Madrid and separatists wanting to split from Spain, sharpening a political crisis that could turn into direct confrontation.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency yesterday, stopping short of a national emergency declaration he promised months ago that would have freed up more federal money.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the unveiling of 2,800 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F.

KOSAMBI, Indonesia,  (Reuters) – Two explosions tore through a fireworks factory on the outskirts of Indonesia’s capital yesterday, killing at least 47 people and injuring dozens.

DUBLIN, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A United Nations official charged with defending human rights activists has gained new powers to question company directors in a bid to crack down on a worldwide surge in attacks on people who oppose their megaprojects.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party broke with recent precedent on Wednesday, unveiling a new leadership line-up without a clear successor to President Xi Jinping, who has become arguably the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong.