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Merkel, Juncker discuss Catalan crisis: EU official 07 Oct 2017 - 03:55 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a meeting of her conservative CDU's youth organization, the Junge Union (Young Union), in Dresden, Germany, October 7, 2017. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel
New Zealand coalition talks intensify as final count confirms deadlock 07 Oct 2017 - 08:49 am
Peninsula
Key players in Catalan independence crisis 07 Oct 2017 - 08:29 am
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont meets with members of the Independent Comission for Mediation and Dialogue, at the Palau de la Generalitat, the regional government headquarters in Barcelona, Spain, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Macron shows no regret over outburst against workers 06 Oct 2017 - 10:59 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech thanking firefighters and emergency services personnel during a ceremony at The Elysee Palace in Paris on October 6, 2017. AFP / Philippe Wojazer
Toddler rescued after 12 hours in Swiss Alps crevice 06 Oct 2017 - 07:49 pm
This handout pictured taken by Swiss Police of the Canton of Valais on October 4, 2017 shows the tiny crevasse from where a child fell in a six-metre (20-foot) deep cavity and was rescued after 12 hours of work near Aletsch glacier on October 5, 2017.  AF
Murdoch’s UK paper arm admits computer hacking, fuelling criticism of Sky takeover 06 Oct 2017 - 07:35 pm
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Catalan police chief in court accused of sedition 06 Oct 2017 - 12:32 pm
Josep Luis Trapero (R), chief of the Catalan police Mossos d'Esquadra who is under investigation for sedition, arrives to the High Court in Madrid on October 6, 2017.  AFP / JAVIER SORIANO
Macron comment fuels 'out of touch' image 05 Oct 2017 - 10:41 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he delivers a speech on the European Union in the amphitheatre of the Sorbonne University in Paris on September 26, 2017. (AFP / ludovic Marin)
Independence or bust: Catalan leader boxed in by his own angry base 05 Oct 2017 - 10:13 pm
President of the Catalan regional government Carles Puigdemont (2R) and Josep Lluis Trapero (R), chief of the Catalan regional police, inspecting the Mossos D'Esquadra troops before attending an institutional ceremony to award the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catal
British author Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Literature Prize 05 Oct 2017 - 02:24 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 11, 2010 shows British author Kazuo Ishiguro posing during the
France's Macron under fire for new slur against workers 05 Oct 2017 - 12:56 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron is seen prior to his meeting with Iraqi Prime minister Haider Al-Abadi at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Ludovic Marin/Pool
Ukraine expels Russian journalist over 'deceitful' reports 05 Oct 2017 - 12:16 pm
Peninsula
Spain rejects mediation as Catalans plan to declare independence 05 Oct 2017 - 07:55 am
A woman wrapped in a Catalan pro-independence 'Estelada' flag listens to Spain's King Felipe VI address to the nation on a television set in a bar in Barcelona on October 3, 2017 during a general strike in Catalonia. AFP / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU
Spanish PM seeks safety in numbers before playing Catalonia trump card 04 Oct 2017 - 09:01 pm
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (R) meets with Spain's Ciudadanos (Citizens) centrist party leader Albert Rivera at La Moncloa palace in Madrid on October 2, 2017. AFP / Javier Soriano
First German immigration law on agenda as Merkel seeks coalition 04 Oct 2017 - 08:49 pm
Intendants of the State Opera Juergen Flimm (R) and Matthias Schulz (L) pose with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2L) and her husband Joachim Sauer ahead the re-opening of the State Opera in Berlin, on October 3, 2017.  AFP / John Macdougall
"It's time to talk": EU again urges dialogue in Spain 04 Oct 2017 - 05:11 pm
European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans speaks as members of the European Parliament debate the ongoing situation in Catalonia, three days after the banned referendum on a split from Spain, in Strasbourg, France, October 4, 2017. Still p
Italy investigates possible terror base near Rome 04 Oct 2017 - 05:04 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on December 23, 2016 shows Italian police and forensics experts gathering around the body of suspected Berlin truck attacker Anis Amri after he was shot dead in Milan on December 23, 2016.   AFP / DANIELE BENNATI
Trio takes chemistry Nobel for 'cool' method to study molecules 04 Oct 2017 - 03:30 pm
(L-R) Photos of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson are seen on a screen as Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Goran K. Hansson (not seen) announces the winner of the 20