Catalonia's former leader flees to Belgium / did a September nuclear test in North Korea trigger the collapse of a cave complex? / New Zealand considers a new climate refugee visa category.
Catalonia's president to be charged with 'rebellion' / Russia's long-term military plans in Syria / and Saudi women can attend sporting events beginning next year.
All bets are off as Catalonia formally declares independence from Spain / Russia throws financial lifeline to Venezuela / rumors of a 'ceasefire' between the Iraqi army and Kurdish fighters
Rex Tillerson says Assad's regime is coming to an end / a pneumonic plague sweeps through Madagascar / new research challenges the conventional wisdom on ancient ocean temperatures.
Saudi Arabia's crown prince announces an ambitious project to create a city on the Red Sea to rival Abu Dhabi and Dubai in attracting top business talent from around the world.
Russia blocks a US move to extend the mandate of investigators probing the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Japan's Prime Minister plots changes to the country's constitution / Spains threatens to end Catalonian self-rule / Countries raise $300+ million for Rohingya refugee crisis
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sketches out a vision of US-India cooperation serving as a check on China's rising power.
EU leaders say they'll stand behind the Iranian nuclear deal, but are open to considering ways to restrict Iran's missile activities. And a Japanese stell scandal starts hitting car manufacturers.
China's president delivers a three-and-a-half hour speech recapping his accomplishments, NAFTA talks are pushed back to next March, and Japan's space agency spots a massive cave complex on the Moon.
Human rights groups decry the election of Pakistan, Qatar and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the U.N.'s Human Rights Council.
Tensions are running high in Iraqi Kurdistan after Baghdad announced a military campaign to take back key oil production sites. Is an Iraqi civil war just around the corner?
President Trump is days away from making a major decision about the future of the Iranian nuclear deal. What are his options?
Catalonia's president backs off of declaring independence, and President Trump's long-touted state visit to the UK is being downgraded to a "working visit" next year.
President Trump may visit the Korean DMZ on a forthcoming trip to Asia, Canada will try a 'blame Mexico' approach to NAFTA talks, and Iceland punches its ticket to the 2018 World Cup.
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons was awarded the prize for its efforts to create a treaty banning nuclear weapons earlier this year.
Lawmakers met Thursday to discuss what the U.N. calls an ethnic cleansing of Myanmar's minority Rohingya Muslims. Aid groups say a lack of access to conflict areas, not a lack of money, is hindering relief.
The European Commission is stepping up its efforts to recoup billions in back-taxes from Amazon and Apple, after Luxembourg and Ireland allegedly gave the companies illegal tax deals.
The Iraqi government moves to economically isolate Kurdistan, and the Cameroon government is accused of killing at least 17 demonstrators during weekend demonstrations in favor of political autonomy.
More than 800 civilians in Catalonia are injured after Spanish police tried to disrupt an independence referendum on Sunday.