The Parliament of the Spanish region of Catalonia has voted to declare independence from Spain in a landmark move which is set to ratchet up tensions.
After its citizens voted for Independence in a recent referendum, the Catalan President laid the motion before Parliament, and MPs overwhelmingly approved.
The Secretary of State of the United States of America, Rex Tillerson, reportedly called his boss Donald Trump a ‘moron’ following a meeting with senior administration officials.
Tillerson’s statement came during a period of great tensions over policy differences with the President, and culminated with him threatening to resign.
Over 50 people have died and over 200 injured as a gunman opened fire during a Jason Aldean country concert in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire on the venue from an adjacent hotel, firing multiple rounds from an automatic weapon.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have announced that women would finally be allowed to drive in the country.
The ultra conservative Islamic kingdom was the only country in the world which did not allow women to drive, a decision based on a mixture of religion, culture and simple pure a*shole-ry.
German chancellor Angela Merkel has won a fourth term in office after her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the largest percentage of seats once again in elections held Sunday.
The CDU finished with 33% of seats in Parliament, enough to ensure they remain the majority party in the legislature.
Everything this clown does is so memorable. The first world leader in history to treat the U.N like a children’s bully yard, his first speech to the Assembly was highlighted by him calling the North Korean President as ‘Rocket Man’.
And on Wednesday, whilst meeting leaders of African countries at a meeting – including the President Nana Akufo-Addo – Donald Trump once again struck, this time congratulating the people of ‘Nambia’ for their splendid healthcare.
A bomb exploded in the London underground earlier this morning, marking another terrorist attack to hit the beleaguered city n 2017.
At least 22 people where hospitalized when the device exploded, derailing one train and causing havoc on the underground for hours afterward.
Former President of Mexico and constant thorn in the flesh of Donald Trump, Vicente Fox, has released a video mocking the US President and promising to challenge him for his job in 2020.
Fox has been a constant critic of Trump since he was a candidate and promised that he would build a wall and make Mexico pay for it.
Close to a dozen deaths are being reported so far after a van ploughed through a crowd of people in Barcelona.
A white van reportedly run through crowds of people on Las Ramblas street, one of the busiest in the cosmopolitan Spanish city.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared winner of the Kenyan Presidential elections after a few days of tension and mixed announcements.
Since Tuesday’s election, both the opposition and government had expressed immense confidence of winning the polls, and the protracted certification of results have raised tensions in the country and in some areas, degenerated into violence.
A Saudi Arabian singer has been arrested after he performed the famous ‘dab’ move during one of his performances.
Abdallah Al Shahani was performing during a concert last weekend when he did the ‘dab’ – the dance move made famous by sprint king Usain Bolt, whose made it his signature.
A US newlywed found herself spending parts of her wedding night in jail after she pulled a gun on her husband and fired it during a drunken argument.
Kate Prichard got married to James Burton in the afternoon, but she found herself in jail later that night.
Despite seven years of screaming ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare during the previous President’s term, Republicans ultimately failed to pass their own healthcare bill with unified control of the Executive and both legislative branches of the U.S government.
3 Republican senators joined the 48 Democratic senators to vote ‘no’ to the so-called ‘Trumpcare’ bill to deal President Trump a huge vote on one major campaign promise to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump who said during his election campaign that he is a real friend of the LGBT community and accused Hillary Clinton of prioritising “Islamic extremists” over LGBT Americans has shocking stated he will ban all transgenders from serving in the US army.
Trump took to Twitter to announce his impending ban, saying:
“After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow…Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military.”
A fight broke out in the Taiwanese parliament last week as deliberations got just a little out of hand.
If you think Ghana’s parliament is rowdy, you ain’t seen nothing yet!
