Supporters for Catalan independence are holding protests against central government on the day commemorating the victims of last year's terrorist attacks in two cities of the region, despite the requests of the victims' families to the contrary.

Tonga Prime Minister Akalisi Pohiva has called for China to write-off debts owed by Pacific island countries, warning that repayments impose a huge burden on the impoverished nations

Up to 80 cars were set on fire overnight across western Sweden by masked vandals, police said Tuesday, in what they suspect was a coordinated attack weeks before a general election.

Azerbaijan on Monday freed opposition leader Ilgar Mammadov from jail five years after his imprisonment sparked widespread international condemnation for being politically motivated.

Haitian President Jovenel Moise said Sunday he had picked Jean Henry Ceant, 61, to be his next prime minister.