Today's World News covering, Africa, Europe, Middle East

On Monday afternoon, hundreds of thousands of people will gather across Catalonia to remember a disastrous defeat. Many among them, however, will be hoping that an equally momentous victory is not too far off.

Wind gusts close to hurricane force are battering islands in Florida's south as Hurricane Irma is due to hit the mainland in the coming hours.

Some Togolese in the Netherlands have demonstrated in the city of Hague to drive home their demands for the resignation of President Faure Gnassingbe and reforms in the Constitution for the current President not to continue the over four decade rule of his late father. 

Hurricane Irma is lashing Cuba with strong winds and heavy rain after devastating several Caribbean islands.

South Korea braced for a possible further missile test by North Korea when it marks its founding anniversary on Saturday, just days after its sixth and largest nuclear test, which it marks each year with a big display of pageantry and military hardware.

The federal government has promised to offset salary arrears of resident doctors, who went on strike this week, in efforts to get them back to work.

Brazilian police say they have made their biggest-ever seizure of cash in an apartment allegedly used by one of President Michel Temer's former cabinet members.

Hurricane Irma has destroyed buildings and caused major flooding on several French island territories in the Caribbean.

Thousands of women have reportedly poured on the streets in Togo to demand the immediate resignation of President Faure Gnassingbe.

There has been "nearly zero progress" in tackling the lack of access to school in many of the world's poorest countries, a UN agency has said.

A girl accused of starting a fire that killed her nine colleagues at Moi Girls School in Nairobi is expected in court Wednesday morning.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been awarded 100,000 euros (£92,000) in damages after a French magazine printed topless pictures of Catherine.

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Tuesday his alliance would not participate in the re-run of a presidential election proposed for Oct. 17 unless it is given “legal and constitutional” guarantees.