Politics

Kazakhstan may have the world's best potassium, but as of today it also has a very big problem, or rather 22.6 billion problems. 

Exit polls in the much-watched Catalonia regional elections show the separatists winning a majority by a razer-thin margin...

While those in favor of indepedence appear to have an absolute majority, the pro-Spain Ciudadanos party got the most seats.

Here's a party-by-party breakdown from the 8tv poll:

One day after Trump escalated his war of words with the UN, threatening to cut off foreign financial aid over today's UN vote on the president's decision to recognize Jerusalem the capital of Israel, the United Nations on Thursday delivered what has been dubbed a "stunning rebuke" of the US President's Jerusalem decision, voting overwhelmingly to condemn the move and calling on the U.S. to withdraw the decision.

The final vote was a landslide against Israel, with some 128 nations voting in favor of the resolution. Nine countries opposed the resolution while 35 abstained.

Authored by Leith Fadel and Andrew Illingworth of Al-Masdar News,

The Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) Tiger Forces arrived in northern Hama this week with a big surprise from their previous operations in the Deir Ezzor Governorate. Units from the Tiger Forces were seen armed with US-manufactured weapons that were seized from the Islamic State (ISIS) during the two month long battle in Deir Ezzor.

Early in the week, anxiety over a government shutdown appeared to ebb as the short-term Treasury Bill market began to 'normalize', but following the tax-reform 'win', President Trump is accusing Democrats of trying to force a government shutdown...

House Democrats want a SHUTDOWN for the holidays in order to distract from the very popular, just passed, Tax Cuts. House Republicans, don’t let this happen. Pass the C.R. TODAY and keep our Government OPEN!