TheSpanishgovernment'srepresentativeinCataloniahasapologisedtothoseinjuredduringpoliceeffortstostopSunday'sindependencereferendum.ButEnricMilloblamedtheCatalang
TheCatalanPresidenthassaidhisgovernmentwill"carryoutthewilloftheCatalanpeople"followingtheindependencereferendum.CarlesPuigdemontcriticisedSpain'sKingFelipeVIfo
Pro-independenceCatalanleadersarepressingaheaddespiteanemphaticwarningfromKingFelipeVI.CatalanPresidentCarlesPuigdemonttoldtheBBChewoulddeclareindependence"atth
Catalonia’sleaderonMondaycalledforinternationalmediationandfortheEuropeanUnion“tostoplookingtheotherway”intheregion’sbidtosecedefromSpain,adayafteraviolentcrack
CatalanPresidentCarlesPuigdemonthassaidheisnotplanninga"traumatic"splitwithSpain,afteradisputedindependencereferendumonSunday.Hesaidhewantedanewunderstandingwit
AuthoritiesinCataloniawhowanttheirnortheasternregiontoleaveSpainplantoholdaindependencereferendumSunday—avotethatthecentralgovernmentinMadridhasvowedtohalt.Cata
ArabLeague(AL)ChiefAhmadAbulGheitexpressedhissorrowonTuesdayoverholdinganindependencereferendumofIraqiKurdistanregion,theALsaidinastatement.Healsovoiceddeepconc
Barringanunexpecteddevelopment,SpanishandCatalanauthoritiesareheadedforahead-onclashSunday,whentheregionalgovernmentvowstostageabindingreferendumonseparatingfro
IranianPresidentHassanRouhaniandhisTurkishcounterpartRecepTayyipErdoganonMondaydiscussedtheIraqiKurdistanindependencereferendumonthephone,stateIRIBTVreported.Th
VotersareheadingtothepollsinacontroversialindependencereferendumintheKurdistanRegionofIraq.Iraq'sprimeministerhaswarnedhewilltake"necessarymeasurestopreservethe
ThousandstooktothestreetsofBarcelonaonWednesdayasSpanishpolicedetained13CatalangovernmentofficialsinacrackdownaheadofanindependencereferendumwhichMadridsaysisil
IraqiPrimeMinisterHaideral-Abadihasformallydemandedthesuspensionofnextweek'sreferendumonKurdishindependence.TheSupremeCourtalsoorderedthatthepollmustbepostponed
WesternpowerspressedIraqiKurdishleaderstoditcha"veryrisky"independencevoteonThursday,asBaghdadattemptedtoremovetheKurdishindependence-supportinggovernorofKirkuk
SpanishPrimeMinisterMarianoRajoywaspoisedFridaytoventureintoseparatistterritory,dueinBarcelonafreshfromyetanotherchallengebyCatalonia'spro-independenceleaderswh
UptoamillionCatalanshavegatheredinBarcelonatocallforindependencelessthanthreeweeksbeforetheregionisduetoholdavoteonwhethertobreakawayfromSpain.Forthesixthsucces
ASpanishjudgeorderedpolicetosearchaprinter'sshopandtwoofficesofaregionalnewspaperinCataloniaaspartofaninvestigationintoallegedpreparationsforanillegalreferendum
SpanishPrimeMinisterMarianoRajoyvowedThursdaytoblockanindependencereferenduminCataloniaslatedforOctober1whichhebrandedan"intolerableactofdisobedience".ButCatala