The Spanish government on Tuesday pardoned nine Catalan political leaders jailed for their roles in organizing Catalonia's independence referendum in October 2017 and the subsequent declaration of in
AreferendumonabortionlawsinIrelandwillbeheldattheendofMay,PrimeMinisterLeoVaradkarhasannounced.DescribedbyMrVaradkarasa"difficultdecisionfortheIrishpeopletomake
TheprimeministerofIrelandsaidSaturdayhewillcampaignforaliberalizationofthecountry'sstrictabortionlawsinanupcomingreferendumonthedivisiveissue.LeoVaradkarsaidheh
Spain’sInteriorMinisterhasrevealedthatthespecialdeploymentofthousandsofCivilGuardsandstatepoliceinCatalonialastautumntostopabannedreferendumonindependenceultima
NigelFaragehasproposedasecondreferendumonleavingtheEUtosettletheissueforageneration,ashebelievestheresultwouldbethesameagain.TheformerUkipleadersuggestedanother
LawyersforajailedactivistoftheCatalanindependencemovementsayhehasadmittedthattheregion'sOct.1referendumonwhethertosplitfromSpainlackedlegalvalidity.Ex-NationalC
Iraq’sSupremeFederalCourtruledonMondaythatareferendumheldonKurdishindependencewasunconstitutionalandthattheresultsofthevotewerevoid,acourtspokesmansaid.Kurdsvot
Over1,501companieshaveleftSpain'snortheasternregionofCataloniaamidfearsoftheregion'sindependencefromSpain,localmediareportedrecently,citingsourcesfromtheCollege
TheIraqigovernmentonSundayreiterateditsstancethattheKurdishsemi-autonomousregionmustrecognizeIraq'snationalsovereigntyandabidesbypreservingitsunitybeforeanytalk
AnIraqicourtonWednesdayorderedthearrestofseniorKurdishofficialsresponsiblefororganisinganindependencereferendum,inthelatestsalvobythecentralauthoritiesoverthedi
TheIraqiPrimeMinisterHaideral-AbadionTuesdayexpectedtheIslamicState(IS)militantsinIraqtobecompletelydefeatedthisyear.Inatelevisedpressconferenceafterhisweeklyca
TheFrenchgovernmenthassaiditwillnotrecogniseCataloniaifitdeclaresindependencefromSpainandsuchamovewillmeanexpulsionfromtheEU.EuropeanAffairsMinisterNathalieLois
TheIraqigovernmentonMondaysaiditwillnotholdtalkswiththeKurdistanRegionalGovernment(KRG)untilthelattercancelstheresultsofthecontroversialindependencereferendum."
Preliminaryresultsshowthat90%ofthosewhovotedinCatalonia'sindependencereferendumbackedleavingSpain,Catalanofficialssay.Catalonia'sgovernmentsaidthatofthe2.2mvote
Morethan160schoolsinCataloniahavebeenoccupiedbyactiviststryingtokeepthemopenaheadoftheregion'sbannedindependencereferendum,Spain'scentralgovernmentsays.Policevi
ThepeopleofCatalonia,anautonomousregioninsoutheastSpain,arescheduledtovoteonanindependencereferendumonOctober1,decidingwhethertostayinSpainorbecomeanindependent
TheUnitedStatesdoesnotrecognizetheindependencereferenduminIraqiKurdistanandurgesanendto“threatsofreciprocalactions,”USSecretaryofStateRexTillersonsaidinastateme