(VOVWORLD) - Spain is to begin the process of suspending Catalonia's autonomy from Saturday, as the region's leader threatens to declare independence
(VOVWORLD) - The Spanish government has given Catalonia a final ultimatum, jailed Catalonia’s leader, and mobilized force to prevent secession, escalating the tensions between the central government and Catalonia
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi President Fuad Masum urged Kurdish leaders to sit down with Iraqi leaders to resolve the current crisis
(VOVWORLD) - The Catalan independence referendum last month was illegal, Spain’s constitutional court said on Tuesday
(VOVWORLD) - Two prominent Catalan independence leaders were sent to prison on Monday by Spain's National Court while they are investigated for alleged crimes of sedition
(VOVWORLD) -Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday denied reports that it closed a border crossing with northern Iraq in response to an independence referendum in Iraq's Kurdish region last...
(VOVWORLD) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has issued a decree forming the board of a National Electoral Commission (NEC), which will be in charge of supervising all national elections...
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Mahjoub on Saturday called on Turkey and Iran to close border crossings with the Kurdish region in northern Iraq
(VOVWORLD) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey will soon close its border with northern Iraq and shut its air space in response to the recent Kurdish independence referendum
(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that economic sanctions against Russia, particularly those targeting the energy sector are used for unfair competition and are harmful to the whole global...
(VOVWORLD) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Monday called on the Iraqi government and Kurdish authorities to negotiate to resolve their disputes
(VOVWORLD) - Preliminary results of Catalonia’s referendum have shown 90% in favour of independence. Although the referendum is widely considered unconstitutional and invalid, Catalonia’s wish to leave Spain has...
(VOVWORLD) -Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in a TV address on Sunday that Catalans were cheated and there was no independence referendum in Catalonia
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi President Haider al-Abadi said Saturday that Iraq will protect the Kurds from any attack, amid rising tensions after their unilateral referendum on Kurdistan’s independence
(VOVWORLD) - The United States "does not recognise" Iraqi Kurds' "unilateral" referendum on independence and calls on all parties to reject the use of force and engage in dialogue
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday demanded that the Kurdistan Regional Government cancel the result of the referendum on independence that was held on Monday
(VOVWORLD) - Iran on Tuesday voiced support for Iraq and Turkey in coping with the consequences of Kurdistan’s independence vote and said the vote might trigger political chaos in the...
(VOVWORLD) -Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Baghdad will not allow the creation of an “ethnic government”
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi Kurds began casting their ballots in a controversial independence referendum on Monday as tensions between Iraq's largest ethnic minority and the Iraqi government in Baghdad intensified
(VOVWORLD) -Spain’s constitutional court on Thursday suspended the call for a referendum on Catalonia’s independence after agreeing to review an appeal by central authorities in Madrid