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A woman is grabbed by riot police near a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Barcelona.

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Catalonia Calls for International Mediation

Catalonia Calls for International Mediation

London– Spanish government has vowed to stop Catalonia from announcing its independence after police used force to prevent voting in a unilateral independence referendum, amid UN calls for an investigation into the violent events during the country’s worst crisis....
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Catalonia’s regional President Carles Puigdemont poses next to a pro-independence supporter with a Catalan Estelada flag showing the date for which the regional government called for a referendum on a split from Spain outside the Palau de la Generalitat, the regional government headquarters, in Barcelona, Spain, June 9, 2017. Reuters


Tension in Catalonia Rise Ahead of Referendum

Tension in Catalonia Rise Ahead of Referendum

London- Referendum on the secession of the province of Catalonia in northern Spain will begin soon, however, a state of tension started to prevail among the scene, following the verbal and media attack between the central government in Madrid rejecting the referendum...
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Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos (left) and FARC leader Timochenko attend a ceremony in Mesetas to mark the rebel group’s disarmament. (AFP)


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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro shook hands with new Vice President Tarek El-Aissami, right, at a meeting with ministers in Caracas. Reuters


Additional Powers to Venezuela’s Vice President

Additional Powers to Venezuela’s Vice President

Mexico City- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro granted his new Vice President Tareck El Aissami new and broad powers through presidential decrees, only a few weeks after he was assigned his post. These powers, according to observers, could boost Aissami’s political...
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Former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. CREDIT: ALEJANDRO PAGNI/AFP


Iran Cover-Up Haunts Argentine’s Ex-President

Iran Cover-Up Haunts Argentine’s Ex-President

Buenos Aries- Argentine’s appeals court reopened the case accusing ex-president Christina Fernandez of attempting to cover-up Iran’s alleged role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish Center in Buenos Aires. The cover-up case was originally filed by prosecutor Alberto...