Catalonia will declare independence "immediately" if the region's voters opt to separate from Spain in a referendum, its ruling coalition said Tuesday as it unveiled a bill aimed at ensuring the vote takes place despite Madrid's refusal. "A decisive vote will be held on Oct. ...
Up to 2.5 million votes could have been manipulated in Sunday's Turkish referendum that ended in a close "yes" vote for greater presidential powers, an Austrian member of the Council of Europe observer mission said on Tuesday. However, Turkish authorities are not cooperating with efforts ...
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro insisted Sunday he was "eager" for delayed regional elections to go ahead, despite being criticized for resisting a national vote on removing him from power. The socialist leader spoke after tension in the poverty-stricken, oil-producing nation mounted this week when mass ...
Prime Minister Theresa May rejected Scotland's bid to hold a referendum on independence before the U.K. leaves the European Union, the latest twist in the increasingly acrimonious fight over Brexit with the nationalist government in Edinburgh. While not ruling one out eventually, May's team said ...
Residents of the town of Maki, Niigata Prefecture, made the right decision 20 years ago, according to Takaaki Sasaguchi. The town was Japan's first ever to hold a referendum over a plan to build a nuclear power plant and firmly knocked it down. "I'm proud that ...
Thai voters Sunday overwhelmingly approved a new junta-backed constitution that lays the foundation for a civilian government influenced by the military and controlled by appointed — rather than elected — officials. With 91 percent of the ballots counted, 62 percent of voters in the referendum ...
Queen Elizabeth II told Scottish lawmakers Saturday that staying calm in a fast-changing world can be difficult. Speaking as she formally opened the fifth session of Scotland's devolved parliament, she made no mention of last week's vote by Britain to leave the EU, a result ...
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in central London on Saturday to march in protest against last week's vote to leave the European Union, a result that has plunged Britain into political chaos and which most people in the capital rejected. Most protesters were young adults, and ...
The race to become Britain's next prime minister took a dramatic last-minute turn with former London Mayor Boris Johnson — considered a front-runner — ruling himself out of the race after the defection of a key ally on Thursday. Johnson, a prominent campaigner for British ...
Britain voted to quit the European Union in a historic vote, with the ballot count Friday plunging the bloc into uncharted waters. The pound slumped to its lowest in 31 years and there was turmoil on global stock markets. Bookmakers adjusted their odds to reflect an ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cautioned Britain on Thursday that a vote to leave the European Union in a June 23 referendum will make Britain less attractive for Japanese investors. "A vote to leave would make the U.K. less attractive as a destination for Japanese investment," ...
Swiss voters were forecast to reject a referendum proposal that foreign law-breakers be deported, according to initial projections from an exit poll by Swiss broadcaster SRF on Sunday. A yes vote could have further complicated Swiss relations with the European Union, Switzerland's biggest trading partner, ...
