The leader of Thailand’s pro-government “Red Shirt” movement called Thursday for a national referendum to resolve a political deadlock that prompted the army chief to declare martial law. Jatuporn Prompan said he made the proposal a day earlier during…
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The United States said Monday it does not recognize the “illegal referendum” held over the weekend in east Ukraine that called for breaking away from Kiev. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the voting organized by pro-Russian elements in Donetsk…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said Saturday that a planned separatist referendum in eastern Ukraine is “illegal,” during a meeting in Germany. The two European leaders also warned Moscow of “consequences” if…
Spanish lawmakers are set to vote Tuesday to shoot down Catalonia’s quest for an independence referendum, setting the stage for a bitter sovereignty struggle. In a showdown in the Spanish parliament, more than 80 percent of lawmakers will reject Catalonia…
An independent Scotland would drive on the right, replace the queen’s head on coins and bring in UN peacekeepers with purple berets — if Britain’s newspapers were to believed on April Fool’s Day. The Scottish independence referendum on September 18…
President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree formally recognising Crimea as an independent state following its vote to secede from Ukraine and join Russia, news agencies quoted a Kremlin statement as saying. Russian news agencies quoted the decree…
Top US diplomat John Kerry arrived in London Friday on an 11th-hour mission to head off a possible Russian annexation of Crimea on the heels of a breakaway vote by the Ukrainian region. With the clock ticking down to Crimea’s Sunday referendum, Kerry…
Officials are to announce on Saturday the results of a constitutional referendum likely to set the stage for a presidential bid by the army chief who toppled Egypt’s first freely elected head of state. Initial tallies suggest this week’s two-day referendum…
Croatians voted on Sunday in a referendum that could ban same-sex marriage in this conservative and Catholic country, an issue that polarises the European Union’s newest member. Discrimination or protection of family values, human rights or gay activists…