Puigdemont calls for meeting of Catalan parliament while comparing Spanish PM Rajoy to Franco

Catalan President Carles Puigdemont has recorded a message of anger after Madrid invoked Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution, putting Catalonia under the direct control of Madrid, subject to a vote in the Spanish Senate that will almost certainly backup Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s position on the matter. Catalans gathered in Barcelona to listen […]

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Polls Indicate Japanese PM Abe Headed for Easy Victory

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Japan’s leader may have made the right call after all, if not for his country then for himself. Media polls indicate Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition will handily win a general election Sunday, possibly even retaining its two-thirds majority in the more powerful lower house of parliament, AP reported. Japanese voters […]

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