TEHRAN, October 20 - Tens of thousands of Taiwan independence campaigners took to the streets Saturday for a major rally that is a rebuke to Beijing and a challenge to the island's already embattled government.
TEHRAN, August 6 - American writer and academic James Petras says the proposed US defense bill shows Washington wants to control Turkey and its growing independence and the country’s policy of looking toward better relations with Iran, Russia, and BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
TEHRAN, July 17 - Police in Hong Kong sought to ban a political party which promotes independence for the city Tuesday, citing it as a potential national security threat as Beijing ups pressure on challenges to its territorial sovereignty.
TEHRAN, May 21 - Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister, says Scotland will once again consider an independence referendum when Britain offers certainty over the terms of Brexit.
TEHRAN, February 1 - Catalonia’s fugitive former president Carles Puigdemont has been caught sending text messages in which he reportedly said the Spanish government had won the fight for independence in Catalonia.
TEHRAN, November 22 - Pope Francis will pay his first visit to the Baltic states next year, when Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania mark 100 years since they gained independence from Russia, three Baltic presidents said Wednesday.
TEHRAN, November 8 - Spain's Constitutional Court officially annulled the Catalan parliament's Oct. 27 unilateral declaration of independence on Wednesday, a widely expected ruling after the move was suspended by the court.
TEHRAN, October 29 -The political standoff between Madrid and Barcelona will not result in an independent Catalonia, but Madrid could, however, expand the region’s autonomy, Spain's Foreign Minister said after his government sacked the regional authority and ordered snap elections.
TEHRAN, October 25 -Kurdistan’s regional government has proposed to “freeze” the outcome of last month’s independence referendum and begin dialogue with Baghdad to prevent further violence as Iraqi forces continue to “secure” Kurdish-controlled territories.
TEHRAN, October 18 -After the Iraqi army took over Kirkuk, Baghdad has said that Kurdish independence is “a thing of the past” and the controversial referendum should be forgotten, as the UN says 61,000 people have fled the northern city of Kirkuk.
TEHRAN, October 11 -The Catalan leader says he "assumes the mandate that Catalonia should become an independent state in the form of a republic." Local leaders signed what they called “a declaration of independence ”, suspending it temporarily though to facilitate dialogue with Madrid.
TEHRAN, October 5 - Catalan leaders will likely move on Monday to declare independence from Spain, more than a week after the already autonomous Spanish region held a banned referendum on secession.
TEHRAN, September 13 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voices support for the formation of a Kurdish state in the lead-up to a planned independence referendum in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, which has sparked strong criticisms from the central government as well as Iraq’s neighbors.
TEHRAN, June 19, YJC - The European Union has cautioned political parties in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region against holding an independence referendum in September.