TEHRAN, July 25 - Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont said Wednesday he will return to Belgium this weekend to resume efforts to drum up European support for Catalan self-determination after Spain's bid to extradite him collapsed.
TEHRAN, July 20 - A court in Germany formally ended extradition proceedings against former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont on Friday after Spain withdrew a European arrest warrant, leaving the separatist leader free to leave the country.
TEHRAN, July 12 - A German court on Thursday removed a hurdle to the extradition of a prominent Catalan politician on charges of embezzlement, setting the stage for a possible trial in Spain but on lesser charges than prosecutors there had hoped for.
TEHRAN, June 27 -A group of 18 attorneys general sued President Donald Trump's administration Tuesday over separation of migrant families at the border.
TEHRAN, June 24 - Central American migrants deported from the US without their children spoke of their anguish at seeing their families split under President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" approach Saturday, as protesters kept up the pressure against the "barbaric" policy.
TEHRAN, June 23 - California Senator Kamala Harris has censured the US government for separating Central American immigrant children from their parents at the southern border and accused it of committing "crime against humanity."
TEHRAN, June 22 - Senior Republican Party lawmakers in the US House of Representatives have delayed at least until next week votes on an immigration bill that was painstakingly negotiated over the last several weeks but has failed to attract enough support for passage in the lower chamber of Congress.
TEHRAN, June 21 - The United States was built on the genocide of the indigenous population and a common practice was to steal children from tribal homes and send them to schools to “civilize” them, according to Myles Hoenig, an American political analyst and activist.
TEHRAN, June 21 - Bowing to pressure from anxious allies, US President Donald Trump abruptly reversed himself Wednesday and signed an executive order halting his administration's policy of separating children from their parents when they are detained illegally crossing the U.S. border.
TEHRAN, June 19 - Honduras called for the United States to stop separating immigrant children from their parents at the U.S. border, while El Salvador warned that the policy puts children's health at risk and could cause psychosocial scars.
TEHRAN, June 17 - US Christian leaders have blasted Attorney General Jeff Session for claiming the Bible justifies Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy of separating children from their asylum-seeking family members detained at the country’s southern borders.
TEHRAN, June 16 - Nearly 2,000 minors have been separated from their families at the U.S. border over a six-week period during a crackdown on illegal entries, according to Department of Homeland Security figures obtained by The Associated Press.
TEHRAN, May 22 - A German court on Tuesday rejected a request from prosecutors to take former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont back into custody pending a decision on whether he can be extradited to Spain.
TEHRAN, April 15 - Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Barcelona on Sunday to protest the jailing of nine Catalan separatist leaders facing trial on "rebellion" charges.
TEHRAN, March 20 - In his strongest warning yet to Taiwan, China’s President Xi Jinping says the self-ruled island will face the “punishment of history” for any attempt to split the mainland.
TEHRAN, February 20 - A leading politician from Catalonia’s pro-independence movement has fled Spain, claiming she will not get a fair trial over her alleged role in the region’s declaration of independence last year.
TEHRAN, October 26 - Catalonian president Carles Puigdemont is set to call a snap regional election for Dec. 20, local media said on Friday, a move that could help break a one-month deadlock between the Madrid government and Catalan separatists seeking independence from Spain.
TEHRAN, October 24 - Catalonia's leader cannot solve its political crisis with Madrid just by calling regional elections, Spain's justice minister said on Tuesday, dampening hopes of a quick fix for a dispute that has rattled investors and fractured the country.
TEHRAN, October 23 - Spanish government announced that it would take the necessary measures to remove the incumbent separatist Catalan government from power and hold new election in the semi-autonomous region.