NEW DELHI: A New York-based advocacy group, "Sikhs for Justice" will hold an independence referendum for the Indian state of Punjab in the British capital next month. The organisation has named the referendum as "London Declaration". It has offered to sponsor Sikh students and activists from ...

BARCELONA – Spanish riot police smashed their way into a polling station in Catalonia on Sunday as they sought to shut down a banned independence referendum and there were reports of officers firing rubber bullets in the regional capital Barcelona.Catalan emergency services said 38 people were ...

WASHINGTON - The United States "does not recognize" Iraqi Kurds' "unilateral" referendum on independence and calls on all parties to reject the use of force and engage in dialogue, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday."The United States does not recognize the Kurdistan Regional Government's ...

ARBIL, Iraq - Iraq s Kurds announced a massive "yes" vote for independence on Wednesday following a referendum that has incensed Baghdad and sparked international concern.Official results showed 92.73 percent of voters backing statehood in Monday s non-binding referendum, which Iraq s central ...

Turkey, Iran and Iraq have agreed to consider counter-measures against Kurdish northern Iraq over a planned independence referendum.In a joint statement carried by the Turkey's official news agency on Thursday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, and ...

Scotland has written a letter to British Prime Minister seeking a second referendum on independence ahead of the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.In a letter to British Prime Minister, Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon said that the people of Scotland must have the right to ...

EDINBURGH: (APP) Scotland's announcement on Monday that it will begin preparations for a new independence bid raised the spectre of one of Brexit's most feared consequences -- the end of the United Kingdom. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would seek the semi-autonomous Scottish ...

GLASGOW: (APP) Prime Minister Theresa May passionately defended the United Kingdom on Friday as speculation grew that Scottish nationalists could use the start of Brexit talks to demand a second independence referendum. In a speech to party activists in Glasgow, the Conservative Party leader ...

EDINBURGH: (APP) Scotland's nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday pressed on with calls for a new independence referendum, saying it might be the only way to protect the country's interests as Brexit approaches. "Proposing a further decision on independence wouldn't simply be legitimate, ...

Britain sees no need for a second Scottish independence referendum and the devolved Scottish government should focus on improving the economy and tacking domestic issues rather than flirting with secession, a senior British minister said.An opinion poll published on Wednesday showed support for ...