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Iraq's PM demanded on Thursday that Kurds declare their independence referendum void, rejecting the Kurdish regions's offer to suspend its independence push.
Iraq's Kurdistan's oil exports more than halved on Wednesday in the first major supply disruption since the independence referendum last month.
Tourism activity in Catalonia has dropped by around 15 percent since a contested independence referendum on October 1 that was marred by violence.
Catalan police chief Josep Lluis Trapero on Monday was allowed to walk free from a court in Madrid where he faced charges of sedition, a judicial source said.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi firmly denied on Thursday preparations for a military attack on Kurdistan, and warned against going back to sectarian .
Turkey will gradually close border gates with northern Iraq in coordination with the Iragi government and Iran, in response to Kurdish independence referendum.
The Kurdistan Regional Government offered to hold talks with Iraqi authorities on the status of Kurdish airports, border posts and banks after an independence.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Catalonia on Tuesday to protest against violent crackdown by Spanish police on independence referendum .
Thousands of people hit the streets of Barcelona and other Catalan cities on Monday in protest at a violent police crackdown to stop an independence referendum.
Turkey is determined to conduct its dealings in Iraq with the central government, the two countries' PMs will meet soon,Bekir Bozdag said on Thursday.
Erdogan threatened to cut off the pipeline that carries oil from northern Iraq to the outside world, pressure on the Kurdish over its independence referendum.
Egypt Today provides live updates to the historic vote for independence by Kurds in northern Iraq Monday.
The US "strongly opposes" the planned independence referendum by Iraqi Kurds and urges Iraqi Kurdish leaders to negotiate with the Baghdad government instead.
The first of hundreds of Catalan mayors under investigation appeared before Spanish prosecutors for questioning on Tuesday but were not charged.
Spanish police on Monday seized more than 100,000 posters promoting a planned independence referendum in Catalonia, summoning mayors to help hold disputed vote.
The Spanish government said on Friday it had passed measures to increase control over Catalan finances ahead of independence vote.
AL chief urged President of the Kurdistan Regional Government Masoud Barzani to postpone an independence referendum.
The Spanish government is to hold an emergency meeting Thursday after Catalonia's regional authority voted to push ahead with an independence referendum on October 1.
