A Madrid judge has ordered that eight former Catalan ministers be remanded in custody on Thursday over last week's vote for independence in the Catalan parliament.  One of the ex-ministers was granted bail. Of the 14 former members of the cabinet facing charges of...

MADRID (Reuters) - A lawyer for dismissed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, who is due to appear in a Spanish court this week to answer charges relating to Catalonia's push for independence, said he was not expected to return to Spain soon. If Puigdemont fails to appear before the...

KIEV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian wife of a Chechen man accused by Russia of plotting to kill President Vladimir Putin was shot dead outside Kiev on Monday in an attack that also wounded her husband, Ukrainian interior ministry officials said. Amina Okuyeva and Adam Osmayev were in a car...

(Reuters) - Spain’s state prosecutor accused sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont of rebellion and sedition on Monday as the former regional president traveled to Belgium with other members of his ousted administration and hired a lawyer there. As Madrid began direct rule of...