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Venezuela seeking seat on UN human rights council

Venezuela is vying for a seat on UN Human Rights Council Thursday over opposition from advocacy groups and fellow Latin American countries as the General Assembly chooses 14 new members of the panel. The Geneva-based council works to promote and protect human rights around the world. It has...

Catalan leader pledges to work for fresh independence vote

The president of Spain's protest-hit Catalonia region pledged Thursday to push for a new vote on secession, despite the fallout from a failed 2017 independence bid that sparked the country's worst political crisis in decades. "If they condemn us to 100 years of prison for putting out the...