MADRID -- The Spanish ministries will take control over the Catalan regional government under the application of the article 155 of the Spanish constitution, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Saturday.
In a press conference after an extraordinary cabinet meeting to deal with the implementation of the article, Rajoy explained that the regional government of Catalonia, Generalitat, would be dissolved, their powers would be controlled by the Spanish ministries and elections would be called within six months. (Spain-Catalonia)
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BERLIN -- The suspect who slightly injured at least five people on Saturday morning in a knife attack in central Munich, Germany, was caught, the local Focus said Saturday.
The Focus quoted the police in Munich as saying that they are checking whether the suspect, who resembles the description the police gave earlier, is the perpetrator. (Germany-knife attack)
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CAIRO -- Egyptian Interior Ministry announced Saturday that 16 policemen were killed and another is missing in the Friday shootout with terrorists in the desert of Giza province.
The ministry said in a statement that 15 terrorists were either killed or injured in the armed clash, adding that 13 policemen and officers were also injured. (Egypt-shootout)
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SHARAN, Afghanistan -- Twenty insurgents of the Haqqani terrorist network had been killed following an air strike in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province, an official said Saturday.
The air raid was launched on Friday evening, where a Haqqani hideout was bombed, leaving 20 fighters, including some of their local leaders dead in Gian district of the province, Dadullah Hotak, acting provincial police chief, told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-air raid-militants) Enditem
