![French Mayor Arrested After 70kg of Cannabis Found at Her Home: Media](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1394/08/27/139408270946202456534362.jpg)
![French Mayor Arrested After 70kg of Cannabis Found at Her Home: Media](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1394/08/27/139408270946202456534362.jpg)
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Spain Court Calls on Fugitive Catalan Secessionist to Testify in Terrorism Probe
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday called on fugitive former Catalonia president and separatist chief Carles Puigdemont to testify as a defendant in a terrorism investigation over protests linked to the region’s failed 2017 independence referendum.
![US Republican Impeachment of Biden's Border Chief May See Swift End in Senate](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1397/10/19/139710190916341716328212.jpg)
US Republican Impeachment of Biden's Border Chief May See Swift End in Senate
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Democratic-majority US Senate is likely to bring a quick end this week to House Republicans' months-long drive to impeach President Joe Biden's top border official, who they accuse of failing to deter record-setting levels of illegal immigration.
![Germany Sends First Soldiers for Permanent Lithuania Force](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/139210081923043041828022.jpg)
Germany Sends First Soldiers for Permanent Lithuania Force
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius described the start of a German brigade in Lithuania as a key step to improve the deployment capability of NATO forces and "an important day for the Bundeswehr."
![Lavrov to Visit China on April 8-9: Russian Foreign Ministry](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/12/12/1402121209261435729529872.jpg)
Lavrov to Visit China on April 8-9: Russian Foreign Ministry
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to China on April 8-9, during which he will discuss a number of ‘hot topics,' including Ukraine, with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
![Latin American Countries Condemn Ecuador Raid on Mexico Embassy](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/01/18/140301181008106929759702.jpg)
Latin American Countries Condemn Ecuador Raid on Mexico Embassy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Governments across Latin America have rallied around Mexico after security forces in Ecuador stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest a controversial politician who had been granted political asylum there.
![‘Hungarians Rise’: Tens of Thousands Protest against Orban in Budapest](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/01/19/1403011915023719229768472.jpg)
‘Hungarians Rise’: Tens of Thousands Protest against Orban in Budapest
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Tens of thousands of people staged a rally in Budapest on Saturday in support of a critic of Prime Minister Viktor Orban as he outlined plans to challenge the nationalist leader.
![Poland Holds Local Elections in Test for Tusk](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/01/19/1403011909562948529765272.jpg)
Poland Holds Local Elections in Test for Tusk
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Poles vote in local elections on Sunday, selecting thousands of councilors and mayors who will play a key role in allocating billions in European Union funds and giving an early indication of their satisfaction with the government of Donald Tusk.
![US, Its Allies Understand Ukraine Will Never Join NATO: Journalist](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/12/02/1402120209191431529433582.jpg)
US, Its Allies Understand Ukraine Will Never Join NATO: Journalist
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The US administration and authorities of NATO member-countries understand full well that Ukraine will never join the alliance, senior editor of The American Conservative Sumantra Maitra said in an article.
![Police Block Thunberg, Marchers in Dutch Climate Protest](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/01/19/1403011911582526829766302.jpg)
Police Block Thunberg, Marchers in Dutch Climate Protest
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – At least one protester was arrested in the Hague on Saturday after a tense stand-off with police during a climate march against fossil subsidies, which was joined by environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg.
![Gunfight at South Florida Bar Leaves Two Dead, Seven Injured](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1401/09/02/1401090209281533126485022.jpg)
Gunfight at South Florida Bar Leaves Two Dead, Seven Injured
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A gunfight at a suburban Miami bar left two people dead and seven injured early Saturday.
![US, China Need to Respect Each Other, Premier Li Says in Talks with Yellen](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/01/19/1403011910082751829765302.jpg)
US, China Need to Respect Each Other, Premier Li Says in Talks with Yellen
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Premier Li Qiang sounded a hopeful note on bilateral relations at the start of their Sunday meeting in Beijing.
![Trump Campaign Expects to Haul in $50 Million at Fundraiser](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/10/21/1402102115430358629180752.jpg)
Trump Campaign Expects to Haul in $50 Million at Fundraiser
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Former US president Donald Trump was expected to rake in roughly $50 million at a Saturday night fundraiser, doubling what three Democratic presidents recently brought in for President Biden’s reelection campaign war chest, a campaign official confirmed to The Hill.
![Wildfire Rages on Greece’s Crete Island, Settlements Evacuated](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1400/05/13/1400051311432156123311882.jpg)
Wildfire Rages on Greece’s Crete Island, Settlements Evacuated
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A wildfire raged out of control on the Greek island of Crete on April 6, with the authorities ordering the evacuation of four residential settlements, the fire department said.
![Russia Urges Armenian Leadership Not to Be Deceived by West](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/05/23/1398052316234135518119552.jpg)
Russia Urges Armenian Leadership Not to Be Deceived by West
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Moscow is urging Yerevan not to be deceived by the West, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement dedicated to the EU-US-Armenia high-level meeting.
![Turkey Suspends Key European Arms Control Treaty](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/01/26/139901262000150620140982.jpg)
Turkey Suspends Key European Arms Control Treaty
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ankara has suspended its participation in a key European arms control pact that was meant to forestall new conflicts from emerging on the continent after the end of the Cold War.
![Russia, Kazakhstan Evacuate Thousands following Dam Burst](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/01/18/140301181501276429762462.jpg)
Russia, Kazakhstan Evacuate Thousands following Dam Burst
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The authorities in Russia ordered residents to evacuate parts of the Orenburg-region city of Orsk after a dam burst, adding to existing flooding in the region.
![Russia’s Response to NATO Structures in Finland Will Be Adequate: Ambassador](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/04/04/1402040421201185227833302.jpg)
Russia’s Response to NATO Structures in Finland Will Be Adequate: Ambassador
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russia's reaction to the potential deployment of NATO command structures in Finland will not necessarily be symmetrical, Russian Ambassador to Finland Pavel Kuznetsov said.
![Donald Trump Demanding A New Judge Just Days before Start of His Hush-Money Criminal Trial](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/01/13/1403011314283558929718282.jpg)
Donald Trump Demanding A New Judge Just Days before Start of His Hush-Money Criminal Trial
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Former US president Donald Trump is demanding a new judge just days before his hush-money criminal case is set to go to trial, rehashing longstanding grievances with the current judge in a long-shot, eleventh-hour bid to disrupt and delay the case.
![US, Japan, Australia, Philippines to Hold South China Sea Exercises](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/01/18/1403011811234378329760602.jpg)