Spain suspends Catalan parliament session in attempt to block independence

Ruling comes as Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy calls on Catalan president Carles Puigdemont to drop pursuit of unilateral declaration Spain's constitutional court has suspended a Catalan parliament session planned for Monday in an attempt to block an expected declaration of independence by the Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont. Upholding a challenge by Catalonia's Socialist party, which opposes secession from Spain, the court ruled that allowing the regional parliament to meet and declare independe...