Spain's PM rejects calls for snap election as scandals mount. Story by Reuters ... the case poses one of the biggest threats yet to the survival of the country's fragile leftist coalition government.

Sanchez announced late Tuesday that Spain was to return to the ballot box after he failed to secure the needed support to be confirmed as premier following inconclusive general elections in April.

Spain's outgoing prime minister faced an onslaught of criticism Monday from his right-wing rivals over Catalonia's secession crisis in a testy four-way debate ahead of elections, while he warned ...