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UK tanker held in Iran leaves Bandar Abbas port

UK tanker held in Iran leaves Bandar Abbas port

-- 2019-09-27 12:13:43

The British-flagged Stena Impero tanker, which was detained by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in July, has started moving and exited the Bandar Abbas port on Friday, Reuters reported citing Refinit...

Former French president Jacques Chirac dies at 86

Former French president Jacques Chirac dies at 86

-- 2019-09-26 16:24:50

Jacques Chirac, the former French president whose later years were blighted by corruption scandals, has died aged 86. Mr Chirac served two terms as French president and took his country into the sing...

Fire breaks out at French factory in Rouen

Fire breaks out at French factory in Rouen

-- 2019-09-26 15:42:34

A large fire broke out in the early hours of Thursday at a French factory in the northern port city of Rouen city, local authorities said. Authorities added there were no reported victims at this sta...

A Nobel for Sweden's Greta Thunberg?

A Nobel for Sweden's Greta Thunberg?

-- 2019-09-26 12:29:50

Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg’s shaming of world leaders and air travellers over climate change has won her millions of admirers and attracted many new followers to her cause. But it just mig...

An unrepentant Boris Johnson faces raucous Parliament

An unrepentant Boris Johnson faces raucous Parliament

-- 2019-09-26 10:36:01

An unrepentant Prime Minister Boris Johnson brushed off cries of “Resign!” and dared his foes to try to topple him Wednesday at a raucous session of Parliament, a day after Britain’s...

Teen climate activist Thunberg takes on Trump’s Twitter taunt

Teen climate activist Thunberg takes on Trump’s Twitter taunt

-- 2019-09-25 11:30:56

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg shot back on Tuesday at US President Donald Trump’s attempt to mock her on Twitter by changing her profile on the social media site to reflect Tru...

UK MPs, peers return after court rules shutdown unlawful

UK MPs, peers return after court rules shutdown unlawful

-- 2019-09-25 11:03:00

MPs and peers will return to Parliament later after the Supreme Court ruled that its suspension was unlawful. Boris Johnson is returning early from a UN summit in New York, while Labour cut its confe...

Suspending parliament was unlawful: UK Supreme Court

Suspending parliament was unlawful: UK Supreme Court

BBC 2019-09-24 16:16:19

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom said in its landmark ruling on Tuesday. Johnson suspended - or prorogued -...

Landmark ruling on UK Parliament suspension due today

Landmark ruling on UK Parliament suspension due today

-- 2019-09-24 15:33:48

The highest court in the UK is set to make a historic ruling today (Tuesday) over the legality of Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks. Ministers say the suspension, or proro...

Time for Iran to take steps to reduce tensions: Macron

Time for Iran to take steps to reduce tensions: Macron

-- 2019-09-24 11:07:48

The path to reduce tensions in the region has become smaller and the moment has come for Iran to help defuse the crisis, France’s president told his Iranian counterpart on Monday, his office sai...

Impacts of climate change increase in 2015-2019

Impacts of climate change increase in 2015-2019

UNB 2019-09-23 18:05:19

The tell-tale signs and impacts of climate change – such as sea level rise, ice loss and extreme weather – increased during 2015-2019 period, which is set to be the warmest five-year perio...

Spain police detain nine Catalan separatists

Spain police detain nine Catalan separatists

-- 2019-09-23 13:04:03

Nine Catalan separatists were detained in Catalonia early on Monday for planning violent actions, Spanish police said. “The detentions were ordered by Spain’s High Court,” a spokesw...

UK’s attitude resembles that of a US auxiliary

UK’s attitude resembles that of a US auxiliary

Global Times 2019-09-22 20:21:22

The past decades have witnessed positive and stable development in comprehensive China-UK relations despite some twists and turns. The UK is now at the crossroads of Brexit. What will be London's visi...

Magnitude 5.6 earthquake rattles Albania

Magnitude 5.6 earthquake rattles Albania

-- 2019-09-22 13:25:21

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 and an aftershock only slightly weaker shook the Albanian port town of Durres on Saturday (local time), rocking buildings there and in the capital Tir...

Britain and EU spar over Brexit as clock ticks down

Britain and EU spar over Brexit as clock ticks down

Reuters 2019-09-21 15:20:46

Britain said on Friday a Brexit deal with the European Union could be reached at a summit next month, but EU member Ireland said the sides were far from agreement and London had not yet made serious p...

EU wary of Brexit crash landing at high-stakes Oct summit

EU wary of Brexit crash landing at high-stakes Oct summit

Reuters 2019-09-20 12:11:05

Britain finally put some documents on the table on Thursday to break an impasse in its Brexit talks with the EU, but the bloc is worried that London is banking too much on a meeting of the 28 national...

Three dead during Monte Carlo-Venice boat race

Three dead during Monte Carlo-Venice boat race

-- 2019-09-18 14:44:46

At least three people, including two Britons, have died after a boating accident in the Italian city of Venice. Local media report that a speedboat hit an artificial dam on Tuesday night during a boa...

UK Supreme Court enters Brexit drama

UK Supreme Court enters Brexit drama

Reuters 2019-09-17 10:41:13

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government will seek to persuade Britain’s top court this week that his decision to suspend parliament until shortly before the date for Brexit was not il...

UK will reject Brexit delay, Johnson to tell Juncker

UK will reject Brexit delay, Johnson to tell Juncker

-- 2019-09-16 12:07:56

The UK is not prepared to postpone Brexit beyond the current 31 October deadline, Boris Johnson is to tell European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at talks on Monday. The lunchtime meeting...

Erdogan says will discuss buying US Patriot missiles with Trump

Erdogan says will discuss buying US Patriot missiles with Trump

-- 2019-09-14 10:46:09

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he will discuss buying US Patriot missiles with President Donald Trump this month, saying his personal bond with the US leader could overcome a crisis caused by A...

Khashoggi asked killers not to suffocate him

Khashoggi asked killers not to suffocate him

-- 2019-09-11 16:50:10

In his final words, slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi urged his killers not to cover his mouth because he suffered from asthma and could suffocate, reports AP citing Turkey's Sabah newspaper. Sa...

We are going to get a deal and leave EU on Oct 31, says UK PM Johnson

We are going to get a deal and leave EU on Oct 31, says UK PM Johnson

-- 2019-09-10 20:41:11

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he would get a Brexit deal and leave the European Union on October 31, reports Reuters. “We’re going to get a deal, and we’ll wo...

13 women in new EU Commission top team

13 women in new EU Commission top team

-- 2019-09-10 19:37:26

Incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has named her choices for the EU’s new top team. Those on her list face some difficult challenges, including handling the UK’s...

One dead, 19 injured in German hospital fire

One dead, 19 injured in German hospital fire

-- 2019-09-10 17:01:16

Officials say one person has died and 19 more have been injured in a fire at a hospital in the western German city of Duesseldorf, reports AP. City authorities said Tuesday that the fire broke out la...

Johnson fails to get nod again for early polls

Johnson fails to get nod again for early polls

-- 2019-09-10 16:37:23

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his final chance in the early hours of Tuesday to force an early general election as the British Parliament closed its doors for five weeks. Johnson’s...

UK parliament speaker to quit

UK parliament speaker to quit

Reuters 2019-09-09 21:31:41

John Bercow, Speaker in Britain’s House of Commons, announced on Monday that he would be standing down from the role. Bercow has helped bend parliamentary rules to give lawmakers opposed to a n...

UK Work and Pensions Secretary quits govt in Brexit protest

UK Work and Pensions Secretary quits govt in Brexit protest

-- 2019-09-08 12:22:42

Britain’s Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd resigned from the government and the ruling Conservative Party on Saturday in a protest over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s handling of the...

Ukraine, Russia exchange prisoners in landmark deal

Ukraine, Russia exchange prisoners in landmark deal

-- 2019-09-07 20:45:52

Russia and Ukraine have completed a long-awaited exchange of prisoners. Those freed include 24 Ukrainian sailors and - controversially - a "person of interest" over the downing of flight MH17 which k...

Brexit: MPs willing to go to court to enforce delay

Brexit: MPs willing to go to court to enforce delay

-- 2019-09-07 14:15:19

British MPs, including Tories expelled from the party, are preparing legal action in case the PM refuses to seek a delay to Brexit. A bill requiring Boris Johnson to ask for an extension to the UK's...

Russia welcomes Chinese investment: Putin

Russia welcomes Chinese investment: Putin

Xinhua 2019-09-06 18:16:49

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that his country welcomes Chinese investment and expects more positive outcomes from bilateral cooperation. Putin made the remarks Vladivostok at a m...