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Knife attack by employee at Paris police HQ kills four officers

Knife attack by employee at Paris police HQ kills four officers

-- 2019-10-03 20:28:20

An employee armed with a knife attacked officers inside Paris police headquarters Thursday, killing at least four before he was fatally shot, a French police union official said, reports AP. Police u...

EU official says Johnson's Brexit offer 'can't fly'

EU official says Johnson's Brexit offer 'can't fly'

-- 2019-10-03 15:35:50

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s last ditch Brexit proposal “can’t fly” because it an unworkable move backwards that leaves Britain and the European Union far apart, a senior Eur...

Britain expresses ‘regret’ for killing Maori 250 years ago

Britain expresses ‘regret’ for killing Maori 250 years ago

AP 2019-10-02 16:17:46

The British government on Wednesday expressed “regret” that British explorers killed some of the first indigenous Maori they met 250 years ago, but stopped short of issuing a full apology....

Johnson to submit final Brexit offer to EU

Johnson to submit final Brexit offer to EU

Reuters 2019-10-02 10:43:04

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday unveil his final Brexit offer to the European Union and make clear that if Brussels does not engage with the proposal, Britain will not negotiate further...

Some of Khashoggi's killers enjoy impunity: Erdogan

Some of Khashoggi's killers enjoy impunity: Erdogan

Reuters 2019-09-30 16:11:59

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan insisted on Monday that Turkey will keep pushing for the truth behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last year, saying so...

UK PM Johnson says he will not resign

UK PM Johnson says he will not resign

Reuters 2019-09-29 15:19:16

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday he would not resign to avoid having to delay Brexit beyond the end of October. Johnson has vowed to take Britain out of the EU with or without a de...

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...