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Corbyn moves closer to another Brexit vote

Corbyn moves closer to another Brexit vote

-- 2019-01-22 22:18:19

British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn moved a step closer to paving the way for another referendum on European Union membership by trying to use parliament to grab control of Brexit fro...

Turkey plans int'l probe into Khashoggi murder

Turkey plans int'l probe into Khashoggi murder

-- 2019-01-22 14:04:06

Turkey is planning to launch an international investigation into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and will take further steps in coming days, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted...

Facebook to create 1,000 new jobs in Ireland

Facebook to create 1,000 new jobs in Ireland

-- 2019-01-22 12:14:06

Facebook will hire an additional 1,000 people at its international headquarters in Dublin this year, the second major jobs announcement from a US multinational in Ireland in a matter of days. The soc...

France summons Italian ambassador over Africa remarks

France summons Italian ambassador over Africa remarks

-- 2019-01-22 11:14:54

France has summoned Italy's ambassador after the Italian deputy prime minister accused the French of exploiting Africa and fuelling migration. On Sunday, Luigi di Maio called on the European Union to...

May refuses to rule out no-deal Brexit

May refuses to rule out no-deal Brexit

-- 2019-01-22 09:20:29

British Prime Minister Theresa May sought to break the parliamentary deadlock over Brexit on Monday by proposing to seek further concessions from the European Union on a plan to prevent customs checks...

Turkey is ready to take over Syria’s Manbij, Erdogan says

Turkey is ready to take over Syria’s Manbij, Erdogan says

-- 2019-01-21 12:39:26

Turkey is ready to take over security in Syria’s Manbij, where four US citizens died in an Islamic State-claimed bombing last week, President Tayyip Erdogan told US.President Donald Trump in a t...

End 'no-deal brinkmanship' and let's talk: Corbyn to May

End 'no-deal brinkmanship' and let's talk: Corbyn to May

-- 2019-01-21 10:42:48

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, will reiterate on Monday his willingness to talk to Prime Minister Theresa May on ways to break the deadlock over Brexit but not while the g...

Over 10,000 protesters march in Belgrade against Serbian president

Over 10,000 protesters march in Belgrade against Serbian president

-- 2019-01-20 12:01:25

More than 10,000 people marched through Belgrade on Saturday evening to protest against the rule of President Aleksandar Vucic and his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), demanding media freedom as a pre...

UK's May seeks Irish treaty to break Brexit impasse

UK's May seeks Irish treaty to break Brexit impasse

Reuters 2019-01-20 12:01:20

British Prime Minister Theresa May plans to seek a bilateral treaty with the Irish government as a way to remove the contentious backstop arrangement from Britain's divorce deal with the European Unio...

Poland mourns stabbed Gdansk mayor

Poland mourns stabbed Gdansk mayor

-- 2019-01-19 22:23:30

Thousands of Poles have been attending the funeral of Pawel Adamowicz, the mayor of Gdansk who was fatally stabbed last Sunday, reports BBC. Large screens around St Mary's Basilica in the city and ac...

Prince Philip escapes unhurt from car crash

Prince Philip escapes unhurt from car crash

-- 2019-01-18 16:08:20

Queen Elizabeth’s 97-year-old husband Prince Philip escaped uninjured from a car crash while driving on Thursday near the Sandringham estate in eastern England. Police said two people in a car...

Norway PM Solberg to form majority government

Norway PM Solberg to form majority government

-- 2019-01-18 14:30:10

Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg struck a deal on Thursday to form a centre-right majority government by adding the small Christian Democratic Party to her minority three-party coalition. T...

Italy government approves flagship welfare reforms

Italy government approves flagship welfare reforms

-- 2019-01-18 13:37:10

The Italian government on Thursday approved flagship reforms of the welfare and pension system, election pledges of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the right-wing League, which mark a major...

Let’s talk Brexit: May to Corbyn

Let’s talk Brexit: May to Corbyn

BBC 2019-01-18 10:24:06

Theresa May has urged Jeremy Corbyn to discuss his Brexit plans with her, after he said he would not take part in talks until "no deal" was ruled out. In a letter to the Labour leader, the PM wrote t...

German minister backs second Brexit referendum

German minister backs second Brexit referendum

Reuters 2019-01-17 14:16:58

A second referendum on Britain’s exit from the European Union would make sense, German Justice Minister Katarina Barley told a German broadcaster on Thursday, after British lawmakers rejected Pr...

May seeks to end Brexit stalemate after surviving vote

May seeks to end Brexit stalemate after surviving vote

-- 2019-01-17 09:54:39

British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a no-confidence vote in the parliament on Wednesday and then appealed to MPs from across the political divide to come together to try to break the impasse o...

EU needs valid reason to extend Brexit transition period

EU needs valid reason to extend Brexit transition period

-- 2019-01-16 21:05:08

European Union leaders could extend the March 29 deadline for Britain’s exit from the EU if they get a valid reason for such a request from London. European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schi...

Russia says it caught former US marine accused of spying red-handed

Russia says it caught former US marine accused of spying red-handed

-- 2019-01-16 16:23:41

Russia said on Wednesday that it had caught former US marine Paul Whelan, who is being held in Russia on spying charges, while he was in the act of carrying out illegal activities in his Moscow hotel...

British lawmakers sink May's EU divorce deal

British lawmakers sink May's EU divorce deal

Reuters 2019-01-16 10:28:24

British lawmakers defeated Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal by a crushing margin on Tuesday, triggering political chaos that could lead to a disorderly exit from the EU or even t...

May braces for crushing defeat over Brexit deal

May braces for crushing defeat over Brexit deal

-- 2019-01-15 18:16:19

Theresa May faces the prospect of a crushing defeat in the Commons and a vote of no confidence in her government as MPs prepare to vote on her Brexit deal. MPs will finally deliver their verdict on...

Relook before you vote on Brexit deal: May to MPs

Relook before you vote on Brexit deal: May to MPs

-- 2019-01-15 12:51:32

British Prime Minister Theresa May urged lawmakers on Monday to take a “second look” at her deal to leave the European Union, a last-ditch effort to win over a parliament that looks set to...

Stabbed Polish mayor dies   

Stabbed Polish mayor dies  

-- 2019-01-14 20:32:01

The mayor of the Polish city of Gdansk has died in hospital on Monday, a day after being stabbed at a charity event. Pawel Adamowicz, 53, was attacked on stage in front of hundreds of people on Sunda...

British politicians will approve Brexit deal, France hopes

British politicians will approve Brexit deal, France hopes

-- 2019-01-14 17:14:43

France is hoping that members of Britain’s parliament will approve Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal, an official at French President Macron’s Elysee department said on Monday...

Merkel's CDU successor laments 'crusades' against diesel

Merkel's CDU successor laments 'crusades' against diesel

-- 2019-01-14 17:04:40

German conservative leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on Monday accused environmental organisations of mounting “crusades” against diesel vehicles and said that driving bans threaten hundr...

Greek parliament to hold confidence vote Wednesday

Greek parliament to hold confidence vote Wednesday

-- 2019-01-14 16:48:02

The Greek parliament will open a confidence debate in the government on Tuesday, a parliamentary official said. The vote is expected to be held on Wednesday night, reports Reuters. Greek Prime Minis...

No Brexit likelier than no deal: May

No Brexit likelier than no deal: May

-- 2019-01-14 10:17:05

Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday that lawmakers blocking Brexit is now a more likely outcome than Britain leaving the European Union without a deal. Parliament is deadlocked over how to proc...

Paris bakery explosion death toll rises

Paris bakery explosion death toll rises

-- 2019-01-13 20:12:28

The death toll from a suspected gas explosion in central Paris has risen to four after rescue workers found the body of a woman in the rubble. Two firefighters and a Spanish tourist were also killed...

Italian militant arrested in Venezuela after jailbreak in 1981

Italian militant arrested in Venezuela after jailbreak in 1981

-- 2019-01-13 18:09:48

Italian former leftist guerrilla Cesare Battisti, convicted of murder in his home country, has been arrested in Bolivia and will be extradited to Italy, a Brazilian official said. “He will soon...

Greek defence minister resigns over Macedonia name deal

Greek defence minister resigns over Macedonia name deal

-- 2019-01-13 16:29:43

Greece’s right-wing Defence Minister Panos Kammenos resigned on Sunday in protest at a deal ending a long running dispute with Macedonia over its name, clouding the future of the coalition gover...

UK’s May warns of breach of trust on Brexit

UK’s May warns of breach of trust on Brexit

-- 2019-01-13 11:16:09

A failure to deliver Brexit would be "a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy", Prime Minister Theresa May has warned. Writing in the Sunday Express, Mrs May pleaded with MPs...