Turkey told U.S. it opposes sanctions on Iran: foreign minister
Turkey has told American officials it opposes U.S. sanctions on Iran and is not obliged to implement them, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday.
Full Brexit deal with EU by March will be a challenge: UK minister
Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday that it will be “challenge” to reach a full agreement with the European Union on what their future trading relationship will look like by March next year.
Toronto gunman a puzzle to his own tight-knit immigrant community
A close-knit vibrant immigrant community of Toronto’s Thorncliffe Park neighborhood, where Faisal Hussain grew up and went to school, is struggling to square the image of the quiet, skinny boy they knew with the man who went on a shooting spree late on…
Finnish police launches discrimination probe of Alma Media
Finnish police began an investigation on Tuesday at one of the country’s largest media groups, Alma Media, following accusations that its CEO had turned down a top candidate’s appointment as a newspaper editor because of her family arrangements.
Israel says downed Syrian jet violated 1974 Golan demilitarization
A Syrian warplane shot down by Israel over the Golan Heights on Tuesday was in “gross violation” of a 1974 U.N.-monitored demilitarization deal on the strategic plateau, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.
Israeli minister sees Gaza-style measures for U.S.-Mexico border
The United States could apply some of the security measures used for Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip to its own frontier with Mexico, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Tuesday.
UK PM May says she will lead Brexit talks from now on
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday she would now lead negotiations with the European Union, shifting the focus of the Brexit department toward preparing for Britain’s departure from the bloc.
UK’s Brexit negotiating position a ‘far advanced offer’: minister
British Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday the government’s negotiating stance set out this month by Prime Minister Theresa May was a “far advanced offer”, suggesting it would not be changed fundamentally in talks.
In cyber, Germany needs to counter-attack, minister says
Germany is considering laws that would let it respond actively to foreign cyber-attacks, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer as he presented a domestic intelligence agency report showing Iran was the latest power to ramp up hack attacks on German systems….
Britain’s Brexit minister tells EU: it is time to speed up talks
Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday it was now up to the European Union to respond after the government published a long-awaited white paper policy document if the bloc wanted to a reach a deal on Britain’s departure by October.
