Britain to keep EU laws during Brexit transition
Britain set out on Tuesday how it plans to keep European Union laws during its transition from the bloc after next March, saying elements of the 1972 laws which make Britain a member of the bloc would need to be saved, including a role for the European…
Israel shoots down Syrian warplane as Golan frontier heats up
Israel said it shot down a Syrian warplane that crossed into the occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday, but Damascus said the jet was fired on as it took part in sorties against rebels within Syria.
Russia’s Putin to meet Turkey’s Erdogan at BRICS summit in South Africa
The Kremlin said on Tuesday President Vladimir Putin would meet his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in South Africa on Thursday at a summit of BRICS countries.
Kremlin notes U.S. summit invite, says Putin and Trump have other chances to meet
The Kremlin said on Tuesday it had received a U.S. invitation for President Vladimir Putin to hold a summit with President Donald Trump in Washington at the end of this year, but said there were other chances for the two men to meet as well.
Hit by defections, Nigeria ruling party becomes a minority in Senate
Fifteen Nigerian senators quit the ruling All Progressives Congress party on Tuesday, making it a minority in parliament’s upper house and indicating worsening rifts in President Muhammadu Buhari’s political camp months ahead of an election.
End ‘botched’ Brexit and protect jobs, Labour’s Corbyn says
Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn criticized the government on Tuesday for failing business with its “botched” Brexit plan, saying only his Labour Party could make Britain’s departure from the European Union work for manufacturers.
Cambodia says 52 nations to send monitors for its election
A Cambodian government official on Thursday said as many as 220 observers from 52 countries would monitor Sunday’s general elections, widely expected to deliver a landslide victory for Prime Minister Hun Sen after the main opposition was dissolved.
Black hoods, kneeling, no sleep: Reuters reporter details Myanmar custody
A Reuters reporter on trial in Myanmar had his head covered with a black hood, was deprived of sleep and forced to kneel for hours at a secret police interrogation site after he was arrested with a colleague last year, he told a court on Tuesday.
We’ll pay if you take in migrants, Brussels tells EU governments
The European Commission offered on Tuesday to shoulder the cost of taking in migrants from boats in the Mediterranean, seeking to entice more governments to shoulder the burden after Italy’s new government closed the country’s ports to rescue vessels.
Tunisia will not deport Islamist suspect back to Germany: official
Tunisia will not deport a suspected Islamist militant who once served as Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard back to Germany because he is facing possible “terrorism” charges at home, a Tunisian judicial official said on Tuesday.
