Irish border deal reported settled as May meets Juncker
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British negotiators were reported to have agreed outline rules with Ireland for their border after Brexit on Monday, sending the pound higher on hopes of a deal on EU free trade as Prime Minister Theresa May arrived for crunch talk…
Houthi radio says ex-president Saleh killed in Yemen fighting, no confirmation
SANAA (Reuters) – The radio station of Yemen’s Houthi-run interior ministry said on Monday the militia’s former war ally turned adversary, ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, had been killed as fighting racked the capital Sanaa though there was no indepen…
Germany’s SPD lay out position for talks with Merkel
BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) – The leaders of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) agreed on Monday to enter talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives on forming a government that could end political deadlock in Europe’s largest economy.
Syrian walkout from Geneva talks ‘an embarrassment to Russia’: opposition
GENEVA (Reuters) – The decision by President Bashar al-Assad’s negotiators to quit U.N.-led talks in Geneva last week was an embarrassment to Russia, which is in a hurry to find a solution, opposition spokesman Yahya al-Aridi told Reuters on Monday.
Catalonia’s pro-independence parties seen losing majority in election: poll
NMADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia’s pro-independence parties were seen losing their parliamentary majority in the regional election on Dec. 21, an official poll showed on Monday.
France close to Qatar military, transport contracts: presidential source
PARIS (Reuters) – France is close to finalizing major military and transport contracts during a visit by Emmanuel Macron to Qatar on Thursday, a French presidential source said.
Last-minute wrangling as May heads for Brussels Brexit lunch
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British negotiators were locked in last-minute talks with their European Union and Irish counterparts on Monday, trying to put together a Brexit deal that Prime Minister Theresa May might agree over lunch in Brussels.
Yemen’s Houthis blow up ex-president Saleh’s house
SANAA (Reuters) – Fighters from Yemen’s armed Houthi movement blew up house the house of ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the center of the capital Sanaa on Monday, residents reported, as his whereabouts remain unknown.
May heads for Brussels as last-minute Brexit talks go on
BRUSSELS/DUBLIN (Reuters) – British negotiators were locked in last-minute talks with their European Union and Irish counterparts on Monday, trying to put together a Brexit deal that Prime Minister Theresa May might agree over lunch in Brussels.
Saudi warplanes strike Houthis as alliances shift in Yemen war
SANAA (Reuters) – Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck at Houthi militia positions in Yemen’s capital Sanaa for a second day on Monday in support of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, a former Houthi ally who has now renounced his alliance with the Irani…
