Britain says U.S Middle East peace plan could be positive step
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesperson said the U.S. Middle East plan could be a positive step after a phone call on Tuesday between Johnson and President Donald Trump.
Netanyahu says peace plan would be base for negotiations: Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told him the Trump administration’s proposed plan for Middle East peace would be a basis for direct negotiations.
Israel’s Netanyahu calls Trump’s Middle East plan ‘path to durable peace’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday touted the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan, saying it presented a “realistic path” for achieving a lasting peace in the region.
Trump’s Mideast plan comments ‘aggressive,’ Jerusalem proposal ‘nonsense’: Hamas
U.S. President Donald Trump’s statements on his Mideast plan are “aggressive” and his proposals for Jerusalem are “nonsense”, an official with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Tuesday.
Poland willing to mull compromise with EU on rule of law: justice minister
Poland is willing to consider a compromise with the European Union on its selection of judges under certain conditions, its justice minister said on Tuesday after talks with a senior EU official on rule of law concerns.
China agrees to WHO sending experts to study virus
China has agreed that the World Health Organization will send international experts there as soon as possible to increase understanding of a new coronavirus and guide the global response to the outbreak, the U.N. agency said on Tuesday.
Brexit crusader Farage: ‘I’ll miss playing the villain’
As Nigel Farage packed a few belongings into a box at his office in the European Union’s parliament in Brussels on Tuesday, he reflected that he will miss the very institution on which – as its bluntest critic – he built his political career.
EU begins assisting repatriations from China as coronavirus spreads
The European Commission said on Tuesday it would start helping repatriate Europeans from the Chinese region hit hardest by the coronavirus after a request from France.
U.S. says nothing off the table on China travel curbs amid virus outbreak
The United States is considering new steps to counter a coronavirus outbreak that has killed over 100 people in China and nothing is off the table in terms of possible travel restrictions for China, the U.S. health secretary said on Tuesday.
Irish unity preparations price for Sinn Fein coalition support
Irish nationalists Sinn Fein will withhold support for the government after a Feb. 8 election without a commitment to immediately start planning for a referendum on the unification of Ireland, its leader said on Tuesday.
