Brazil never had a problem with China, and U.S. ties should not hurt China links: minister
Brazil’s current government has never had any problem with China, the Brazilian foreign minister said on Friday, adding that the issue arose from how previous administrations handled relations with the world’s No. 2 economy, and Brazil’s top trade part…
Russia warns British media after RT fined for coverage of poisoned spy
Russia on Friday warned British media operating on its territory that they should be ready for consequences after Britain’s media regulator fined the state-financed RT television channel over its coverage of the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal.
Irish PM says hard Brexit would raise issue of Irish unification
The question of the unification of Ireland and British-ruled Northern Ireland will inevitably arise if Britain leaves the European Union without a divorce deal on Oct. 31, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said.
Italy’s Salvini blocks own coastguard ship with migrants on board
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Friday he would not let an Italian coastguard boat carrying 135 migrants dock until European Union countries agreed to take them in.
Factbox: What is the Irish ‘backstop’ at the heart of Brexit impasse?
The Irish “backstop”, part of the Withdrawal Agreement that former Prime Minister Theresa May struck in November, is the key sticking point in efforts to agree an orderly British exit from the European Union.
Irish PM wants to meet UK’s Johnson to understand ‘real red lines’
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Friday said he would need to meet his British counterpart Boris Johnson to understand his “real red lines” on Brexit, and that Ireland had shown in the past that it could be flexible.
Turkish court rules academics’ rights violated in Kurdish letter case: Anadolu
Turkey’s highest court on Friday ruled the sentencing of nine academics for signing a letter in 2016 that called for an end to the conflict in the country’s southeast amounted to a violation of their rights, state-owned Anadolu agency said.
Britain not on collision course with Ireland over Brexit: Northern Ireland minister
Britain’s new Northern Ireland minister Julian Smith said his country’s government was not on a collision course with the European Union, after Ireland’s foreign minister criticized Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s approach to Brexit.
UK PM Johnson tells Germany’s Merkel: The backstop has to go
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday that the only way to reach a deal on Brexit is to abolish the so-called Irish backstop, a spokesman for Johnson said in a statement.
I only exchanged pleasantries with Guptas, South Africa’s Ramaphosa tells inquiry
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told an inquiry into state corruption that he had met and exchanged pleasantries in the past with members of the Gupta family, friends of former president Jacob Zuma who are accused of influence-peddling.
