U.S. will respond with military force if Iran attacks its interests: Hook
The United States will respond with military force if its interests are attacked by Iran, the U.S. Iran envoy said on Thursday as Arab leaders gathered in Saudi Arabia to discuss what they see as the threat from Tehran amid rising tensions.
Trump praises high-profile Brexit proponents ahead of visit to Britain
U.S. President Donald Trump praised the two most high-profile proponents of Britain’s departure from the European Union on Thursday, ahead of his planned visit to London at a time of political turmoil following the resignation of Prime Minister Theresa…
Lyon bomb blast suspect pledged allegiance to Islamic State: French judicial source
The man suspected to have planted a parcel bomb in the central French city of Lyon that wounded 13 people last week has told investigators that he had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, a judicial source said on Thursday.
Trump ready to help out on Brexit, U.S. national security adviser says
U.S. President Donald Trump is ready to help out in any way he can on Britain’s exit from the European Union, his national security adviser John Bolton said on Thursday.
Canada’s Trudeau, U.S. VP Pence meet to talk trade, China and Venezuela
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is flying to Ottawa on Thursday to talk to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about ratification of the new North American trade agreement and the two countries’ dispute with China.
Top Austrian judge to become country’s first female chancellor
Austria’s president has picked the female president of the Constitutional Court to become interim chancellor after parliament voted Sebastian Kurz’s government out of office in the wake of a video sting scandal.
Donations to UK PM May’s Conservatives fall in first quarter of 2019
Donations to Britain’s governing Conservative Party slumped in the first three months of the year as Theresa May’s premiership ebbed, data from the Electoral Commission showed on Thursday.
Ethiopia PM presses plan to return displaced people after violence
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister on Thursday pursued a plan to return displaced people to their homes following ethnic violence, meeting communities who recently went home, as relief workers voiced fears that the initiative could provoke fresh violence.
Russia calls U.S. nuclear accusation ‘crude provocation’
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday called a U.S. allegation that Moscow may be conducting nuclear tests in violation of a moratorium on such tests “groundless” and a “crude provocation.”
Irish foreign minister says new UK PM could change ‘Brexit package’
The European Union will not renegotiate Britain’s EU withdrawal agreement with the next British prime minister, but there is “scope for new thinking” on the wider Brexit package, Ireland’s foreign minister said on Thursday.
