Theresa May in peril over Brexit on EU election day
Prime Minister Theresa May was under intense pressure to name a date for her departure after her final Brexit gambit failed, overshadowing a European election that will show a United Kingdom still riven by divisions over its EU divorce.
In western France, a village remembers D-Day’s ‘secret massacre’
The lost U.S. paratrooper tapped on the door of the Rigault family’s farmhouse in Normandy in the early hours of June 6, 1944, miles south of his intended drop zone and soaking from his landing in the surrounding marshland.
Belarus vice PM to meet Russia’s Kozak on Thursday: RIA
Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Lyashenko who oversees oil and gas will meet Russian counterpart Dmitry Kozak in Moscow on Thursday, RIA news agency cited the Belarusian government as saying.
‘We have lost the battle,’ says regional leader of India’s Congress: TV
“We have lost the battle,” a regional leader of India’s main opposition Congress party said on Thursday, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party said it had secured a massive victory in the general election.
Australian deputy PM re-elected after conservative coalition holds power
Australian Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack was on Thursday re-elected leader of the junior partner in the coalition government after a strong party showing in last week’s election dispelled internal discontent about his performance.
India’s PM Modi set to sweep to general election victory
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is set for a historic victory as India began counting on Thursday hundreds of millions of votes from its general election, according to data from the Election Commission.
India’s foreign minister congratulates Modi on election victory
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has won the general election, a senior party leader said on Thursday.
Upstart nationalist Baudet vies to become largest Dutch party in Europe
A 36-year-old nationalist who has taken Dutch politics by storm is set to make huge gains in European elections in the Netherlands on Thursday.
British PM May expected to announce on Friday that she will quit: The Times
British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected on Friday to announce her departure from office, The Times reported, without citing a source.
‘American Taliban’ to be released from prison Thursday
John Walker Lindh, the American captured in 2001 fighting for the Taliban, is to be released early from federal prison on Thursday as some U.S. lawmakers fear he remains a security risk.
