Ready to resign? PM’s spokesman says May is focused on Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May is focused on the task at hand of getting her Brexit deal through parliament, her political spokesman said on Wednesday after several Conservative lawmakers renewed calls for her resignation.
Macron pitches for broad centrist alliance after EU elections
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday laid out his clearest plans yet for alliance-building after the European Parliament elections, favoring a centrist coalition broad enough to work with the Greens and attract some conservative parties.
Syrians displaced in the northwest call on Turkey to open border
Camped on the Turkish border to escape bombardment by Russian and Syrian government forces, many displaced Syrians are angry and frustrated that Turkey has not done more to protect them from the bombs or let them cross the frontier to safety.
Netanyahu’s July hearing on possible indictment delayed to October
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received on Wednesday a three-month delay, until October, for a hearing to argue against the attorney-general’s plan to indict him on graft charges.
Masked attackers snatch voting machines in northeast India
About 500 masked men carrying guns and machetes attacked Indian election officials in a remote northeastern state and made off with computerized voting machines, officials said on Wednesday.
Russia says Syrian troops repelled three big militant attacks in Syria’s Idlib
Syrian government troops on Wednesday morning repelled three big attacks by militants in Syria’s Idlib province, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.
UK electoral body says reviewing Brexit Party’s systems after funding criticism
Britain’s Electoral Commission said on Wednesday its representatives had visited Nigel Farage’s The Brexit Party to look at the systems the party has in place after criticism about some of the anti-EU party’s funding.
UK expats say slow mail service prevents them from casting EU-vote
Numerous British expatriates say they are being prevented from voting in this week’s European election because they didn’t receive their ballot papers in time.
U.S. fighter jets again intercept Russian bombers off Alaska
U.S. fighter jets intercepted several Russian bombers in international airspace off the coast of Alaska on Tuesday, in the fourth and fifth such incursions this year, U.S. military officials said on Wednesday.
China: U.S. resembles “Don Quixote” in seeing other powers as threats
China told the world’s main disarmament forum on Wednesday that U.S. foreign policy was destabilizing, baffling and redolent of Don Quixote, the Spanish fictional hero whose misplaced determination leads him on a series of doomed endeavors.
