DUP says it will not back UK PM May’s watered-down Brexit deal on Friday
The Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party will not back UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement from the European Union when she brings it for a vote on Friday, the party’s deputy leader said.
EU sees no-deal Brexit more likely than ever: diplomats
Britain is more likely than ever to crash out of the European Union, diplomats and officials with the bloc said on Thursday after the UK parliament failed to produce a majority for any Brexit option and Theresa May was struggling to get her divorce dea…
UK parliament speaker approves Friday vote on Brexit Withdrawal Agreement
British parliament Speaker John Bercow said on Thursday he had accepted the government’s bid to hold a vote on its Brexit deal on Friday as it will cover only the Withdrawal Agreement element of the country’s European Union exit package.
Netanyahu uses icy relationship with Obama to try to win votes
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu is using a second American president in his re-election campaign ads, but with a twist, featuring a famously frosty encounter with Barack Obama.
U.S. senators introduce bill to stop transfer of F-35 fighters to Turkey
Four U.S. senators on Thursday introduced a bipartisan bill to prohibit the transfer of F-35 fighter aircraft to Turkey until the U.S. government certifies that Ankara will not take delivery of a Russian S-400 air defense system, a statement on the mov…
Alberta opposition makes Canadian PM Trudeau the adversary in provincial election
The main opposition party in Alberta’s April election is using Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a proxy foe, analysts say, channeling a long-standing sense of western alienation rather than directly attacking a popular premier.
At least three dead in gunfight in Comoros capital after opposition moves to unseat president
At least three people were killed on Thursday in a shootout in the Comoros capital involving renegade soldiers who had broken out of prison, the interior minister said, as a recent election result was challenged.
Trump extends Liberians’ protected immigration status by one year
President Donald Trump on Thursday unexpectedly extended an immigration designation granting protected status to Liberians for an additional year, just three days before the status was to expire.
Top backer of Algeria’s Bouteflika resigns as business forum head
Leading Algerian businessman Ali Haddad, a backer of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, resigned as head of the country’s FCE business forum, the website of Ennahar TV said on Thursday.
Venezuelans facing ‘unprecedented challenges,’ many need aid – internal U.N. report
The United Nations estimates that about a quarter of Venezuelans are in need of humanitarian assistance, according to an internal U.N. report seen by Reuters on Thursday that paints a dire picture of millions of people lacking food and basic services.
