Iran denies hacking phone of Israeli election frontrunner
Iran on Wednesday denied an Israeli media report that its intelligence service had hacked the mobile phone of Benny Gantz, the main challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in next month’s election.
Clearing operations underway around last IS Syrian outpost, no clashes: SDF
An official with U.S.-backed fighters said there was calm and no clashes at Islamic State’s last enclave in eastern Syria on Wednesday, after pushing the jihadists from it on Tuesday into a sliver of land along the Euphrates river.
Brexit delay doesn’t rule out no-deal EU exit: PM May
Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday that delaying Brexit by extending negotiations did not rule out the possibility that Britain could leave the European Union without a deal.
Hungary PM’s party will quit European conservative group if suspended
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party will immediately quit the EU’s center-right political grouping if a decision is made to suspend it, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff told state news agency MTI on Wednesday.
EU’s Juncker warned PM May against Brexit extension beyond European elections
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker warned British Prime Minister Theresa May against requesting a Brexit delay beyond European Parliament elections due on May 24-26, unless the United Kingdom takes part, an EU spokeswoman said.
A Brexit delay will betray the people, UK eurosceptic tells PM
A Conservative eurosceptic lawmaker, Peter Bone, told Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday that she would betray the British people if she pursued a delay to Brexit, calling on her to change tack.
British PM May requests three-month Brexit extension
Prime Minister Theresa May requested a three-month delay to Brexit on Wednesday after her failure to get a deal ratified by parliament left the United Kingdom’s divorce from the European Union in turmoil.
Indonesia crash revelations raise pressure on Ethiopia probe
The world’s biggest planemaker Boeing faced growing obstacles to returning its grounded 737 MAX fleet to the skies on Wednesday, while chilling details emerged of an Indonesian crash with similarities to the Ethiopian disaster.
Decision on UK participation in EU elections due by mid-April: EU official
A decision on whether Britain should participate in the European Parliament election needs to be taken by mid-April, an EU official said on Wednesday, as British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to ask the EU for a short delay to Brexit.
German conservatives float compromise to defuse EU row with Hungary’s Orban
Germany’s conservatives floated a compromise in a long-running dispute between Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the EU’s center-right grouping that could avert his party’s expulsion over concerns about Budapest’s authoritarian drift.
