May’s Brexit deal lives: Northern Irish kingmakers report ‘good’ talks with government
The Northern Irish party that is crucial to Prime Minister Theresa May’s hopes of getting her twice-defeated Brexit deal through parliament said it had good talks with British ministers on Friday but differences remained over the Irish border.
Nineteen bags containing human remains found in Mexico
Mexican prosecutors said on Friday they were investigating the discovery of 19 plastic bags containing human remains in Jalisco, a western state that has been battered by surging levels of gang violence.
Russian metals tycoon Deripaska sues U.S. over sanctions
Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska sued the United States on Friday, alleging that it had overstepped its legal bounds in imposing sanctions on him and made him the “latest victim” in the U.S. probe into Moscow’s alleged election interference.
Deripaska says he sued U.S. to stop destruction of his life’s work
Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska said on Friday he had launched a lawsuit to try and force the United States to lift sanctions on his companies because he did not want his life’s work to be destroyed.
Risk of no-deal Brexit recedes further, some banks say
The risk that Britain will leave the European Union without an agreement on March 29 has receded further this week, some banks and asset managers say, citing the UK parliament’s resounding vote to rule out a no-deal Brexit.
‘We don’t see the enemy’ concealed jihadists slow IS defeat
The young Syrian man crossing out of Islamic State’s last enclave in eastern Syria brought confirmation that the fight was still not over despite days of ferocious bombardment by U.S.-backed forces.
North Korea may suspend talks with ‘gangster-like’ U.S., rethink nuclear test freeze
North Korea is considering suspending talks with the United States and may rethink a freeze on missile and nuclear tests unless Washington makes concessions, a senior diplomat said on Friday, according to news reports from the North’s capital.
Suicide attackers strike people quitting Islamic State’s last Syria zone
Three suicide attackers in women’s clothing killed six people leaving the last Islamic State enclave in eastern Syria on Friday in simultaneous blasts, the U.S.-backed forces besieging the area said.
Polish journalist beaten by Venezuelan police: press union
A Polish journalist was beaten by Venezuelan police on Thursday night in the capital, Caracas, the country’s press workers union said on Friday, denouncing harassment of reporters by the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
‘Basil,’ the alarm specialist, jailed over huge UK diamond heist
A 58-year-old man nicknamed “Basil” was jailed for 10 years on Friday after being found guilty of being the final member of a gang of aging criminals who carried out one the most audacious robberies in the annals of British crime.
