Germany risks harming industry with unilateral arms embargoes: minister
Germany risks harming its defense industry with unilateral arms embargoes, such as the one imposed on weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Thursday, underscoring the need for a common European policy.
Germany is prepared for all Brexit scenarios: Finance Minister Scholz
Germany and its customs authority are prepared for all Brexit scenarios, including Britain crashing out of the European Union without a divorce deal setting out future relations, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Thursday.
Exclusive: India wants to keep Iran oil purchases at 300,000 bpd in extended waiver – sources
India wants to keep buying Iranian oil at its current level of about 300,000 barrels per day (bpd), as it negotiates with Washington about extending a waiver of U.S. sanctions past early May, two sources in India with knowledge of the matter said.
Congress matriarch Sonia Gandhi to fight Indian polls from family bastion
Sonia Gandhi, former leader of India’s main opposition Congress party, will contest the 2019 general election from the Rae Bareli seat, a family stronghold in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh that has voted for her since 2004.
Trump’s Venezuela envoy vows sanctions on banks backing Maduro
U.S. President Donald Trump’s special representative for Venezuela pledged on Thursday that Washington would “expand the net” of sanctions on the South American nation, including more on banks supporting President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
EU’s Mogherini condemns expulsion of German ambassador from Caracas
The European Union foreign policy chief condemned Venezuela’s expulsion of Germany’s ambassador to Caracas on Thursday, saying it hampered efforts to find a political solution to the crisis there.
May should ‘of course’ deny another Scottish independence vote: Hunt
Britain’s government should “of course” deny a request for a new referendum on Scottish independence if one is made, foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday, wading into a row about secession fueled by Brexit.
U.S. open to North Korea talks despite missile program activity
U.S. President Donald Trump is open to more talks with North Korea over denuclearization, his national security adviser said on Thursday, despite reports it is reactivating parts of its missile program.
Militants kill seven Iraqi Shi’ite paramilitaries in northern Iraq
Militants ambushed a convoy of pro-government, Shi’ite Muslim paramilitary fighters in northern Iraq on Wednesday night, killing at least seven of them and wounding 30, Iraqi military and police said on Thursday.
Model turned activist Waris Dirie says world is ignoring the crime of FGM
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