Israel releases Muslim cleric arrested after Jerusalem holy site unrest
Israeli police on Sunday arrested and later released a senior Muslim cleric who helps administrate a sacred compound in the Old City, two days after he re-opened a mosque sealed by Israel during a Palestinian uprising in 2003.
North Korea warns U.S. skeptics as Kim heads for summit with Trump
North Korea warned President Donald Trump on Sunday not to listen to U.S. critics who were disrupting efforts to improve ties, as its leader, Kim Jong Un, made his way across China by train to a second summit with Trump in Vietnam.
Irish PM says border backstop cannot have a time limit or unilateral exit clause
Ireland cannot accept a post-Brexit border backstop that has a time limit or a unilateral exit clause, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Sunday.
Austria’s Kurz says best to delay Brexit if UK MPs don’t back it by start of March
Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Sunday that it would be better to postpone Britain’s departure from the European Union if British lawmakers failed to back at the beginning of March the Brexit deal negotiated with Brussels.
Biman Bangladesh flight makes emergency landing after passenger acts suspiciously
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight to Dubai from Chittagong in Bangladesh made an emergency landing back at Chittagong on Sunday after a passenger behaved suspiciously and appeared to be wanting to hijack the plane, a senior official from the airline s…
British PM May seeks more time: promises vote on Brexit deal by March 12
British Prime Minister Theresa May promised on Sunday to offer lawmakers a vote on her Brexit deal by March 12, the latest delay in her attempt to win approval for a plan to ensure Britain’s orderly departure from the European Union.
UK PM May says had good progress on Brexit in talks with EU
Britain and the European Union has made good progress in talks about Brexit and a deal is still within grasp so Britain can leave the bloc as planned on March 29, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday.
At home and abroad, Netanyahu faces backlash for far-right alliance
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has touched off rare criticism from AIPAC, the largest U.S. pro-Israel lobby, over an election alliance with a far-right party loyal to the policies of the late anti-Arab rabbi, Meir Kahane.
Brazil says Maduro’s violence to block Venezuelan aid ‘criminal act’
Brazil on Sunday condemned violence used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government this weekend to block aid shipments from crossing the border, branding it a “criminal act” and calling on the international community to join efforts to “liber…
Germany fails to deport nearly every second asylum seeker
Germany failed to deport 27,000 rejected asylum seekers last year, nearly half of the total 57,000 cases, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Sunday, adding that the government would step up efforts to get those migrants out of the country.
