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.
UK Labour Party says May’s Brexit vote delay is reckless
Britain’s opposition Labour Party said on Sunday that Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to delay a meaningful vote on her Brexit deal was a reckless attempt to force lawmakers to choose between her deal and a disorderly no-deal exit.
Irish chef flips special burgers for Trump-Kim summit in Vietnam
An Irish chef in Hanoi is serving a cheeky menu specially tailored to mark this week’s summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Tunnels, civilians slow capture of Islamic State’s last Syria pocket
More than a thousand foreign jihadists could still be sheltering among civilians in Islamic State’s final stronghold in east Syria, a shred of land riddled with defensive tunnels, an official with the U.S.-backed force trying to defeat them said on Sun…
Sudanese protesters confronted by security forces as Bashir swears in officials
Sudanese security forces fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters in the capital Khartoum and across the river Nile in Omdurman on Sunday, a Reuters witness said.
Security men and metal detectors: Vietnam prepares for Trump-Kim summit
Dozens of North Korean security men with identical haircuts and suits marched off an aircraft at Hanoi airport on Sunday, as Vietnamese soldiers searched through shrubbery outside a posh hotel in the city center days before a North Korea-U.S. summit.
Another delay: Britain’s May promises Brexit vote in parliament by March 12
British Prime Minister Theresa May promised on Sunday to bring a vote on her Brexit deal back to parliament by March 12, the latest delay in her attempts to win approval for a plan to ease Britain’s departure from the European Union.
Cubans go to the polls in high-stakes constitutional referendum
Cubans flocked to the polls on Sunday in a vote expected to approve a new constitution that institutes modest economic and social changes while maintaining the one-party socialist system.
Theresa May makes progress on Brexit as Labour tilts toward a referendum
Prime Minister Theresa May is making progress on winning Brexit concessions from the European Union, a senior minister said on Sunday, as British lawmakers plotted to delay Britain’s March 29 exit and the Labour Party tilted toward another referendum.
