EU proposes emergency measures for students, pensions, projects if UK crashes out
Students could finish exchange programs, existing EU projects could still get funding and EU workers in Britain could continue to accrue pension benefits at home under emergency measures proposed by the EU executive on Wednesday to limit disruption if …
Britain’s Labour has no confidence in PM winning Brexit changes: spokesman
Britain’s main opposition Labour Party has no confidence Prime Minister Theresa May can achieve the kind of changes she has promised parliament to win it over to her deal to leave the European Union, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
Factbox: Risk of no-deal Brexit still seen low, delay likelier, banks say
The risk that Britain will crash out of the EU without an agreement is low but rising, while the likelihood that it will delay Brexit is growing, banking analysts said on Wednesday after mixed messages from votes in parliament.
Irish PM says no plans for emergency EU Brexit summit
There are no plans or pressure to hold an emergency summit of European Union leaders to discuss British Prime Minister Theresa May’s wish to renegotiate her Brexit divorce deal, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday.
Britain, EU ‘running out of road’ on Brexit: Irish foreign minister
Brexit negotiators are “running out of road” to avoid a scenario where Britain crashes out of the European Union without a deal, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Wednesday.
UK PM May looking at three ideas from Irish backstop renegotiation: spokesman
British Prime Minister Theresa May is considering three possible alternative arrangements to the so-called Irish backstop, her spokesman told reporters on Wednesday.
Roadblocks cast shadow over path to peace in Afghanistan
U.S. diplomats and the Afghan Taliban have seen cause for hope in talks to end the United States’ longest war, but the pivotal issues of a ceasefire and the militants sitting down with the Afghan government are far from being resolved.
Sudan opposition leader’s daughter detained as professors protest
Security forces detained the daughter of Sudanese opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi on Wednesday, her family said, as anti-government protests spread to the capital’s main university.
Lebanese politicians believe government will be formed this week
Lebanon appeared to move closer to forming a new government on Wednesday after months of wrangling, with politicians from rival political factions indicating they believed it would happen this week.
Venezuela’s Maduro says Trump out to kill him, Russia seeks talks
Venezuela’s socialist leader Nicolas Maduro accused U.S. President Donald Trump of ordering his assassination while his main global backer Russia called on Wednesday for mediation in a standoff deepening geopolitical splits.
