Italy breaks up smuggling ring run by Islamic State sympathizer
Italian police seized eight men on Wednesday behind a speedboat smuggling ring that ran people, including possible jihadists, to Sicily from Tunisia, investigators said.
Getting Brexit deal through UK parliament will be challenging: business minister
It’s going to be “clearly challenging” to pass Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal with the European Union through the British parliament, Business Minister Greg Clark said on Wednesday.
UN asks Australia to consider resettling Saudi teen who fled family
Australia is considering taking in a 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled to Thailand saying she feared her family would kill her, after the U.N. refugee agency referred her case for consideration, the Australian government said on Wednesday.
Cryptocurrency ransom demanded for missing wife of Norwegian businessman
The wife of a wealthy Norwegian businessman has gone missing in a rare suspected kidnapping and her family has received a ransom demand to be paid in cryptocurrency, police said on Wednesday.
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo meets Iraqi Speaker in Baghdad
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Iraqi Speaker of Parliament Mohammed al-Halbousi in Baghdad on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Speaker’s office.
Malta to allow rescue ships to dock, migrants distributed in EU: PM
Malta will allow two ships that have been stranded at sea for weeks with 49 migrants on board to dock, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Wednesday, adding that they will then be re-distributed among eight European Union countries.
As Brexit debate begins, PM fails to win over Northern Irish kingmakers
British Prime Minister Theresa May failed on Wednesday to persuade the Northern Irish party that props up her government to back her Brexit deal, just hours before lawmakers were due to resume debate on the divorce agreement.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with U.S. troops, Iraqi leaders on Iraq visit
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Iraq on Wednesday, where he met with American troops and Iraqi leaders to reassure them about a U.S. military withdrawal from Syria and warn that Iran remains a regional security threat.
Iran says Taliban must have Afghan role, but can’t dominate
The Taliban must have a role in Afghanistan in future, Iran’s foreign minister said on Wednesday, but added that the hardline Islamist group should not have a dominant role.Efforts for a negotiated settlement of the 18-year war in Afghanistan have gath…
Austria: Should consider extending Brexit deadline if deal fails to pass UK parliament
If a deal on Britain’s departure from the European Union fails to get through the British parliament, the EU and Britain would need to sound out other options such as extending the Brexit deadline beyond March 29, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz sai…
