Qatar agrees to buy London’s Grosvenor House hotel: source
Qatar has agreed to buy one of London’s most famous hotels, the Grosvenor House, as energy revenue enables the wealthy Gulf state to go on a buying spree despite a blockade by its neighbors.
No deal yet as Irish border holds up Brexit, EU and UK say
A Brexit deal is close but not yet done due to differences over the Irish border, Britain and the European Union said on Tuesday as sterling see-sawed on contrasting perceptions of how hard it will be for Prime Minister Theresa May to clinch an agreeme…
Barnier insists on ‘all-weather’ Irish backstop
A “backstop” arrangement for avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland whatever happens after Brexit is a condition for any EU withdrawal agreement with Britain, EU negotiator Michel Barnier said on Tuesday.
Fighting between Colombia rebels and gang displaced 850 people: mayor
Fighting between Colombia’s ELN rebel group and a crime gang for control of a drug trafficking area in the eastern part of the country has displaced 850 people, including some 400 children, a local official said on Tuesday.
Israel braces for general strike on Wednesday, government says may be averted
Israel’s main public sector union said it would go ahead with a planned general strike on Wednesday that would shut down airports, banks and all government offices, in protest over what it says is state inaction over construction site deaths.
Lebanon minister apologizes to Egypt for insulting its cleanliness
Lebanon’s tourism minister has apologized to Egypt after criticizing the country’s cleanliness and living conditions in a newspaper interview, Lebanon’s state news agency NNA said.
Britain says no special Brexit cabinet meeting scheduled yet
British Prime Minister Theresa May has not scheduled an additional cabinet meeting for this week, her spokesman said on Tuesday, but senior ministers would meet again when the time is right to approve a Brexit withdrawal agreement.
Stoltenberg says NATO committed to Afghan mission despite attacks
Security problems and a spate of insider attacks on NATO troops in Afghanistan will not affect the alliance’s commitment to building Afghan forces capable of making the Taliban accept a negotiated end to the war, NATO’s top official said on Tuesday.
After Macron, EU executive echoes EU army call
An EU army is likely to be formed one day, the European Commission said on Tuesday after French President Emmanuel Macron called for a “real European army” to reduce dependence on the United States.
France arrests six over plot to attack Macron: official
French police on Tuesday arrested five men and a woman, all from the radical far right, suspected of plotting to attack French President Emmanuel Macron, an official close to the investigation said.
