U.S. urges immediate end to hostilities in Yemen
The State Department called for the immediate cessation of hostilities in Yemen and urged the warring sides to return to U.N.-backed peace talks to end the 3-1/2-year conflict.
UK Brexit ministry says no set date for EU negotiations to end
Britain’s Brexit ministry said on Wednesday that there was no set date for Brexit talks to end and Nov. 21 was simply the date lawmakers proposed Brexit secretary Dominic Raab should appear before a Brexit committee.
Saudis release Filipina cleaners held after police raid on Halloween party
Saudi Arabia has released 19 Filipina women detained in a raid on a Halloween party in Riyadh, a senior diplomat said on Wednesday, which the authorities said was prompted by complaints of loud music and frightening costumes.
Brazil’s Maggi opposes merging agriculture and environment ministries: spokeswoman
Brazilian Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi is against President-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s proposed merger of the agriculture and the environment ministries, which would cause losses to the country, his spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Mattis rejects criticism of sending U.S. troops to border
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday rejected criticism that deploying thousands of troops to the border with Mexico was a political stunt.
Austria to shun global migration pact, fearing creep in human rights
Austria will follow the United States and Hungary in backing out of a United Nations migration pact over concerns it will blur the line between legal and illegal migration, the right-wing government said on Wednesday.
Conservative contenders vie to overturn Merkel’s centrism
Two leading contenders to replace Angela Merkel when the German chancellor bows out as leader of the Christian Democrats set out their stalls on Wednesday, promising to give new definition to a party grown centrist over her two decades at the helm.
Former Italian soccer star sentenced in mafia trial
An Italian court on Wednesday sentenced former national soccer star Vincenzo Iaquinta to two years in jail and his father, Giuseppe, to 19 years at the end of a trial of almost 150 people for alleged mafia links.
PM May’s spokesman: No comment on Nov. 21 Brexit deal date, want agreement soon
Prime Minster Theresa May’s spokesman declined to say whether an EU exit deal was expected by Nov. 21, as indicated in a letter by her Brexit minister Dominic Raab earlier on Wednesday, but said government was working to get a deal as soon as possible….
Brexit deal should be done by Nov. 21, UK’s Raab says
A Brexit deal is now firmly in sight and should be finalised by November 21, Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said in a week-old letter to a lawmaker published on Wednesday that briefly sent sterling sharply higher.
