Lebanese government will be formed ‘very soon’: president
Lebanon’s president said on Thursday a government would be formed very soon as political parties intensified negotiations to break a deadlock more than five months after elections.
Election thumping on the cards for Merkel coalition parties: poll
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) both face a drubbing in a regional election on Oct. 28 that risks further weakening their crisis-prone national government, a poll showed on Thursday.
With transition talk, Britain’s May tries to unlock Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May signaled on Thursday she would consider extending a so-called transition period “for a matter of months” after Britain leaves the European Union, a move her critics say is a betrayal of Brexit.
Hungary PM Orban backs Germany’s Weber for top EU job
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is backing Germany’s Manfred Weber to be the centre-right’s candidate to head the European Commission, national news agency MTI quoted Orban’s cabinet chief Antal Rogan as saying on Thursday.
Dutch call off Saudi trips due to concern over missing journalist
Dutch Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra on Thursday pulled out of next week’s investment summit in Riyadh and a Dutch trade mission to Saudi Arabia in November was put on hold over concerns about the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
France sends mixed signals over Saudi ties after Khashoggi affair
France pulled its finance minister out of a Saudi investment conference on Thursday in response to the unexplained disappearance of a journalist but voiced confidence that relations between the allies would not be hurt.
Turkey searches Saudi consulate again, as French, Dutch ministers cancel Riyadh trip
Turkey searched the Saudi consulate in Istanbul for a second time overnight as part of a probe into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, while the French and Dutch finance ministers pulled out of a Riyadh investment summit amid global criti…
Russia and Turkey give more time for Idlib deal in Syria: U.N.
Russia and Turkey plan to give more time for the implementation of their de-escalation deal in the Syrian province of Idlib, a “great relief” for an area of 3 million civilians, U.N. humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland told reporters on Thursday.
Special Report: Why Poland fell out of step with Europe
By Lidia Kelly, Justyna Pawlak and Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk
UK is considering other ideas to break Brexit deadlock: PM May’s spokeswoman
Britain is considering other ways of making progress in Brexit negotiations with the European Union, not just a mooted extension to the transition period, Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokeswoman told reporters on Thursday.
