PM May to be given floor on Brexit before EU leaders dinner on Wednesday
Leaders of the other 27 EU member states will listen to British Prime Minister Theresa May give her view of the Brexit talks before they discuss among themselves how to proceed at a summit dinner on Wednesday, a senior EU official said on Tuesday.
Syria’s Assad plans Crimea visit, in talks about passenger flights: agencies
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has tentative plans to visit Crimea in April 2019 and is in talks about starting regular passenger flights between Syria and the Black Sea peninsula, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday.
Dozens of Afghan police killed or wounded as election nears
Dozens of Afghan police were killed or wounded in heavy fighting in northern and central provinces overnight, officials said on Tuesday, just days before parliamentary elections which the insurgents have promised to disrupt.
Russian officials meet Saudi crown prince to discuss Syria
A Russian delegation of foreign and defense ministry officials traveled to Saudi Arabia and met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss the crisis in Syria, the Russian foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
UK’s Callanan says any customs arrangement with EU must be temporary
Britain would not accept a border in the Irish sea and any customs deal with the European Union would only be temporary, the British minister of state for Brexit said on Tuesday.
Latvian foreign minister says there is still time for Brexit deal
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said on Tuesday there is still time to reach a deal on Brexit even if it is not finalized this week.
Twelve injured in company incident in Germany: police
Twelve people were injured in an accident involving hazardous goods at a company in Sternenfels, western Germany, on Tuesday, police said.
UK PM May risks no-confidence vote on Brexit, eurosceptics warn: Telegraph
Hardline eurosceptics in British Prime Minister Theresa May’s party are threatening a vote of no confidence in her leadership within the next couple of weeks, unless she drops her “Chequers” plans for Brexit, the Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday.
Macron moves ruling party chief to Interior Ministry in reshuffle
French President Emmanuel Macron reshuffled his government on Tuesday, naming loyalist and head of his ruling party Christophe Castaner to the post of interior minister.
Brexit negotiation going in right direction: Austrian EU minister
The Austrian EU Minister, Gernot Blumel, said on Tuesday that Brexit negotiation dynamics were going in the right direction, however there was not enough for a compromise yet.
