Italian cabinet to approve 2019 budget on Monday: Di Maio
The cabinet will approve Italy’s 2019 budget on Monday, five days before the official deadline for presenting the financial package, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday.
Brexit backstop talks likely to continue till November: British PM
Talks between Britain and the European Union on the crucial question of how to avoid a hard border in Ireland are likely to continue until November, British Prime Minister Theresa May told reporters on Thursday.
Ukraine wins approval for historic split from Russian church
Ukraine secured approval on Thursday to establish an independent church in what Kiev says is a vital step against Russian meddling in its affairs, but the Russian clergy fiercely opposes as the biggest split in Christianity for a thousand years.
Jordan PM reshuffles cabinet as IMF reforms in focus
Jordanian Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz announced a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday as the government looks to push through reforms intended to revive stagnant economic growth and cut public expenditure.
U.S. Navy returns to Israeli port in sign of ‘deep alliance’
A U.S. Navy warship has docked in the southern Israeli port of Ashdod, the first such visit there in almost 20 years, in what officials from both sides hailed as a sign of their strong ties in the face of shared adversaries like Iran.
U.S. senator: journalist’s death may merit sanctions at ‘highest’ level of Saudi government
The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Thursday that sanctions would have to be imposed at the “highest levels” of the Saudi government if it were found that the government was behind the disappearance and reported death of…
Russian Orthodox Church to break ties with Constantinople: Interfax
The Russian Orthodox Church will have to break eucharistical relations with Constantinople over a split with Ukraine’s Orthodox Church, Alexander Volkov, spokesman for Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, was quoted as saying by Interfax on Thursday.
Turkey accepts Saudi offer to form joint working group to investigate missing journalist: Anadolu
Turkey has accepted a Saudi proposal to form a joint working group to investigate the case of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin was quoted as saying on Thursday by Anadolu agency.
Egyptian military court sentences 17 to death over church bombings
An Egyptian military court sentenced 17 people to death on Thursday for their involvement in bombing attacks on three churches and a police checkpoint in 2016 and 2017 that killed more than 80 people, the state news agency MENA reported.
DUP leader says May ‘could not in good conscience’ back EU border plan
British Prime Minister Theresa May “could not in good conscience” back an EU proposal for checks on goods being imported to Northern Ireland from Britain, the head of the party that props up her government said on Thursday.
