UK PM May heads to Brussels on Wednesday for Brexit talks
British Prime Minister Theresa May will travel to Brussels on Wednesday evening to meet European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker as part of talks on future ties after Brexit, her office said on Tuesday.
Russia says Moscow and Ankara must take swift decisions on Syria’s Idlib: agencies
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told his Turkish counterpart on Tuesday that Moscow and Ankara needed to take swift decisions to support a demilitarized zone in Syria’s Idlib Province.
Italian police confiscate Mafia villas in Rome swoop
Italian police on Tuesday confiscated eight luxury villas illegally built in Rome by its most infamous and entrenched Mafia clan in dawn raids involving some 600 police.
UK’s top court rejects government bid to stop ECJ hearing Brexit reversal case
Britain’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a last ditch bid by the British government to stop Europe’s top court from considering a case which seeks to determine whether London can unilaterally reverse Brexit.
DUP’s Wilson says his party will work to defeat UK PM May’s Brexit deal
Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party which props up British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government will focus on trying to kill off her draft Brexit deal, the party’s Brexit spokesman said on Tuesday.
China believes Maldives will make ‘correct choice’ on trade deal
China believes the Maldives will make the “correct choice” to continue with a bilateral free trade deal, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, after a Maldives politician said the tiny nation would pull out of the pact.
Saudi Arabia and UAE announce $500 million aid program for Yemen
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which together lead a coalition of Arab states fighting against in Yemen against the Houthi movement that controls the capital, pledged a new $500 million food aid program for Yemen on Tuesday.
China blames ‘excuses’ for APEC discord, as U.S. ties sour again
The failure of the countries attending a major Asia-Pacific summit to agree on a communique resulted from certain countries “excusing” protectionism, a top Chinese diplomat said, in a veiled criticism of Washington that further sours China-U.S. ties ah…
Kremlin accuses U.S. senators of trying to meddle in Interpol election
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a statement by a group of U.S. senators opposing the election of a Russian candidate to head international police organization Interpol amounted to election meddling.
UK PM May appeals to Northern Ireland voters to back Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May made a direct appeal to Northern Irish voters on Tuesday to back her Brexit deal, writing in the Belfast Telegraph that the deal would put the region in a “fantastic position.”
