Swedish Centre leader to seek common ground for government: Speaker
The speaker of Sweden’s parliament picked Centre Party leader Annie Loof to try to break the political deadlock with Sweden standing without a government two months after an election dead-heat between the centre-right and centre-left blocs.
Eurosceptic Rees-Mogg: Number of no confidence letters in UK PM May growing
The number of letters of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May being submitted by lawmakers is growing and includes some unexpected people, senior Eurosceptic lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg said on Thursday.
UK lawmakers have not yet submitted enough letters to trigger PM May confidence vote: BBC
British lawmakers in Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party have not yet submitted enough letters to trigger a confidence vote in her, the BBC reported.
UK’s Gove turns down Brexit secretary job: Evening Standard
British environment secretary and prominent Brexiteer Michael Gove has turned down the chance to become Brexit secretary following the resignation of Dominic Raab, the London Evening Standard newspaper reported on Thursday.
After 2,000 miles they crossed the U.S. border; then tragedy struck
The 911 emergency call came in to the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson station around midnight.
UK Conservative lawmaker Rees-Mogg to submit letter of no confidence in PM May
Senior eurosceptic UK Conservative lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg will submit a letter of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday, a spokesman for the influential eurosceptic group of Conservative lawmakers he leads said.
Turkey not satisfied by Saudi prosecutor comments on Khashoggi: minister
Turkey is not satisfied with remarks from Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Ankara’s foreign minister said on Thursday, adding the journalist was targeted in a premeditated killing.
Saudi-led coalition halts Hodeidah assault as West presses for Yemen ceasefire: sources
The Saudi-led coalition has ordered a halt in its offensive against Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen’s main port city Hodeidah, three sources said on Thursday, in an apparent concession to Western pressure to end the war.
Highlights: UK ministers quit over draft Brexit deal, pound and bank stocks tumble
Prime Minister Theresa May battled on Thursday to save a draft divorce deal with the European Union after her Brexit minister, Dominic Raab, and other ministers quit in protest and eurosceptic lawmakers stepped up efforts to topple her.
Brexit has strengthened case for Scottish independence: Sturgeon
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Thursday that Brexit had strengthened the case for Scottish independence.
