Brexit deal ‘possible’ in 6-8 weeks if sides ‘realistic’: Barnier
The European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told a forum in Slovenia on Monday that a divorce deal with Britain could be agreed in six to eight weeks if negotiators are realistic in their demands.
Dozens killed in heavy fighting in northern Afghanistan
Security forces clashed with Taliban fighters in key locations in northern Afghanistan on Monday, with dozens of people killed and the city of Sar-e Pul threatened by insurgents, officials said.
EU leaders expected to hold special Brexit summit on Nov. 13 – Guardian
European leaders are expected next week to announce that they will hold an extraordinary Brexit summit in November, the Guardian newspaper reported. It said the summit would most likely be held on Nov. 13.
Sweden seeks way out of political gridlock after far-right gains
Swedish political parties face weeks of haggling to form a government after voters delivered a hung parliament on Sunday, with the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats saying they hold the balance of power.
Gunmen attack headquarters of Libya’s state oil firm, two staff killed
Several armed men attacked the headquarters of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) in the capital Tripoli on Monday, killing at least two staff members, a security official said.
Egypt says 11 suspected militants killed in Sinai
Egyptian security forces killed 11 suspected militants in an exchange of fire in the North Sinai town of al-Arish, the official MENA state news agency reported on Monday.
More than 30,000 displaced in Syria’s Idlib in latest offensive: U.N.
More than 30,000 people have so far fled their homes in northwest Syria since Syrian government and allied forces resumed air and ground bombardments there last week, the U.N. agency coordinating relief efforts said on Monday.
Kazakh leader replaces chief of staff
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev dismissed his chief of staff Adilbek Zhaksybekov on Monday, replacing him with the mayor of the capital Astana, Aset Isekeshev.
States are flouting right to encrypted messaging: U.N. expert
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EU’s Barnier says Brexit deal with Britain ‘realistic’ in 6-8 weeks
The European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told a forum in Slovenia on Monday that it was “realistic” to expect a divorce deal with Britain in six to eight weeks, the British embassy to Slovenia said on Twitter.
