Brexiteer Arron Banks joins Conservatives to help elect hardline leader
Arron Banks, who bankrolled one of the main campaigns for Britain leaving the EU, has joined the Conservative Party after calling on his supporters to follow his lead in an attempt to elect a hardline Brexiteer in any future party leadership contest.
UK food exports to EU may be stalled by ‘no deal’ Brexit: NFU
Britain could be barred from exporting some food to the European Union for months if it leaves the bloc without a deal, the National Farmers Union said on Thursday after the government published reports on that scenario.
Catholic conference hears appeal for Church to welcome gay people
A Catholic conference on family issues that Pope Francis is due to address this weekend heard a plea from a U.S. priest on Thursday for the Church to welcome gay members, who he said had been made to feel like lepers.
Pompeo to travel to North Korea with new special representative
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit North Korea again next week to try to persuade it to abandon its nuclear weapons, and will take a new U.S. special representative, Stephen Biegun, with him in an attempt to break the deadlock.
U.S. is committed to Canada, Saudi Arabia ties amid spat: State Dept.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland that the United States was committed to its close partnerships with both Canada and Saudi Arabia, his spokeswoman said on Thursday amid a diplomatic spat between the t…
Russia says still waiting for Kabul to respond to Taliban talks invitation
The Afghan government has not yet responded to Russia’s invitation to take part in peace talks on Afghanistan that will include the Taliban, the TASS news agency quoted Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on Thursday.
British Airways to suspend flights between London and Tehran
British Airways said on Thursday it is suspending flights between London and Tehran because they are not commercially viable.
Iran’s envoy to UK regrets British Airways decision to suspend Tehran flights
Iran’s top envoy to Britain said on Thursday a decision by British Airways to suspend flights to Tehran from September was regrettable.
Egypt arrests leading Sisi political opponents: security sources
Egyptian authorities arrested three leading opposition figures on Thursday including a former senior diplomat who had called for a referendum on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government, security sources said.
U.N. team, approved a year ago, starts work on IS crimes in Iraq
A U.N. investigative team that will collect and preserve evidence of acts by Islamic State in Iraq that may be war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide started work this week, nearly a year after the Security Council created it.
