Beyond the rhetoric, Britain, EU preparing to move forward on Brexit
“Unworkable”, “unacceptable”, “impasse” – the words used to describe Brexit talks between Britain and the European Union do little to temper concerns that the two are heading for a chaotic divorce.
Northern Irish DUP leader: We cannot accept different regulations to rest of UK
The leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), on whose support British Prime Minister Theresa May relies on to govern, said she could no accept different regulation in the province to the rest of the UK after Brexit.
France seizes Iranian assets in retaliation for bomb plot
France seized assets belonging to Iran’s intelligence services and two Iranian nationals in response to a June plot to attack an exiled Iranian opposition group’s rally outside Paris, the government said on Tuesday.
Romania’s vote to rule out same sex marriage stirs hate, say LGBT groups
Gay bar owner and novelist Alex Andronic fears a referendum this weekend in Romania that aims to prevent same sex couples ever securing the right to marry not only darkens his future, it will also stir an intolerable level of hate and discrimination.
British PM May backs heterosexual civil partnerships
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday that heterosexual couples will be allowed to enter into a civil partnership, previously a union only available to those of the same sex.
Germany to stop reconnaissance missions over Iraq, Syria: document
Germany will next year end its reconnaissance and air-to-air refueling missions that are part of U.S.-led operations against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the government decided on Tuesday, a document seen by Reuters showed.
Germany agrees on immigration law to tackle labor shortages
Germany’s coalition parties agreed on a new immigration law on Tuesday to attract more skilled workers from countries outside the European Union, in a politically risky push to fill a record number of job vacancies and stabilize the public pension syst…
French police raid Muslim club in counter-terrorism swoop
French police raided a Muslim faith center and arrested three of its leaders for illegal weapons possession in pre-dawn swoops on Tuesday that government officials said were prompted by suspicion of links to terrorist organizations.
Libya’s Haftar still supports elections but sees others stalling
Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, a key figure in the future of the troubled North African country, still supports plans for national elections in December but says other players are not fulfilling their part for the vote to take place.
Laser scientists win Nobel physics prize for tools made of light
A trio of American, French and Canadian scientists won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for breakthroughs in laser technology that have turned light beams into precision tools for everything from eye surgery to micro-machining.
