Hungary’s Orban vows to defy EU pressure ahead of unprecedented vote
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told the European Parliament on Tuesday he would not bow to EU “blackmail” as lawmakers prepared to vote on whether to punish Budapest for eroding democracy.
Iraqi Kurds gear up for elections hoping to end turmoil
Campaigning began in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan on Tuesday for parliamentary elections that Kurds hope will help end months of turmoil, a year after the region of six million made a failed bid to break away from the rest of the country.
Ireland says Trump’s first visit to Ireland postponed
Donald Trump’s first visit to Ireland as U.S. president has been postponed from November “for scheduling reasons,” a spokesman for Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday.
Russia says it is important to create conditions to continue Iranian oil exports
Russia believes it is important to create the conditions to continue Iranian oil exports to external markets, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in remarks published by RIA news agency on Tuesday.
Extension for BoE’s Carney will help response to possible no-deal Brexit: Hammond
Bank of England governor Mark Carney would have been poorly placed to handle the fallout from a no-deal Brexit had he left the role in June next year as previously planned, Britain’s finance minister Philip Hammond said on Tuesday.
Hungary signed EU treaties, must observe EU laws: Commission
Hungary has signed European Union treaties and therefore must observe EU laws on the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights, the First Vice President of the European Commission told the European Parliament on Tuesday.
Protesters arrive at Bedouin village as Israeli demolition looms
When the residents of Khan al-Ahmar awoke on Tuesday morning, they were greeted by the sight of five brand new shacks on the outskirts of their village, a cluster of tumbledown huts on a desert hillside in the occupied West Bank.
Wrong Brexit will cost tens of thousands of car jobs, warns Jaguar boss
The wrong Brexit deal could cost tens of thousands of car jobs and risks production at Britain’s biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover, its boss warned, adding he had no idea if his plants could function after Britain quits the European Union.
Zimbabwe opposition leader plans mock inauguration in challenge to president
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa may take a mock presidential oath on Saturday, his spokesman said, three weeks after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was inaugurated following a court decision upholding his disputed election victory.
Brexit deal ‘doable’ in 6-8 weeks, Britain’s Hammond says
A Brexit deal can be agreed in the next 6-8 weeks, British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Tuesday, but there would not be enough time to have a legally precise text on the UK’s future relationship with the bloc once it leaves.
