Lawyers ditch Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam
Two lawyers representing Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving suspect in the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris, said they will no longer defend him in a television interview in France on Wednesday....
View ArticleLoud Russia sanctions critics less harmed: report
Some of the EU countries that are among the loudest opponents to the bloc’s sanctions against Russia have experienced the lowest export losses, according to a report released Wednesday. Greece and...
View ArticleMartin McGuinness: Brexit a ‘disaster’ for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland should get special associate or membership status of the EU or it will “suffer big time” after the U.K. leaves the bloc, its deputy first minister told the Guardian in an interview...
View ArticleBerlin to host Ukraine crisis summit
Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine will attend a summit in Berlin on Wednesday to discuss the implementation of the Minsk peace accords for Ukraine, the French presidency said Tuesday. German...
View ArticleEU ambassador: CETA hasn’t killed Australia trade deal hopes
CANBERRA — The EU’s rough path towards forging a trade agreement with Canada and the growing backlash against globalization in European countries has not sunk Australia’s chance of forging a pact with...
View ArticleAustralia pivots to the EU
CANBERRA, Australia — The world faces a time of “great uncertainty,” a “more assertive” Russia, extremist non-state actors and “disillusionment with trade liberalization,” highlighting the need for a...
View ArticleTheresa May warned companies could leave UK post-Brexit
Before becoming prime minister and a month ahead of the Brexit vote, Theresa May spoke of the potential economic hit the U.K. would take if it left the EU and argued remaining was a boon for trade and...
View ArticleDavid Cameron inks book deal
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron will spend the next year writing an autobiography about his time at No. 10, the Guardian reported Wednesday. The book will cover the ex-PM’s personal life,...
View ArticleUK launches gun blitz to prevent Paris-style terror attack
Two of the U.K.’s top crime agencies launched an appeal for information that could prevent jihadis accessing guns to carry out terror attacks. The campaign by the National Crime Agency and National...
View ArticleHow the British press reacted to High Court Brexit ruling
Thursday’s bombshell High Court’s decision that Theresa May must get approval from parliament before formally withdrawing from the European Union had many of the country’s newspapers exploding with...
View ArticlePro-Russia candidate deals PM blow in Bulgarian election
A former air force commander viewed as sympathetic to Russia beat out Prime Minister Boyko Borisov’s nominee in the first round of Bulgaria’s presidential election Sunday, AFP reported. Rumen Radev,...
View ArticleRussia’s boom (farming) economy
The Kremlin claims it has won the sanctions war with the West — and points to the good news coming out of its agriculture sector. It is half right. When the West slapped sanctions on Russia in 2014 and...
View ArticleRussia cheers Trump victory
The state duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, erupted in applause Wednesday as Republican Donald Trump was declared the winner of the U.S. election. “Hillary Clinton has admitted defeat in the...
View Article‘Dump Trump’ protests sweep America
Thousands of Americans took to the streets in cities around the U.S. Wednesday night to protest against Donald Trump’s shock win in the presidential election. Demonstrations took place in New York, Los...
View ArticleGrenade attack on French embassy in Athens
Greek counter-terrorism police are investigating a grenade thrown at the French embassy in Athens that injured a police officer Thursday morning, AP reported. Two motorcycle-riding assailants were...
View ArticleRubik loses his cube
Europe’s top court has stripped the Rubik’s Cube of some of its EU trademark protection, opening the door for manufacturers to replicate the puzzle. The European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday the...
View ArticleNigel Farage to be UK’s unofficial Trump go-between: report
British ministers intend to use UKIP leader Nigel Farage to build ties with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, local media reported. While Number 10 denied Farage would represent British Prime Minister...
View ArticleSome MPs ready to vote against Brexit
Several lawmakers from the Liberal Democrats, Labour and Social Democratic and Labour Party are prepared to vote against Britain’s exit from the EU unless certain conditions are met, the BBC reported...
View ArticleAbdeslam smuggled at least 10 terrorists into Belgium: report
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam helped at least 10 ISIL fighters cross into Belgium, indicating he had a bigger role in the terror plot than previously thought, local media reported Friday. Six of...
View ArticleBrexit backlash sees Lib Dems pull off by-election win
The Liberal Democrats overcame a 23,000 Conservative majority to secure the southwest London seat of Richmond Park in a shock by-election win Thursday that is widely seen as a de facto verdict on...
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