Trump uses Fox News appearance to praise Putin as ‘very strong’, while Putin denies having compromising material on president Fresh off a controversial summit that drew widespread condemnation from America and its allies, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump struck a defiant tone in a pair of television interviews that sought ... Read More »
Rome’s hard-line anti-migrant government saw two ships blocked from docking Italy has agreed to let boats carrying rescued refugees dock in Sicily, on the condition that other countries resettle them. Rome’s hard-line anti-refugee government had kept two military ships from docking at Pozzallo until other countries came forward. Germany, Spain ... Read More »
Pro-Brexit backbenchers branded the plans ‘deeply worrying’ amid a brewing revolt in the party Doubt has been cast over Theresa May’s ability to press on with her Brexit proposals after Conservative MPs publicly rounded on them. Brexiteer backbenchers and ex-ministers branded them “deeply worrying” and accused the prime minister of ... Read More »
The United States accused North Korea on Thursday of breaching a U.N. sanctions cap on refined petroleum by making illicit transfers between ships at sea, according to a document seen by Reuters, and demanded an immediate end to all sales of the fuel. The United States submitted the complaint to ... Read More »
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday pressed home a new demand that allies more than double defense spending, but his European counterparts sought to avoid more tension at a NATO summit, saying the president was friendlier than expected. Leaders’ low expectations showed the extent of European frustration with Trump’s “America ... Read More »
Senator Frances Black says the bill should show Ireland to be on the right side of ‘international law, human rights and justice’ Ireland has moved a step closer towards banning Israeli products which are produced in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill passed through ... Read More »
Several hundred suicide bombers and 4,000 fighters belonging to Isis are preparing to defend Hajin in eastern Syria close to the border with Iraq. The town is the last stronghold of the Islamic State, the militarised Islamic cult that three years ago controlled territory the size of Great Britain. The ... Read More »
Iran will stop oil exports from the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil chokepoint, if the U.S. succeeds in halting crude sales from the Persian Gulf nation, a Revolutionary Guards official said. “Any hostile attempt by the U.S. will be followed by an exorbitant cost for them,” said ... Read More »
Beleaguered chancellor gives first speech to parliament since meeting with interior minister Angela Merkel has sought to defend her government’s migration policy in her first speech to parliament since a showdown with the interior minister, Horst Seehofer, over the policing of Germany’s borders. The German chancellor spoke up for the ... Read More »
Intelligence committee finds ‘further support’ to conclusion that Vladimir Putin and his government aimed to boost Trump A Republican-controlled Senate panel has said that further evidence has been found to support a US intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to help elect Donald Trump. The Senate ... Read More »
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