Italy swears in new pro-EU cabinet

President Sergio Mattarella yesterday swore in Italy’s new pro-European government, heralding a fresh start for the eurozone’s third largest economy as the far-right falls from power. Brussels warmly welcomed the coalition between the anti-establishment Five Star Movement
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Give support or deal with refugees

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday warned Turkey would be forced to open the doors to Syrian refugees fleeing to Europe if Ankara did not get more international support.
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM

British PM Johnson's own brother resigns on eve of Brexit election campaign

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to kick off what is in effect an election campaign casting parliament as the enemy of Brexit was overshadowed on Thursday when his younger brother quit the government, citing the national interest.
5 September 2019, 11:58 AM

UK Brexit team faces sceptical EU

British and European customs and border experts meet today for technical talks, as Boris Johnson’s government struggles to convince anyone it is serious about negotiating a revised Brexit withdrawal deal.
4 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Opponents of 'no-deal' Brexit defeat UK PM Johnson

British lawmakers defeated UK PM Boris Johnson in parliament in a bid to prevent him taking Britain out of the EU without a divorce agreement, prompting the prime minister to announce that he would immediately push for a snap election.
4 September 2019, 04:31 AM

UN probe alleges war crimes in Yemen

Horrific rights violations, including killings, torture and sexual violence, are being committed with impunity by all sides in Yemen’s brutal
3 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Quick win for Zelenskiy

Ukrainian lawmakers voted to strip themselves of immunity from prosecution yesterday, fulfilling an anti-corruption election promise
3 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Brexit Showdown: UK PM loses majority in parliament

Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday lost his working majority in parliament ahead of a showdown with rebel MPs over Brexit that could lead to a snap election within weeks.
3 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Italian parties agree agenda to form govt

Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and centre-left Democratic Party (PD) unveiled a shared policy programme yesterday for their mooted coalition, putting an expansionary 2020 budget at the top of their agenda.
3 September 2019, 18:00 PM

US, France, UK may be complicit in war crimes

The United States, Britain and France may be complicit in war crimes in Yemen by arming and providing intelligence and logistics support to a Saudi-led coalition that starves civilians as a war tactic, the United Nations said yesterday.
3 September 2019, 18:00 PM

UK yet to show plan to revise Brexit deal: EU

Britain has made no concrete proposals on revising the Brexit agreement, and the prospect of a divorce without a deal remains "a very distinct possibility", the EU says.
3 September 2019, 11:40 AM

34 trapped on burning boat off California

Rescuers yesterday scrambled to reach as many as 34 people trapped below the deck of a burning commercial scuba-dive boat off the
2 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Dorian pounds Bahamas

Hurricane Dorian battered the Bahamas with ferocious wind and rain on Sunday, the monstrous Category 5 storm wrecking towns and
2 September 2019, 18:00 PM

UK PM threatens rebels with party expulsion

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson raised the stakes yesterday in a pivotal week of the Brexit saga by threatening to purge ruling party lawmakers
2 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Bloc won’t change deal

EU negotiator Michel Barnier said in an interview published yesterday the bloc will not change the divorce deal agreed with Britain as
1 September 2019, 18:00 PM

German leader asks Poland’s forgiveness for WW2

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier yesterday asked Poland’s forgiveness for history’s bloodiest conflict during a ceremony in the
1 September 2019, 18:00 PM

One dead, eight injured in French knife rampage

A man wielding a skewer and knife went on the rampage in the French city of Lyon on Saturday, leaving a 19-year-old man dead and
1 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Pope got stuck in Vatican lift, freed by fireman

Pope Francis said yesterday he was late to his weekly Angelus prayer because he had been stuck in a Vatican elevator and had to be freed
1 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Dorian becomes Category 3 hurricane

Hurricane Dorian strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane on Friday as it churned across the Atlantic Ocean on a collision course with
31 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Bolsonaro fuels spat with Europe, fires soar

President Jair Bolsonaro has said that Europe has “nothing to teach” Brazil about preserving the environment, as the country aligns
31 August 2019, 18:00 PM