Slovakia elects first female president

The election of Zuzana Caputova as Slovakia's first female president was greeted yesterday as a vote for change, with the anti-graft
31 March 2019

Turks vote in test for Erdogan

Turks voted yesterday in local elections which President Tayyip Erdogan has described as a matter of survival for Turkey and which
31 March 2019

May seeks fourth Brexit vote

British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to bring her EU withdrawal bill back to Parliament for a fourth vote, according to reports in UK media.
30 March 2019

Brexit still deadlocked

The British government said it intended to bring back Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a third vote in parliament on Friday to avoid a chaotic no-deal divorce from the EU.
28 March 2019

Prince William to visit NZ to honour victims

Prince William will visit victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings next month, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced yesterday on the eve of a national remembrance service being held in the grieving South Island city.
28 March 2019

MPS BREXIT VOTE : THE OPTIONS

Several of the proposals advocate Britain remaining in the EU customs union -- likely after adopting May's
27 March 2019

Will quit if Brexit deal passes

Theresa May has promised Tory MPs she will stand down if they back her deal.
27 March 2019

2018 was Germany's hottest year on record

Germany recorded its warmest year in 2018, a period also marked by a drought lasting months, the country's DWD weather service said
26 March 2019

Mexico demands apology for abuses, Spain says no

The 500-year-old wounds of the Spanish conquest have been ripped open afresh with Mexico's president urging Spain and the Vatican to apologise for their "abuses" -- a request Madrid said it "firmly rejects".
26 March 2019

Brexit in disarray

Britain's parliament sought a new Brexit approach yesterday after seizing the initiative from Prime Minister Theresa May in a historic vote taken to stave off a looming "no-deal" divorce.
26 March 2019

Russia sends troops, cargo to Venezuela

Two Russian military planes delivered troops and equipment to Venezuela over the weekend, Russian state news agency Sputnik reported
25 March 2019

'Time's up, Theresa'?

Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday battled to keep control of Britain's exit from the European Union as some in her party called on her to quit and parliament plotted to wrest Brexit away from the government.
25 March 2019

NZ to hold nat'l remembrance service for victims next Friday

New Zealand will hold a national remembrance service for victims of the Christchurch massacre on March 29, the government
24 March 2019

Brexit mayday?

The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union was in disarray yesterday as Prime Minister Theresa May faced a possible plot by
24 March 2019

2 men arrested over UK mosque attacks

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of "racially aggravated criminal damage" after windows at five mosques in Britain's second city Birmingham were smashed earlier this week, police said Friday.
23 March 2019

Thousands demand new vote

Thousands of people opposed to Britain's withdrawal from the European Union marched through central London yesterday to demand a new referendum as the deepening Brexit crisis risked sinking Prime Minister Theresa May's premiership.
23 March 2019

Suspect admits guilt to judge

A Turkish-born suspect has confessed to terrorist charges over a shooting on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht which killed three people, prosecutors said yesterday.
22 March 2019

BREXIT OPTIONS

After EU leaders approved a reset of the Brexit timetable, Britain is left with four possible courses ahead of an all-important parliamentary vote on the divorce deal next week. Here is how the Brexit endgame could play out:
22 March 2019

'Stop the deaths at sea, I'll carry out a massacre'

A bus full of schoolchildren was hijacked and set on fire by its own driver on Wednesday in an apparent protest against migrant drownings in the Mediterranean, Italian authorities said.
21 March 2019

Gunman to be charged with 'terrorist' killings

Dutch prosecutors are to charge the suspect in a gun attack in a packed Utrecht tram with "terrorist" killings, saying he will appear for the first time before a judge today.
21 March 2019