UK PM faces another defeat

Prime Minister Theresa May risks another humiliating Brexit defeat at the hands of her own eurosceptic MPs yesterday, with just weeks to go until Britain officially leaves the EU.
14 February 2019

EU agrees to fix online copyright law

The European Union reached a provisional deal Wednesday to overhaul the bloc's online copyright law, a top official said, after a tense battle that has pitted media firms against internet giants like Google.
14 February 2019

Bavarians in push for 'save the bees' vote

A record 1.75 million Bavarians signed a petition to seek a referendum to "save the bees", a move that could have huge consequences for the German farming industry and environmental protection.
14 February 2019

Turkey rounds up 52 Syrian IS suspects

Turkish authorities yesterday detained 52 suspected Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in northwestern province of Bursa as part of a
14 February 2019

300,000 will die if aid doesn't enter

Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido told tens of thousands of supporters on Tuesday that desperately-needed humanitarian aid
13 February 2019

Too many working poor: UN

The global unemployment rate inched down last year, the UN said yesterday, warning though that jobs often failed to guarantee decent
13 February 2019

Post-box love for lonely Britons

Big-hearted Britons have penned thousands of uplifting messages to be delivered to single seniors on Valentine's Day in a project aimed
13 February 2019

US seeks to increase pressure on Iran

Foreign ministers and senior officials from 60 nations gathered in the Polish capital Warsaw yesterday where the United States hopes to
13 February 2019

Gorbachev slams US over exit from key arms treaty

The last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev issued a stinging criticism of Washington yesterday, accusing it of misleading the world over
13 February 2019

Turkey orders arrest of 1,112 over Gulen link

Turkey yesterday launched one of its largest operations against alleged supporters of the US-based Muslim cleric accused of leading an attempted coup in 2016, ordering the arrest of 1,112 people, state media reported.
12 February 2019

May asks MPs for more time

Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday asked MPs to give her more time to try and revive her Brexit deal with the EU in what the opposition said was a ploy to "run down the clock".
12 February 2019

May to make plea to MPs for time to change deal

British Prime Minister Theresa May will later this week pledge to give parliament another chance to voice their opinions on Brexit by February 27, a government source said, as she tries to buy more time to negotiate a new deal with the European Union.
10 February 2019

Spain's far-right protest against PM

Tens of thousands of people waving Spanish flags yesterday joined a rally in Madrid called by right-wing and far-right parties against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez over his negotiations with Catalan separatists.
10 February 2019

Labour's Brexit offer rebuffed by UK govt

British Prime Minister Theresa May's government on Thursday repeated its opposition to negotiating a future UK-EU customs union, after the opposition Labour Party named that as its price for backing her Brexit plan.
8 February 2019

'Climate chaos' in the offing

Billions of tonnes of meltwater flowing into the world's oceans from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets could boost extreme weather and destabilise regional climate within a matter of decades, researchers said Wednesday.
7 February 2019

Suicide rate falls by a third globally

Suicides have fallen globally by more than a third since 1990, according to a far-reaching analysis released yesterday that highlighted profound differences in the number of men and women taking their own lives.
7 February 2019

Germany sets new limits on Facebook

Facebook has been ordered to curb its data collection practices in Germany after a landmark ruling yesterday that the world's largest social network abused its market dominance to gather information about users without their consent.
7 February 2019

EU agrees to more talks

The European Union yesterday promised to work with Theresa May on "whether a way through can be found" to avoid the disruption of a no-deal Brexit after the British prime minister demanded changes to the divorce deal to get it through parliament.
7 February 2019

'Special place in Hell' for no plan Brexiteers

The European Union will make no new offer on Brexit and those who promoted Britain's exit without any understanding of how to deliver it deserve a special place in hell, Council President Donald Tusk said yesterday.
6 February 2019

Tomb of Karl Marx vandalised in London

Vandals have damaged the London tomb of Karl Marx in what the cemetery says appeared to be a sustained and targeted attack.
6 February 2019