The European Union's two most powerful leaders, Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Emmanuel Macron, will meet just days before a crunch Brexit summit next week which Britain says is the…
Germany’s position on Brexit has not changed, government spokesman says
Germany's position on Brexit has not changed, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, declining to comment on the content of a telephone conversation between Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime…
UK foreign minister to meet parents after fatal crash involving U.S. diplomat’s wife: Sky
British foreign minister Dominic Raab will meet the parents of a teenager who was killed in a road crash involving a U.S. diplomat's wife, Sky News reported on Wednesday.div class="feedflare"…
Turkish army, Syria rebels to advance into Syria ‘shortly’: Erdogan aide
Turkish forces and Syrian rebel allies will push into Syria "shortly", a Turkish official said on Wednesday, in an operation world powers fear could open a new phase in Syria's…
China calls Prague council’s move to cancel pact a ‘breach of faith’
China hit back on Wednesday at a decision by the Prague city council to cancel a partnership agreement with Beijing that would have required it to commit to the "one…
Pioneers of lithium-ion battery win 2019 Nobel chemistry prize
Scientists John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday for the development of lithium-ion batteries, an important technology in enabling the world…
France to ban demo in Paris police attacker’s community
France is banning a planned demonstration that triggered outrage from politicians who saw it as honoring the attacker who killed four people in the Paris police headquarters last week.div class="feedflare"…
Turkish military, Syrian rebels to enter Syria ‘shortly’: Erdogan aide
Turkish forces and Syrian rebel allies will push into Syria "shortly", a Turkish official said on Wednesday, in an operation world powers fear could open a new chapter in Syria's…
Turkish incursion into Syria has not begun: officials
A planned Turkish incursion into northeast Syria has not begun, but final preparations are being made and the deployment of troops and equipment has been completed, Turkish officials told Reuters…
Turkish military, Syrian rebels to push into Syria ‘shortly’: Erdogan aide
Turkish forces and Syrian rebel allies will cross the Syrian border "shortly", a Turkish official said early on Wednesday, as a surprise withdrawal of U.S. troops made way for the…