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Storm over Brexit troubles Scottish fishermenIn the small Scottish fishing village of Pittenweem, residents are worried the political wrangling in London is pushing their dream of Brexit beyond the North...Senate to vote on aid to Yemen in wake of Khashoggi slayingSenators are expected to vote Thursday on a resolution that would call on the U.S. to pull assistance from the Saudi-led war in Yemen, a...After manhunt, Israel kills Palestinian behind deadly attackIsraeli security forces tracked down a Palestinian accused of killing two Israelis and shot and killed him on Thursday, ending a two-month manhunt hours after...Canada says entrepreneur feared detained in ChinaA second Canadian man is feared detained in China in what appears to be retaliation for Canada's arrest of a top executive of telecommunications giant...Kosovo tests Serbia with vote to build an armyKosovo will vote Friday on whether to create its own army, in a heavily symbolic show of independence from Serbia that has inflamed tensions between...Two technicians die at US research station in AntarcticaTwo technicians performing maintenance at a US research station in Antarctica died on Wednesday while working on a building that houses a generator for a...Six 'migrants' rescued from shipping laneSix suspected migrants have been rescued from a small boat in the Channel and brought ashore at Dover.Coastguards and a lifeboat crew were called at...Bomb threat at Facebook HQFacebook Inc evacuated a few buildings at its headquarters campus in Menlo Park following a bomb threat, a company spokesman said on Tuesday.Everyone is safe...Backpacker's body returned to familyThe body of British backpacker Grace Millane has been formally identified and returned to her family.The 22-year-old disappeared in Auckland on 1 December. Police ended...Trump could intervene in case of Huawei executiveDonald Trump says he could intervene in the case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou if it helps to avoid a further decline in US relations...4 journalists, a newspaper are Time's Person of the YearTime magazine on Tuesday recognized journalists, including the slain Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, as its 2018 Person of the Year in what it said was...Strasbourg gunman hunted after three killedThree people have been killed and 12 others wounded in a shooting in the eastern French city of Strasbourg.The gunman, known to security services, is...Macron vows tax cuts, pay rise; will France's anger subside?French President Emmanuel Macron tried to reassert control over a nation wracked by increasingly violent protests with offers of tax relief for struggling workers and...UK PM to meet EU leaders for Brexit talksTheresa May will meet European leaders and EU officials later for talks aimed at rescuing her Brexit deal.She will hold talks with Dutch PM Mark...3 lakh without power in US after stormAbout 300,000 people in the US southeast were without power on Monday and hundreds of flights were canceled after a storm dumped 20 inches of...Ardern apologizes over backpacker's murderNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern choked back tears Monday while offering a heartfelt apology to the family of murdered British backpacker Grace Millane, as...May pushes Brexit deal as EU court offers way outBritish Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday began a final push to persuade parliament to back her Brexit deal as the European Court of Justice...Presidential hopefuls pushed to go big on climate changeEnvironmental activists are ramping up a pressure campaign designed to drum up Democratic support for a sweeping agenda to fight climate change, with the 2020...Volkswagen denies allegations chairman knew early about emissions cheating -ReportVolkswagen has denied allegations that Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch knew about the carmaker’s emissions test cheating almost three months before U.S. authorities made it public...Trump heaps insults on ex-top diplomatAbsence does not make the heart grow fonder when it comes to US President Donald Trump and his first secretary of state, Rex Tillerson. Nine months...‘Whiskey was flowing freely before party boat sank’Six survivors of a day of fun and revelry that turned into a tragedy after a Ugandan party boat capsized on Lake Victoria tell the...Armenia holds snap general electionArmenians are voting in an early parliamentary election on Sunday, a key test for the man behind the peaceful "Velvet Revolution" that swept the country...May ignores doubts on historic Brexit missionTheresa May wants to go down in history as the prime minister who safely steered Britain out of Europe a cause she did not believe...Migrants in Tijuana trickling over and under wallA steady trickle of Central American migrants have been finding ways to climb over, tunnel under or slip through the U.S. border wall to plant...NZ police search site after backpacker murderA 26-year-old man is to be charged with the murder of missing British backpacker Grace Millane, New Zealand Police have said.Miss Millane, 22, from Essex...French PM seeks 'unity' after new unrestFrench Prime Minister Édouard Philippe has vowed to "restore national unity" after violence broke out during a fourth consecutive weekend of protests.Police used tear gas...Russia's most famous human rights activist dies at 91Lyudmila Alexeyeva, a human rights pioneer and dissident who challenged the Soviet and Russian regimes for decades, demanding that they free political prisoners and establish...Concert stampede in Italy leaves 6 dead, over 50 hurtTeenagers panicked before a rap concert at a jammed Italian disco, setting off a stampede that killed five of them and a mother who had...Rioting engulfs Paris as anger grows over high French taxesThe rumble of armored police trucks and the hiss of tear gas filled central Paris on Saturday, as French riot police fought to contain thousands...Aussie school kids lead mass coal mine protestAustralian school children led thousands of demonstrators nationwide Saturday calling for a halt on plans for Indian mining firm Adani to construct a controversial coal...Paris monuments to close as fears of protest violenceThe Eiffel Tower, the Louvre museum and scores of shops on the Champs-Elysees are set to close as authorities warned Thursday of fresh violence this...George H.W. Bush, president and servant-statesman, is laid to restFormer US president George H.W. Bush, remembered as much for his legacy of service as his impact on history, was buried Thursday, capping days of...Nobel Peace Prize to honor championsChampions of the fight against sexual violence, Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, a former captive of jihadists, will on Monday receive...'No politics behind Huawei arrest'Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government had no involvement in the arrest of a top executive from Chinese telecoms giant Huawei. Meng Wanzhou,...US: Trump lawyer met Russian offering 'political synergy'President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, was in touch as far back as 2015 with a Russian who offered "political synergy" with the Trump...12 dead in bank robbery attempts, police shootout in BrazilAt least 12 people, including two children, were killed Friday when police engaged in a shootout with bank robbers, according to authorities in northeastern Brazil.The...Huawei executive arrested in CanadaCanadian authorities have arrested the daughter of the founder of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei at the request of US law enforcement.Meng Wanzhou, who is Huawei's...May to face lawmakers after stinging Brexit defeatBritish Prime Minister Theresa May returns to the House of Commons Wednesday after a series of stunning defeats by MPs that threaten her government and...Save US-Russia nuclear treaty, EU urgesEU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini on Wednesday urged Russia and the US to save a Cold War arms control treaty after Washington issued a 60-day...Pompeo defends US policy, slams China, Russia and IranSecretary of State Mike Pompeo mounted a staunch defense of US foreign policy on Tuesday, arguing that Washington is building a world order to fight...Row as Brexit legal advice publishedTheresa May's Brexit backstop plan risks a "stalemate" and "protracted rounds of negotiations" with the EU, the full legal advice on her deal says.Newly published...France abandons 2019 fuel tax risesFuel tax rises which sparked weeks of violent protests in France have now been dropped from next year's budget, the government has announced.The move was...Australia govt sorry for parliament arm outrageA female journalist who was thrown out of Australia's parliament for allegedly breaching the dress code has received an apology from the government. Patricia Karvelas,...More than 150 women, girls raped in South Sudan: UNMore than 150 women and girls have come forward in the past 12 days to seek help in South Sudan after they were raped or...British MPs debate Brexit deal amid legal rowThe British Parliament will on Tuesday begin five days of debate on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, but the discussion risks being overshadowed by...US urges Europe to impose sanctions on Iran over missilesThe Trump administration is urging Europe to impose tough new sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missile program.The call comes as Secretary of State Mike...Turkey detains dozens nationwide over failed coup in 2016Turkish police on Tuesday detained nearly 140 people in nationwide raids over alleged links to the group blamed for the 2016 failed coup, state media...US envoy for Afghan peace in Pakistan for talks on TalibanThe U.S. special envoy tasked with finding a negotiated end to Afghanistan's bloody 17-year-old war met Tuesday with Pakistani officials, and a Taliban official said...Trump pays respects as Bush lies in stateUS President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have paid their respects to President George HW Bush as he lies in state at the US...1 child dead, 45 people hurt in Arkansas charter bus crashA third grader was killed and at least 45 people were injured when a charter bus carrying youth football players from Tennessee rolled off an...