Coalition hopefuls Five Star Movement and League insist plans for massive financial relief in leaked document are no longer being considered Populist parties attempting to form a government in Italy have floated the idea of asking the European Central Bank (ECB) to write off €250bn (£218bn) of the country’s debt. ... Read More »
EU says it will refuse to negotiate with ‘sword of Damocles’ over its head French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel have rounded on Donald Trump over planned steel tariffs on EU producers, telling the US president to scrap his new policy if he wants to negotiate better ... Read More »
President brands special counsel investigation ‘the greatest witch hunt in American history’ Donald Trump has accused Barack Obama and the FBI of using an “imbedded (sic) informant” to spy on his presidential campaign. The US president made the claim following an earlier tweet branding the special counsel investigation into potential ... Read More »
The ongoing eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano has opened up over twenty fissures in a residential neighborhood and resulting lava flows have destroyed dozens of homes and structures, but the threat to the Big Island extends beyond just the reach of emerging magma. On Wednesday, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake rattled ... Read More »
Turkish Foreign Ministry told Israel’s consul general in Istanbul to return to occupied Palestine “for some time”, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Wednesday, after Israeli occupation forces killed more than 60 Palestinians during protests on the Gaza border. Ministry officials were not available to comment, Reuters said. On Tuesday, ... Read More »
European powers vowed to keep the 2015 nuclear deal alive without the United States by trying to keep Iran’s oil and investment flowing, but admitted they would struggle to provide the guarantees Tehran seeks. British, French and German foreign ministers, along with the EU’s top diplomat, discussed the next steps ... Read More »
Pyongyang has already proposed and then scrapped high-level talks with South Korea this week, and continues to harden its stance as planned US summit draws closer North Korea might not go through with a planned summit with Donald Trump after all, an official has warned, if it is pushed to ... Read More »
Palestinians across Palestine are to take part in a general strike on Nakba (Catastrophe) Day on Tuesday, as the death toll of mass protests along the Gaza border reached 59. Palestinians in both Gaza and West Bank are to participate in Nakba Day protests, the day which marks the creation ... Read More »
Amnesty says Monday’s killings may constitute war crimes as UN committee calls for ‘immediate end to use of disproportionate force’ Israeli forces faced accusations of committing war crimes and using “disproportionate force” against Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza on Monday on the deadliest day in the enclave since “Great March of ... Read More »
Iraqis voted on Saturday in their first parliamentary election since the defeat of Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate, a poll which could affect the balance of power in the Middle East. Here is how the new government will be formed, according to the Iraqi constitution, which specifies a 90-day process: *The ... Read More »
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