UK says needs 1,200 officials to register EU nationals after Brexit
Britain will need a total of 1,200 government officials to help register millions of European Union citizens living in the country after the country leaves the bloc in 2019, interior…
Fiji urges “absolute dedication” to toughest climate target
Fiji has called for “absolute dedication” to the strictest limits on global warming as it prepares to preside at UN talks next month seeking to keep the Paris climate agreement…
UK courts get tough on homophobic and transphobic crime
British courts are passing increasingly harsh sentences for attacks on gay or transgender people amid a wider crackdown on hate crimes, which have a “corrosive effect” on society, the country’s…
Austria’s conservative shift opens path to power for far right
Austria’s shift to the right in a parliamentary election has paved the way for young conservative star Sebastian Kurz to become the next leader and opened a path for the…
EU imposes oil embargo on North Korea in symbolic gesture
The European Union has banned the sale of oil and oil products to North Korea, in a largely symbolic move aimed at encouraging countries that have more significant levels of…
US, South Korea conduct joint Navy drills to counter N.Korea threat
South Korea and the United States have begun week-long joint Navy drills in the waters around the Korean peninsula, amid high tensions over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programme. About…
Death toll from blasts in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu tops 200
More than 200 people have been killed by twin bomb blasts that struck busy junctions in the heart of Somalia‘s capital Mogadishu, officials said, marking the deadliest attacks since an Islamist…
US diplomacy with N.Korea to continue until ‘first bomb drops’: Tillerson
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that President Donald Trump had instructed him to continue diplomatic efforts to calm rising tensions with North Korea, saying “those diplomatic efforts…
Final assault starts on Syria’s Raqqa as some Islamic State fighters quit
US-backed militias say they have launched their final assault on Syria’s Raqqa on after a convoy of Islamic State fighters left the city, leaving only a hardcore of jihadists to…
Catalan leader calls for calm ahead of Madrid deadline
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has called for calm less than 24 hours ahead of a deadline from Spain’s central government for him to clarify whether he has declared independence for…
