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Britain’s Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab resigns Raab says he cannot ‘in good conscience’ support prime minister’s proposed EU withdrawal agreement.

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Britain’s Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab resigns Raab says he cannot ‘in good conscience’ support prime minister’s proposed EU withdrawal agreement.

Raab said he could not “reconcile the terms of the proposed deal” [Henry Nicholls/Reuters] Dominic Raab has resigned as UK’s Brexit Secretary over the proposed EU withdrawal agreement in a huge blow to British Prime Minister Theresa May. “I regret to say that, following the Cabinet meeting yesterday on the Brexit deal, I must resign,” Raab said on […]

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Lebanese Christian civil war foes shake hands, make up after 40 years

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Lebanese Christian civil war foes shake hands, make up after 40 years

Christian Lebanese leaders Suleiman Frangieh (L) and Samir Geagea (R) shake hands accompanied by Patriarch Bechara al-Rai (C) in Bkerki, Lebanon November 14, 2018. (Reuters) Christian rivals from the Lebanese civil war, Samir Geagea and Suleiman Frangieh, shook hands with each other on Wednesday, marking a formal reconciliation to end more than four decades of […]

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Is North Korea deceiving US with ‘undeclared’ missile bases? Analysts say claims that Pyongyang ‘broke promise’ reflect Washington establishment’s critical view of Trump-Moon approach to NK

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Is North Korea deceiving US with ‘undeclared’ missile bases? Analysts say claims that Pyongyang ‘broke promise’ reflect Washington establishment’s critical view of Trump-Moon approach to NK

North Korea`s leader Kim Jong-un(left) and US President Donald Trump. Yonhap A Washington think tank’s report about undeclared missile bases in North Korea has prompted debate over whether Pyongyang is keeping its promises to the US, with many commentators questioning how the controversy will affect denuclearization talks down the road. Beyond Parallel, a team that […]

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U.S. OFFERS $5M. REWARD FOR THE CAPTURE OF HAMAS LEADER SALEH AL-AROURI State Department also announced reward for the capture of two senior Hezbollah leaders.

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U.S. OFFERS $5M. REWARD FOR THE CAPTURE OF HAMAS LEADER SALEH AL-AROURI State Department also announced reward for the capture of two senior Hezbollah leaders.

Palestinian Hamas militants attend a military drill in preparation to any upcoming confrontation with Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip March 25, 2018. . (photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA / REUTERS)  The US State Department has announced a $5 million reward for information which would lead to the capture of deputy Hamas politburo chairman Saleh […]

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US names son of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah terrorist State Department says move against Jawad Nasrallah will deny him access to the US financial system.

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US names son of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah terrorist State Department says move against Jawad Nasrallah will deny him access to the US financial system.

Lebanon’s Shia Hezbollah group has been backed by the Iranian government [Reuters] The US State Department designated Jawad Nasrallah, son of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, a terrorist and accused him of carrying out attacks against Israel in the occupied West Bank. The department on Tuesday also blacklisted Al-Mujahidin Brigades (AMB), which it said had links to the Lebanese group and […]

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Swedish Parliament Votes Against Opposition Leader Kristersson as Prime Minister

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Swedish Parliament Votes Against Opposition Leader Kristersson as Prime Minister

  Ulf Kristersson, lesder of the center-right party Moderates, makes his way to a press meeting in the Riksdag, Stockholm, Wednesday Nov. 14, 2018. (Janerik Henriksson/TT via AP) STOCKHOLM (AP) – More than two months after elections that left Sweden in political limbo, lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a proposed minority coalition led by the second-largest […]

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Merkel joins Macron in call for ‘real, true’ European army after Trump slams idea

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Merkel joins Macron in call for ‘real, true’ European army after Trump slams idea

German Chancellor Merkel addresses the European Parliament on November 13, 2018. © Reuters / Vincent Kessler German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a “real, true” European army to be created, just days after French President Emmanuel Macron did the same – and received backlash from Donald Trump for doing so. “We should work on […]

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EU, UK agree on Brexit divorce deal text, Irish border issue

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EU, UK agree on Brexit divorce deal text, Irish border issue

Lawmakers in Brussels gathering for a session on Brexit (AA Photo) A Brexit divorce deal text has been agreed with the EU at the technical level and Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet will meet on Wednesday, the BBC’s political editor said. “Source confirms divorce deal text agreed at technical level,” Laura Kuenssberg said on Twitter. […]

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Hamas warns Israel it will extend range of rocket fire over raids Hamas says it will fire rockets at Israeli towns of Beersheba, Ashdod if raids on civilian buildings in Gaza don’t stop.

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Hamas warns Israel it will extend range of rocket fire over raids Hamas says it will fire rockets at Israeli towns of Beersheba, Ashdod if raids on civilian buildings in Gaza don’t stop.

   The armed wing of Hamas says it will step up attacks and fire rockets at the Israeli towns of Ashdod and Beersheba if Israel continues to carry out air raids on civilian buildings in Gaza. At least six Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on the besieged enclave since late Monday in the worst violence between the two […]

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Putin chats with Trump, Macron thrashes nationalism at WWI centenary in Paris

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Putin chats with Trump, Macron thrashes nationalism at WWI centenary in Paris

It was a busy day in Paris as world leaders flocked to the City of Lights to mark the centenary of the end of WWI. Putin and Trump chatted, Macron criticized nationalism, and topless protestors disrupted the US leader’s motorcade. They did meet Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump were both late for the ceremony on […]

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