Dec 23 With time running out, EU and UK near post-Brexit trade deal By Raf Casert, Jill Lawless, Associated Press After resolving a few remaining fair competition issues, negotiators were down to dealing with fishing quotas and transition terms Wednesday as they worked to secure a deal for a post-Brexit relationship by an end-of-year deadline. Continue reading
Dec 23 How the Blackwater pardons could have a lasting impact: 'The Americans got away with it' By Ali Rogin Analysts, experts and attorneys who have filed suit in the past against the Blackwater contractors said they feared these pardons would do lasting damage to the perception of U.S. integrity in the Middle East. Continue reading
Dec 23 EU to spend hundreds of millions more to help refugees in Turkey By Associated Press The EU is extending a program that provides cash assistance to refugees in Turkey to meet their basic needs and another that provides funds to help educate children. Continue reading
Dec 23 More than 100 killed in ethnic massacre in Ethiopia By Associated Press The attack occurred a day after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited the region and spoke about the need to bring those responsible for recent attacks to justice. Continue reading
Dec 23 Brexit negotiations inch closer to trade deal By Raf Casert, Associated Press After resolving a few remaining fair competition issues, negotiators were dealing with EU fisheries rights in U.K. waters as they worked to secure a deal for a post-Brexit relationship. Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch 3:37 News Wrap: Alex Padilla is tapped to fill Kamala Harris' Senate seat In our news wrap Tuesday, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla is tapped to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, the E.U.'s executive body calls for an end to travel bans aimed at confining a… Continue watching
Dec 22 U.S. adds more sanctions on Syria, targeting President Assad's in-laws By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the United States is intent on "holding accountable the Assad regime for the atrocities it has committed against its own people."… Continue reading
Dec 22 Thousands protest in Armenia, demand the prime minister's resignation By Avet Demourian, Associated Press The opposition in Armenia is ramping up the pressure on the nation's prime minister to resign over his handling of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. Continue reading
Dec 22 Kushner joins Israelis on landmark visit to Morocco By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner led a delegation from Israel to Morocco on Tuesday on the first known direct flight since the two countries agreed to establish full diplomatic ties earlier this month as part of a series of… Continue reading
Dec 22 EU recommends against nonessential travel to the UK By Pan Pylas, Associated Press The European Union recommended Tuesday that all 27 member countries should discourage all nonessential travel to and from the United Kingdom until further notice. Continue reading