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Police arrest suspect in stabbing attack on officer outside London train station

Date: 2018-11-24 17:17:04 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:3 - ID:7684526

Police arrested a person suspected of stabbing a British Transport Police officer outside a train station in east London, officials said on Saturday. Chairman of Transport Police Federation Nigel Goodband said that the attack was "totally ....

EU negotiators fail to agree on Gibraltar before Brexit summit

Date: 2018-11-23 15:50:55 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:3 - ID:7683236

European Union negotiators from the 27 states remaining after Brexit were unable to agree on Gibraltar during talks on Friday, Euro news reported. Spain reportedly objected to portions of the text at the last minute, meaning little time was left ....

Mark Zuckerberg says he has no plans to step down

Date: 2018-11-21 11:56:31 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:7679843

Despite mounting pressure from investors to step down as Facebook chairman as the social media firm faces intense scrutiny on data scandals, Mark Zuckerberg has said he has no plans to retire. In an interview with CNN late on Tuesday, he said ....

Protester killed in car accident at road blockade in France

Date: 2018-11-17 17:16:17 GMT - France - International - SN:5 - ID:7674454

A protester taking part in a road blockade has been killed by accident after a car crashed into her, France's Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on Saturday. Castaner noted that the driver panicked when protesters surrounded her car and ....

Early election inevitable, but Netanyahu denying it -- JPost

Date: 2018-11-16 21:11:04 GMT - Israel - International - SN:8 - ID:7673385

Nearly all of the Likud’s coalition partners have called to go to an early election as soon as possible, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly continued to express hope that it won’t happen on Friday afternoon, The Jerusalem Post ....

UK PM defends draft Brexit deal

Date: 2018-11-15 15:54:50 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:1 - ID:7671827

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has defended the draft Brexit Agreement which was reached on Wednesday, saying that it is the best deal that could be reached by a country with the European Union (EU), the BBC reported on Thursday. Addressing the ....

UN Security Council lifts arms embargo, targeted sanctions on Eritrea

Date: 2018-11-14 21:04:10 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:18 - ID:7670565

The UN Security Council on Wednesday lifted sanctions on Eritrea following a landmark peace deal with Ethiopia and a thaw with Djibouti that have buoyed hopes for positive change in the Horn of Africa, France 24 reported. The council unanimously ....

Israel's defense minister resigns

Date: 2018-11-14 17:12:40 GMT - Israel - International - SN:10 - ID:7670325

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced his resignation on Wednesday in the wake of the cease-fire agreements with Hamas. Lieberman said all of the members of his party, Yisrael Beiteinu, will quit the Israeli government coalition, ....

Putin: Russia became ASEAN's dialogue partner

Date: 2018-11-14 08:52:26 GMT - Singapore - International - SN:2 - ID:7669200

Russian President Vladmir Putin said Russia became ASEAN’s dialogue partner in 1996. The previous Russia-ASEAN summit took place in Sochi in 2016, the Russian news agency Tass reported. Russia-ASEAN trade turnover grew by more than 30% this ....

Trump nominates retired general as ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Date: 2018-11-14 06:57:05 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:7669018

US President Donald Trump announced that he will nominate Gen. John P. Abizaid, a retired commander of forces in the Middle East, as his new ambassador to Saudi Arabia, The New York Times reported Wednesday. General Abizaid, a Lebanese-American ....