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Brexit: UK will leave EU this month, ministers insist

Shawdesh Desk: Ministers insist the UK will leave the EU by 31 October, despite a letter sent to Brussels asking for a delay. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent the

UK MPs set for knife-edge Brexit deal vote

Shawdesh Desk: British prime minister Boris Johnson appealed to lawmakers to back his last-minute Brexit deal in an extraordinary sitting of the British parliament on Saturday after his plans were

Senate leader slams Trump’s decision to pull troops from Syria

Shawdesh Desk: United States senate majority leader Mitch McConnell Friday attacked president Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops from Syria as ‘a strategic nightmare’ that will help Washington’s foes and

US-China trade mini-deal being ‘papered’: Trump

Shawdesh Desk: The partial trade bargain struck last week with China is now being formally put down in writing, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday. “It hasn’t been papered yet

New Brexit deal agreed, says UK Prime Minister

Shawdesh Desk: A Brexit deal has been agreed between UK and EU negotiating teams before a meeting of European leaders in Brussels. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted: “We’ve got

Brexit: Talks enter last day before crunch EU summit

Shawdesh Desk: EU and UK officials have resumed Brexit talks in the hope of reaching a deal that can be agreed by leaders at a key summit on Thursday. UK

Trump slaps sanctions on Turkey, plans to reimpose tariffs

Shawdesh Desk: United States president Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Turkey on Monday and demanded the NATO ally stop a military incursion in northeast Syria that is rapidly reshaping the

UK, EU enter pivotal week that determines fate of Brexit

Shawdesh Desk: The United Kingdom and the European Union on Monday enter a pivotal week that determines if they are still on course to reach amicable divorce terms — and