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  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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

   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 […]

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 […]

IDF soldiers in Eshkol regional council, November 11, 2018Eliyahu Hershkovitz A 41-year-old Israeli officer was killed and another was moderately wounded during an operation in the southern Gaza Strip, the military said early Monday. At least seven Palestinians were said killed in Gaza after heavy fire was exchanged with Israeli forces, according to Palestinian sources, including […]

Krystin Harvey (left) comforts her daughter, Araya Cipollini, at the remains of their home burned in the fire Saturday in Paradise, Calif. | John Locher/AP Photo   MATHER, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown, now seeking a “major disaster declaration” from the White House to bolster the emergency response to three catastrophic wildfires, warned Sunday that those […]

US President Donald Trump, Turkey’s First Lady Emine Erdogan, US First Lady Melania Trump and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend a dinner for world leaders in Paris on Saturday, November 11, 2018. (Official Twitter Account of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey) Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with US President Donald Trump […]

Erdogan said Saudi Arabia knows Khashoggi’s killer is among a group of 15 people who flew into Istanbul hours before the incident [File: Ali Haider/EPA] The head of investigations at the Turkish Daily Sabah newspaper has told Al Jazeera that Jamal Khashoggi‘s last words were “I’m suffocating … Take this bag off my head, I’m claustrophobic”, according to […]

French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with US President Donald Trump. Photo: Ludovic Marin / AFP French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with US President Donald Trump. Photo: Ludovic Marin / AFP US President Donald Trump, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and dozens of other world leaders joined France’s Emmanuel Macron in commemorating the centenary […]