Sparks fly on eve of EU summit seeking bloc unity on Brexit
Thursday, 15 December 2016, 08:58
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Discord has surfaced on the eve of a European Union summit where 27 of the bloc's leaders are seeking a united front in exit negotiations with Britain. The nations are set to give the lead role...
Yahoo suffers world's biggest hack affecting 1 billion users
Thursday, 15 December 2016, 07:51
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company's own humiliating record for the biggest security breach...
Updated: Residents in eastern Aleppo start boarding buses, ambulances
Thursday, 15 December 2016, 07:45
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
The media arm of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group says overnight negotiations have reinforced a cease-fire deal to allow Syrian rebels and tens of thousands of civilians to leave the besieged...
Italian Premier Gentiloni wins second vote of confidence
Wednesday, 14 December 2016, 16:49
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni has won a second vote of confidence in Parliament, paving the way for his government to lead Italy until new elections, after his predecessor was humiliated at the...
Updated: Aleppo cease-fire founders, threatening evacuation plans
Wednesday, 14 December 2016, 06:13
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Syrian rebels reached a cease-fire deal to evacuate from eastern Aleppo in an effective surrender on Tuesday, as Russia declared all military action had stopped and the Syrian government had assumed...
Updated: Italy's new government wins first of two confidence votes
Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 20:00
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Premier Paolo Gentiloni has won a vote of confidence from the Italian Parliament's lower chamber for his new government, overcoming opposition outrage that his cabinet and agenda essentially mirror...
EU slows Turkey membership talks over coup crackdown
Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 18:23
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
The European Union on Tuesday expressed deep concern about Turkey's security crackdown since the failed coup in July but stopped short of officially freezing membership talks with the country. At...