Trump fires John Bolton, says they 'disagreed strongly'
Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 18:40
Last update: about 7 years ago
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he fired national security adviser John Bolton, citing strong disagreements on a number of policy issues. Trump tweeted that he told Bolton Monday night...
Italy's Conte wins first confidence vote in Parliament
Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 07:48
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte on Monday won the first of two mandatory confidence votes on his four-day-old coalition of rival parties, after a day of fielding insults during a boisterous Parliament...
Johnson suspends UK Parliament after latest Brexit defeat
Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 07:45
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The simmering showdown between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Britain's Parliament over Brexit came to a head as lawmakers delivered three defeats to the government's plans for leaving the European...
Updated: 3 killed, including 2 children, in shooting in Dutch city
Monday, 9 September 2019, 21:55
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Police in the Netherlands have tweeted that three people have been killed and one other person has been seriously wounded in a shooting in a residential neighborhood in the city of...
UK House of Commons Speaker John Bercow to step down
Monday, 9 September 2019, 17:08
Last update: about 7 years ago
UK House of Commons Speaker John Bercow says he will step down by the end of next month after a decade in the job. Bercow told lawmakers that if Parliament votes Monday in favor of an early...
US priest accused of abusing boys for decades in Philippines
Monday, 9 September 2019, 10:39
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The American priest's voice echoed over the phone line. "Happy days are gone," he said in the 2018 call, recorded by a young man whose accusations would shake this little island village and...
Updated: British Airways grounds nearly all flights as pilots strike
Monday, 9 September 2019, 09:11
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
British Airways says it has had to cancel almost all flights as a result of a pilots' 48-hour strike over pay. In a statement Monday, the airline said it had "no way of predicting how many...
Shipwreck survivor rescues migrants trying to reach Europe
Monday, 9 September 2019, 07:58
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Every time Hassan Ali Salem pulls a man, woman or child from a rickety boat or straight out of the water, he relives his own trauma in the Mediterranean Sea. The Egyptian says he was just 16 when...
Ex-UK minister says Johnson not trying to get a Brexit deal
Sunday, 8 September 2019, 17:03
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
A senior minister who quit British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Cabinet said Sunday that the government is making little or no effort to secure a Brexit agreement with the European Union, despite...
Johnson and Salvini: 2 soaring stars lose big political bets
Saturday, 7 September 2019, 12:59
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Who would have bet that two soaring stars of European politics would have gambled so badly on strategic power plays? Both British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Italian right-wing politician...