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US proposes new tariffs on EU products over Airbus subsidies

AFP | The US on Monday threatened to impose tariff counter-measures of up to $11.2 billion on a host of European products in response to...

‘Both sides’ must compromise in cross-party Brexit talks: May

AFP | British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday conceded that concluding a Brexit deal with the main opposition will need “compromise on both sides”...

May scrambles to avoid chaotic Brexit finale

AFP | Britain’s government redoubled its efforts on Thursday to win over the main opposition party in a last-gasp bid to avoid a chaotic exit...

Catholic priests burn Harry Potter books in Poland

AFP | Catholic priests in Poland burned books they say are sacrilegious this weekend, including tomes from British author J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of...

Albania’s hidden MiGs for sale

AFP | On a barren hillside in northern Albania lies a portal to the country's communist past: a massive steel door creaks open to reveal...

How close is the UK to crashing out of the EU?

AFP | British MPs will attempt to chart a new Brexit path on Monday after rejecting Prime Minister Theresa May's deal for a third time,...

Poor hit hardest by air pollution in Europe

AFP | Coal, old cars, wood-burning stoves — Europe’s “serious problem” of air pollution affects its poorest inhabitants despite overall improvement, European Environment Agency chief...

Ready or not? Britain’s ‘no deal’ planning

AFP | If Britain's political system fails to break its Brexit logjam, the country is faced with the prospect of crashing out of the European...

Five EU nations reject Trump move to accept Golan as Israeli territory

AFP | Five European countries that sit on the UN Security Council on Tuesday rejected US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise the Golan as...

Pakistan, EU agree to strategic partnership on trade, investment & more

News Desk | On Monday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and the European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini addressed a press conference in Islamabad...

Britain’s Prince Charles heads to Cuba amid US tensions

AFP | Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will make the first royal visit to communist-run Cuba on Sunday at a time when ally...

China’s new Silk Road gets bumpy as Xi visits Italy

AFP | Chinese President Xi Jinping kicks off a whistlestop European tour in Rome on Friday amid growing Western unease over Italy joining the ever-expanding...