A fresh wave of fighting erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, leaving at least six Palestinians dead just as Israel and Hamas had appeared to be making progress toward ratcheting down months of border violence. It was not immediately clear what set off the sudden, late-night burst of […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Democrats take control of the U.S. House they plan to investigate the Trump administration’s attempt to block AT&T Inc (T.N) from acquiring Time Warner, and whether officials sought to punish Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) by prodding the U.S. Post Office to hike shipping prices for the world’s largest e-commerce company, a senior […]

Tobias Ellwood said talks were being held behind the scenes about contingency plans. He told Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday: “It is the job of the Chief of Defence Staff, indeed the MoD and the Defence Secretary, to consider all scenarios whether how vague or rare they might be or whether they might be something […]

New Brunswick’s newly minted Tory premier says he will follow through on his promise to fight Ottawa’s carbon pricing plan but wants to get all the facts before making a move. Just after his first meeting with his new cabinet Saturday morning, Blaine Higgs told reporters he’d spoken with the federal minister of intergovernmental affairs, […]

Mourners in Quebec City are paying their respects to former premier Bernard Landry Saturday as his body lies in state at the provincial legislature. Premier François Legault was among the first to arrive at the visitation for the former Parti Québécois leader, who died Tuesday at the age of 81 of a pulmonary disease. Landry’s […]

Mr Johnson, whose shock resignation as transport minister took Westminster by surprise, said while he disagreed with is Brexiteer brother, Boris, on quitting the EU, they both agreed on the “limitations and the profound flaws” of the deal to be presented by the government. The Remain supporter argued it would leave the UK in a […]

Maureen Haughey, wife of former Taoiseach Charles J Haughey, has left more than €9m in her will, according to papers lodged in the Probate Office in Dublin last week. Mrs Haughey, the daughter of another former Taoiseach, Sean Lemass, lived most of her married life in the Gandon-designed mansion Abbeville in Kinsealy, near Malahide in […]

The Government will hold a referendum to override judges’ discretion in the awarding of compensation claims if they do not drastically reduce whiplash and soft injuries damages in less than two years. Days after it was revealed the average whiplash claim in this country is €20,000, the Junior Minister for financial services and insurance, Michael […]

WASHINGTON — Peter Navarro, the White House trade adviser, lashed out at Beijing just ahead of a meeting between President Trump and the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, predicting that Mr. Trump would have the “courage” to reject a bad trade deal with China. Mr. Navarro, a blunt populist who has long held unsparing views about […]

Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. We warned you 2020 wasn’t far off: Before the race to replace him has even been called, Jeff Flake, the retiring Arizona senator, told Politico today that a Republican needs to challenge President Trump in the next […]