The anti-EU insurgency has led to experts predicting that the European election results with have a profound impact on Brussels in the coming days. Britain’s Brexit Party, Italy’s League, France’s National Rally and the Netherland’s Forum for Democracy have all struck fear into the EU elite – and not just for their desire to see […]

A senior German diplomat headed Thursday to Tehran to press Iran to continue to respect the landmark nuclear deal, despite the unilateral withdrawal of the U.S. and increasing pressure from Washington. Tensions have soared in the Mideast recently as the White House earlier this month sent an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers to the region […]

The turtle fossil find in Yakutia, the world’s coldest permanently inhabited region, was made at a site called Teete where dinosaurs were prolific in the same era some 130 million years ago. Russian biologist Biologist Dr Pavel Skuchas, from St Petersburg State University, said: “The fact of the presence of turtles is very interesting. It shows that there […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May remains focused on delivering Brexit and will meet with ministers on Thursday, her spokesman said, amid calls for her to resign after her latest plan for leaving the European Union was widely criticized. The spokesman said a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump next week would go […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May was clinging on to power on Thursday after her final Brexit gambit backfired, overshadowing a European election that has shown a United Kingdom still riven by division over its EU divorce. May’s departure will deepen the Brexit crisis as a new leader is likely to want a more […]

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police raided the Kuala Lumpur office of audit firm Deloitte on Thursday to search for documents and records related to a multibillion-dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, two police sources told Reuters. Authorities in at least six countries are investigating alleged graft and money laundering at 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). […]

Show of force comes ahead of Trump’s visit to Japan as US looks to allies in Asia to help counter China. US Navy ships have conducted joint drills with warships from Japan, Australia and South Korea in their first combined exercise in the Western Pacific. The Pacific Vanguard exercise near the US island of Guam […]

Although three deaths have been confirmed by authorities, they were the result of a tornado earlier in the day as a string of storms passed through the area. Debris has been pictured scattered across roads and residential areas, with homes and offices among the buildings which have collapsed. Power has shut down in the entire […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – “We have lost the battle,” a regional leader of India’s main opposition Congress party said on Thursday, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party said it had secured a massive victory in the general election. Amarinder Singh, the chief minister of the northern breadbasket state of Punjab, made the comment to the […]

Greg Poling, of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, explained the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia rely on fishing and fishing-related industries. He said the decreasing fish stocks would “accelerate the disputes”, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) reported. His warning comes after Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte accused China of fishing within their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). […]