LONDON (Reuters) – Talks with the European Union to secure changes to a Brexit deal are now deadlocked and British Prime Minister Theresa May has no plans to go to Brussels on Monday, a government source said. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the talks were not moving forward on May’s desire to get changes to the divorce […]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sharply criticised U.S. military intervention in the Middle East on Monday as he began a first official visit to Iraq, aimed at shoring up Tehran’s influence and expanding trade ties. The visit also sends a strong message to Washington and its regional allies that, in the face of U.S. sanctions, Iran still plays […]

KABUL (Reuters) – A biography of one-eyed former Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar says he lived near a U.S. base in Afghanistan for years, not in Pakistan as U.S. officials have said, exposing Western failure to track him down, but a spokesman for the Afghan president described the claim as “delusional”. In her book “Op Zoek Naar De Vijand (Searching […]

LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May faces another Brexit humiliation after two major eurosceptic factions in parliament warned they would vote down her divorce deal because she had failed to win concessions from the European Union. Just 18 days before the United Kingdom is due to leave the EU on March 29, May is scrambling – so far […]

Cops have made an additional four arrests following the death of the popular Girl Scout, 17, near a children's play area in Harold Hill, east London, earlier this month. An 18-year-old man from Romford remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of murder. A 50-year-old man and 38-year-old woman, both from Dagenham and a 17-year-old male have all been […]

An Indonesian woman held for two years on suspicion of killing Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of the leader of North Korea, has been freed. Siti Aisyah was accused of smearing VX nerve agent on the face of Kim Jong Nam at an airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur in February 2017. Ms Aisyah – accused alongside Vietnamese national Doan […]

PETALING JAYA • Malaysian singer and actress Emily Kong was killed after her car crashed into a tree in Jalan Kuchai Lama in Kuala Lumpur. The 29-year-old, who starred in several films and television dramas including the 2015 movie Love Endures, is believed to have lost control of her vehicle, which mounted the curb and crashed into a tree in […]

Former Tory cabinet ministers warn Theresa May that her job is at risk if the Prime Minister fails to get her Brexit deal through the Commons Dominic Raab and Nicky Morgan raised doubts PM could remain if voted down Aides are now ‘resigned’ to Mrs May setting departure date to get deal through  Mrs May has said if the Government loses […]

Climber Tom Ballard’s girlfriend says she pleaded with him not to climb ‘Killer Mountain’ before he vanished and died on the Nanga Parbat peak Stefania Pederiva repeatedly urged her boyfriend not to climb Nanga Parbat  She said she felt ‘heartbreaking pain and strong anger’ that he didn’t listen   ‘There are or will never be words suitable to describe the void […]

The 999 twins: Meet the police officer and paramedic sisters who race to the same emergency call-outs Natalia and Melissa Croney are confused for each other on emergency call-outs  Melissa sought a career in the police while Natalia chose the ambulance service Sisters, 42, from Chiswick, London says ‘telepathic sisterly bond’ helps them As sporty and active youngsters, identical twins Natalia and […]