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Yemen’s warring parties agreed on Thursday to cease fighting for the Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah and withdraw their troops, the first significant breakthrough for U.N.-led peace efforts in five years of conflict. Reuters Continue reading Yemen's warring parties agree to ceasefire in Hodeidah and U.N. role
Hundreds of police scoured eastern France on Thursday for a fugitive gunman behind a deadly Strasbourg Christmas market attack that left two people dead and six others fighting for their lives. Reuters Continue reading France ready to take Strasbourg suspect dead or alive, says government spokesman
British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a confidence vote by the Conservative Party on Wednesday, but a mutiny by more than a third of her lawmakers indicated parliament was heading toward deadlock over Brexit. Reuters Continue reading British PM May survives party confidence vote but Brexit deal still teetering
Prime Minister Theresa May vowed to win a vote of no confidence triggered by angry Brexit supporters in her Conservative Party on Wednesday, but said she would step down as leader before the next election in four years time. Reuters Continue reading UK's May faces party confidence vote, says she will resign before next election
Prime Minister Theresa May vowed to fight for her job in a leadership challenge on Wednesday triggered by Conservative lawmakers, saying a change could jeopardize Britain’s divorce from the European Union. Reuters Continue reading UK leader May fights leadership revolt, warns Brexit in peril
A top executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd was granted bail by a Canadian court on Tuesday, 10 days after her arrest in Vancouver at the request of U.S. authorities sparked a diplomatic dispute. Reuters Continue reading Canada frees CFO of China's Huawei on bail; Trump might intervene
Time on Tuesday named a group of journalists, including a slain Saudi Arabian writer and two Reuters reporters imprisoned by Myanmar’s government, as “Person of the Year” and warned the idea of truth as critical to democracy is under assault. … Continue reading Time's 'Person of Year' goes to journalists, including Reuters pair
A white nationalist who killed a woman by ramming his car into a crowd protesting a white supremacist rally in Virginia last year should spend the rest of his life in prison, a jury said on Tuesday. Reuters Continue reading Jury recommends life in prison for white nationalist who killed a woman at 2017 Charlottesville protest
The European Union ruled out renegotiating the Brexit divorce treaty or its Irish border protocol on Tuesday as Prime Minister Theresa May sought last ditch assurances from the bloc to save her deal after pulling a vote she acknowledged she … Continue reading EU tells UK's May: We will not renegotiate the Brexit treaty
Church bells taken as war trophies by U.S. forces more than a century ago arrived in the Philippines on Tuesday, ending Manila’s decades-long quest for the return of some of the most famous symbols of resistance to U.S. colonialism. Reuters Continue reading U.S. returns bells looted after Philippine wartime massacre
A Canadian provincial court weighing whether to grant bail to a top executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL], who is facing possible extradition to the United States, adjourned on Monday without deciding her fate. Reuters Continue reading Canadian court weighs bail for jailed CFO of China's Huawei
Prime Minister Theresa May abruptly postponed a parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal on Monday, throwing Britain’s plan to leave the European Union into chaos after admitting that she faced a rout. Reuters Continue reading Brexit in turmoil as UK PM May pulls vote on her EU divorce deal
The European Union’s top court ruled on Monday that the British government may reverse its decision to leave the bloc without consulting other member states in a decision welcomed by those campaigning to stop Brexit. Reuters Continue reading EU court ruling boosts Brexit opponents
The European Union’s top court ruled on Monday that the United Kingdom can unilaterally revoke its divorce notice, raising the hopes of pro-Europeans ahead of a crucial vote in the British parliament on Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal. Reuters Continue reading EU's top court says UK can unilaterally stop Brexit
A powerful winter storm that hit the U.S. Southeast over the weekend knocked out power for more than 380,000 customers and forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights on Sunday. Reuters Continue reading Winter storm knocks out power to 380,000 in U.S. Southeast
U.S. President Donald Trump could face impeachment and jail time if hush money payments reported by his former lawyer are proven to be campaign finance violations, Democratic lawmakers said on Sunday. Reuters Continue reading Top Democrats say Trump may face impeachment, jail over hush money