European Union

EU welcomes any progress beyond maintaining Iran nuclear deal: Mogherini

Aug 30, 2019 15:15

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the 28-nation bloc will continue working to preserve a nuclear deal signed between Iran and world powers in 2015 but will welcome any progress beyond it.
UK civil service workers tasked to work, or quit over Brexit

Aug 30, 2019 09:10

Civil servants in the UK are now asking whether they should continue to work or quit, as the looming prorogue of Parliament further strangles policymaking in central government.
Labour leader tries to unite entire British opposition against Johnson's Brexit

Aug 27, 2019 10:52

British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has intensified his drive to stop Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s determined sprint toward a no-deal Brexit.
Iran to suspend more JCPOA commitments if Europe takes no action: Zarif

Aug 27, 2019 09:34

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran will take the "third step" in reducing its commitments under a 2015 multilateral nuclear deal unless the other signatories take action to protect the agreement.
No deal Brexit will hurt UK more, EU warns

Aug 20, 2019 04:19

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday (August 18) that she would meet British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday (August 21) evening to discuss Britain's planned departure from the European Union, adding that Berlin was also prepared for a disorderly Brexit.
US anti-Iran policy in high seas harms Europeans: LA Times

Aug 19, 2019 07:58

Gibraltar’s release of an Iran-operated supertanker after its seizure by British marines shows the US is facing resistance from its traditional allies, the American daily Los Angeles Times says.
Iran, Ansarullah, European diplomats urge end to Yemen crisis

Aug 18, 2019 01:51

Representatives of Iran, Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement and four major European countries have stressed the importance of putting an immediate end to the ongoing devastating war in Yemen.
Boris Johnson confident on Brexit as no deal Brexit fears grow in EU

Aug 15, 2019 10:22

As UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, expresses confidence that the UK will leave the European Union by 31 October, fear continues to grow of an impending no-deal Brexit and the havoc it may lay on the economies of the 27-nation bloc.
Brexit vexes UK farmers amid US interference in agriculture

Aug 15, 2019 09:26

More economic strife threatens the future of UK agriculture, as nearly half of British farms could fail after a no-deal Brexit, and the US seeks to impose its own food standards on British farmers as part of any trade deal between the two nations.
Bolton says Washington favors a no-deal Brexit

Aug 14, 2019 04:02

US National Security Adviser John Bolton has said the United States "enthusiastically" supports a no-deal Brexit.