European Union

EU puts Saudi Arabia on ‘dirty money’ blacklist

Feb 14, 2019 06:10

The European Commission has added Saudi Arabia, among others, to a blacklist of countries with lax controls on terrorism financing and money laundering, sparking an angry reaction from the Riyadh regime.
UK's May rules out parliament should accept her Brexit deal or face delay

Feb 13, 2019 15:44

British Prime Minister Theresa May has played down rumors that her government would give into a long delay for UK’s withdrawal from the European Union if a draft Brexit deal is not accepted in the parliament.
UK's chief negotiator: May’s Brexit deal or long delay

Feb 13, 2019 09:25

British lawmakers will face a stark choice between Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal or a long extension to the March 29 deadline for leaving the bloc, May’s chief Brexit negotiator Olly Robbins was overheard saying in a Brussels bar.
Cold-shouldering of US-planned anti-Iran meeting shows European anger: Report

Feb 13, 2019 09:21

A report says the fact that European countries will be poorly attending a United States-planned meeting in Warsaw — originally meant to target Iran — is reflective of their “anger” at US policies on the Islamic Republic and Syria.
Global financial crisis may be just around the corner

Feb 13, 2019 09:07

The cyclical nature of the world economy, when every single decade ends in a major meltdown of the world financial results in a number of experts predicting a global crisis to take place in 2019. Jean Périer, an independent researcher and analyst and a renowned expert on the West Asia, has more in an article titled “Global financial crisis may be just around the corner.”
US squeezes allies after cutting Iran’s oil to Europe

Feb 13, 2019 02:53

The US is waging a new campaign to drive OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers out of Europe after cutting Iran and Venezuela out of the market with sanctions.
European disintegration

Feb 12, 2019 10:41

Any country that parrots the US or hangs on it like a minion, is doomed to fail and collapse sooner or later. Europe is no exception in this regard.
May rejects Corbyn’s proposal to target customs union with EU

Feb 11, 2019 10:08

British Prime Minister Theresa May has rejected the idea of targeting a customs union with the European Union, pouring cold water on hopes from some that she could shift her Brexit policy to win over the opposition Labour Party.
Post-Brexit UK should be ready to use 'hard power': Defense minister

Feb 11, 2019 04:52

The United Kingdom should be able to use military force to defend its global interests after leaving the European Union, Defense Minister Gavin Williamson will say on Monday.
UK risks facing violence if Brexit undermined: Key Brexiteer

Feb 09, 2019 12:03

A British member of the European Parliament has warned that UK government risks facing serious violence on the streets if it fails to bring the country out of the European Union at the end of March.