The two main political parties in Northern Ireland announced a deal last month to restore the region’s power-sharing government, which had ceased to function three years ago.
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In Northern Ireland, There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Good Brexit’
One of the main attractions at the local museum in Newry, a bustling market town some 40 miles south of Belfast, is an old wooden sign.
Read More »Brexit’s Finish Line Is Only the ‘End of the Beginning’ for Britain and the EU
Britain’s impending departure from the European Union on Jan. 31 is merely, as Winston Churchill might have said, the end of the beginning.
Read More »The Many Contradictions of ‘Global Britain’ in the Gulf
Since the 2016 Brexit referendum, the United Kingdom has been trying hard to figure out its new position on the global stage. Not without a certain degree of nostalgia, the ruling Conservative Party has put forward the idea of “global Britain,” reviving old imperial networks and repositioning London at their …
Read More »‘Removing Iran or Hezbollah From Syria Is Totally Out of the Question’: Shaaban
Bouthaina Shaaban has said that Iran and Hezbollah will not leave Syria and the US has no place making such a suggestion writes Al-Masdar.
Read More »What did Mikdad Tell Moscow?
Faisal Mikdad reportedly delivered two messages to Russia, stating that a conclusion to the situation in Idleb was desired and that Assad was here to stay writes Alsouria Net.
Read More »Nine dead as Kabul car bombing targets Afghan lawmaker
Lawmaker Khan Mohammad Wardak survived the blast but is among 20 injured including women and children, Afghan Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi said. A car bombing in Kabul targeting an Afghan lawmaker killed at least nine people, officials said.
Read More »Trump's bizarre defense of Russian hacks becomes dangerous – comment
Trump has declared that “everything is under control” when all experts have said that the damage may take months or years to calculate. US President Donald Trump’s statement on Saturday contradicting all his cyber and law enforcement agencies, as well as his loyal Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, about Russia’s …
Read More »'Quad' officials reaffirm need to advance free and open Indo-Pacific
Senior officials from the United States, Australia, India and Japan have reaffirmed the need to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific region and agreed to coordinate the next “Quad” foreign ministers’ meeting next year, the U.S. and Japanese governments said.
Read More »Turkey’s Proxies Opened Fire At Russian Patrol On M4 Highway In Syria (Video)
On December 20, Turkish-backed militants opened fire at a patrol of the Russian Military Police, which was moving to reopen the M4 highway in northeastern Syria. The patrol, which set off from the town of Ain Issa in northern Raqqa, was tasked with escorting a convoy of civilian vehicles along …
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