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The UK government may have survived the latest backbench rebellion over Brexit, but new figures from accounting giant EY illustrate…

Pro-Brexit Conservative MPs are threatening to block UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan for a “customs partnership” with the EU,…

The Philippines has formally rejected at least 380 million pesos (€6.1 million) in aid from the EU amid allegations that…

The EU has announced that it will resume political contacts “at all levels” with Thailand, more than three years after…

UK border staff might be diverted from “crucial security functions” after Brexit to handle a sudden rise in customs activity,…

French President Emmanuel Macron is urging reluctant EU leaders to put the brakes on free-trade agreements or risk further electoral backlashes…

Singapore and Germany have signed a joint declaration to strengthen cybersecurity cooperation and deepen information exchanges. Prime Minister Lee Hsien…

Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has unveiled his post-Brexit vision for an invisible border with Northern Ireland retaining a connection…

Few Britons know about the 1860 destruction of the Peking Summer Palace at the end of the Second Opium War…

Turkey has rejected a resolution by the House of Representatives in Washington that condemned violence by Turkish bodyguards against protesters…

Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, is in Saudi Arabia, where she is expected to challenge the government on its treatment of…

Evidence of price rises and wage growth in the UK tomorrow (Tuesday) is expected to reinforce the growing pressures on…

Glitzy Astana lacks the architectural gems of neighbouring Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has visited Astana in Kazakhstan to boost…

Scotland voted heavily against leaving the European Union last June. Prime Minister Theresa May still has time to reach a…

US President Bill Clinton with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in the Oval Office in 2000. Source: Wikimedia Brexit poses dangers to…