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8:07pm, 4th May, 2019

Damascus presses Idlib attack, artillery hits Turkish position

Syrian government forces and their Russian allies pounded the rebel-held northwest of Syria with air strikes on Saturday, sources in the area said, as artillery hit a Turkish military position there, underlining the risk of wider escalation.

Spanish voters put Socialists in pole position to regain power

5:44pm, 28th April, 2019

World

Spanish voters put Socialists in pole position to regain power

Spain's Socialist prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, emerged from inconclusive elections on Sunday with a strong chance to regain power, though he faces weeks or even months of negotiations to assemble a government from a deeply divided new parliame...

Putin wants to know Ukraine president-elect's position on Eastern Ukraine

4:33am, 27th April, 2019

World

Putin wants to know Ukraine president-elect's position on Eastern Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday he wanted to know the position of Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the conflict in Eastern Ukraine.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen leaving her position

6:05pm, 7th April, 2019

Politics

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen leaving her position

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is leaving her position, President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Sunday, as the administration pursues an overhaul of the department responsible for immigration policy.

Exclusive: China shifts position on tech transfers, trade talks progress - U.S. officials

10:26am, 28th March, 2019

Business

Exclusive: China shifts position on tech transfers, trade talks progress - U.S. officials

China has made proposals in talks with the United States on a range of issues that go further than it has before, including on forced technology transfer, as the two sides work to overcome obstacles to a deal to end their protracted trade war, U.S. o...

Choice between Brexit deal or delay is not UK government's position: minister

2:51am, 13th February, 2019

World

Choice between Brexit deal or delay is not UK government's position: minister

Britain does not face a choice between Prime Minister Theresa May's deal or a significant delay to Brexit, Brexit minister Steve Barclay said on Wednesday, adding reported comments by a senior Brexit negotiator did not reflect government positio...

Jo Johnson says colleagues are considering their position over Brexit

7:54am, 10th November, 2018

UK

Jo Johnson says colleagues are considering their position over Brexit

Former minister Jo Johnson said some colleagues were "reflecting hard" on whether to quit over Theresa May's Brexit plan after his dramatic resignation threw the British prime minister's deal into jeopardy.

Bolton says U.S. yet to finalize position on extending START treaty: RIA

1:37pm, 22nd October, 2018

Politics

Bolton says U.S. yet to finalize position on extending START treaty: RIA

The United States has yet to finalize its position on extending the New START arms control treaty which is due to expire in 2021, President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton said on Monday, according to the Russian news agency...

Government has changed position on Brexit law compromise - MP

12:20pm, 14th June, 2018

UK

Government has changed position on Brexit law compromise - MP

LONDON (Reuters) - Pro-EU MP Anna Soubry said on Thursday the government had changed its position after agreeing a compromise deal on handing parliament a "meaningful vote" on any Brexit deal, and that the new proposal had not been agreed b...