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11:52am, 31st July, 2019

Italy and EU end latest standoff on African asylum seekers

The European Union ended a standoff with Italy over African immigration on Wednesday, agreeing to take 116 asylum-seekers rescued at sea last week but denied permission to go ashore by the country's right-wing interior minister.

EU to blacklist eight Russians over Azov Sea stand-off: sources

11:29am, 15th February, 2019

World

EU to blacklist eight Russians over Azov Sea stand-off: sources

The European Union will blacklist eight more Russians over a stand-off with Ukraine in the Azov Sea, diplomatic sources said on Friday.

EU rejects Italian draft budget, setting up standoff with defiant Italy

6:10pm, 23rd October, 2018

World

EU rejects Italian draft budget, setting up standoff with defiant Italy

The European Commission rejected Italy's draft 2019 budget on Tuesday, saying it brazenly broke EU rules on public spending, and asked Rome to submit a new one within three weeks or face disciplinary action.

After standoff, May says Irish backstop cannot derail Brexit

11:30am, 15th October, 2018

UK

After standoff, May says Irish backstop cannot derail Brexit

Prime Minister Theresa May urged the European Union on Monday not to allow a stand-off over the so-called Irish backstop to derail the Brexit talks, saying she believed a deal was achievable.

Italy threatens to cut EU funding over Catania migrant standoff

7:08am, 24th August, 2018

World

Italy threatens to cut EU funding over Catania migrant standoff

Italy's government threatened on Friday to withhold next year's contributions to the EU budget if Brussels failed to resolve a standoff over the fate of immigrants stranded for four days in an Italian port.

PM May to meet Scotland's Sturgeon after Brexit standoff

7:27pm, 6th August, 2018

UK

PM May to meet Scotland's Sturgeon after Brexit standoff

Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon accused the British government of "talking-up" a no-deal Brexit, making it more likely the United Kingdom will just drop out of the European Union at great cost to the economy.

Woman killed in Los Angeles grocery store standoff shot by police

6:31pm, 24th July, 2018

US

Woman killed in Los Angeles grocery store standoff shot by police

The bullet that struck and killed a woman at a Trader Joe's grocery store in Los Angeles in the chaotic early moments of a weekend hostage siege was fired by police during a brief gunfight with the armed suspect, authorities revealed on Tuesday.

Police name murder suspect in Los Angeles store hostage standoff

2:16pm, 22nd July, 2018

US

Police name murder suspect in Los Angeles store hostage standoff

Los Angeles police named a 28-year-old man on Sunday as the suspect who took hostages and barricaded himself for three hours inside a Trader Joe's grocery store in which he fatally shot a woman.

Gunman arrested after deadly Los Angeles store hostage standoff

9:51pm, 21st July, 2018

US

Gunman arrested after deadly Los Angeles store hostage standoff

Police in Los Angeles arrested a man who took hostages and barricaded himself inside a Trader Joe's store on Saturday, ending a three hour standoff that left a woman in the store dead, authorities said.

Italian president intervenes in migrant stand-off, angering Salvini

4:22am, 13th July, 2018

World

Italian president intervenes in migrant stand-off, angering Salvini

President Sergio Mattarella has made a rare intervention in Italian politics to end a dispute within the ruling coalition over a migrant boat, angering right-wing Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.

Oregon ranchers who sparked standoff to return home after Trump pardon

8:41am, 11th July, 2018

US

Oregon ranchers who sparked standoff to return home after Trump pardon

Two Oregon ranchers whose sentencing on arson convictions sparked the 2016 armed occupation of a wildlife refuge were due to return home on Wednesday, after being pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump, the family said in a statement.

Trump optimistic on North Korea summit despite differences on ending nuclear standoff

6:43pm, 11th June, 2018

World

Trump optimistic on North Korea summit despite differences on ending nuclear standoff

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday would show if a "real deal" could happen, as both sides sought to narrow differences over how to end a n...

6:43pm, 11th June, 2018

Politics

Trump optimistic on North Korea summit despite differences on ending nuclear standoff

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday would show if a "real deal" could happen, as both sides sought to narrow differences over how to end a n...

U.S., EU agree to start technical talks on trade after G7 summit standoff

7:25pm, 8th June, 2018

Business

U.S., EU agree to start technical talks on trade after G7 summit standoff

LA MALBAIE, Quebec (Reuters) - The United States and European Union will establish a dialogue on trade within the next two weeks, a French official said on Friday, at the end of a fractious session that had threatened to rupture the Group of Seven ri...

Florida police in standoff with active shooter: official

3:45pm, 22nd May, 2018

US

Florida police in standoff with active shooter: official

(Reuters) - Police in Panama City, Florida, were engaged in a standoff with an active shooter they believed was barricaded inside an apartment complex at a busy intersection, with multiple shots fired, a city official said.