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Through the Brexit looking glass: What changes and what stays the same?

Britain leaves the European Union today and starts work to rewrite its relationship with the bloc. Britain joined what was then called the European Economic Community on January 1, 1973, and voted out on June 23, 2016 in a referendum by the Tories.

EU chiefs sign Brexit deal ahead of parliamentary vote

The leaders of two of the European Union’s main institutions signed the divorce agreement governing Britain’s departure from the bloc next week, sealing the penultimate step in Brexit at a ceremony held without media access.

The Wagner Group: a private military company that's not exactly 'private'

The Wagner Group is Putin's most potent weapon in advancing Russian policy objectives while maintaining plausible deniability.

Why Pakistan needs to reevaluate its foreign policy priorities

Islamabad has been reactionary, rather than anticipatory, and the last-minute backing out from the ongoing Kuala Lumpur summit could further isolate the country when it needs committed friends the most.

49 journalists murdered in 2019 - RSF

The "historically low" number mostly died covering conflicts in Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan, the RSF said with its head Christophe Deloire warning that the number of journalists murdered in countries supposedly at peace is still alarmingly high.

Ciao, Mario: ECB's Draghi hands baton to Lagarde

After a career breaking glass ceilings to join a tiny global elite, Christine Lagarde will bring experience of cool-headed crisis fighting to her job as first female head of the European Central Bank.

Hope for a new understanding among Gulf States

A window for rapprochement in the Gulf could be in the offing as the US tones down its rhetoric on Iran pushing Saudi Arabia and the UAE to take a step back.

EU hopes for new British move as Brexit clock runs out

Johnson's Brexit envoy, senior diplomat David Frost, met EU officials in Brussels as the countdown to Friday deadline for striking a new deal in time for an EU summit next begins.

Yale probes cancellation of 'dissent' course by Singapore campus

Yale-NUS College cancelled the "Dialogue and Dissent in Singapore" programme two weeks before it was scheduled to start.

Taliban revoke ban on Red Cross, provide security guarantees

Taliban leaders imposed a ban on the ICRC and the World Health Organisation (WHO) earlier in April saying the organisations were carrying out "suspicious" activities during vaccinations campaigns and not sticking to their declared missions.

Day 23: India's Kashmir siege — ‘we want our sleep back’

Why has a Kashmiri suburb barricaded itself against the Indian police and imposed self-isolation since August 9?

At least seven civilians killed in air strike in northern Afghanistan -govt

Protests broke out on the main road of Pul e Khumri after the air strike, with demonstrators using pickup trucks to carry the remains of victims as they marched through the streets en route to burial ceremonies.