British lawmakers decided Thursday to seek a Brexit delay, a move that followsmonths of political deadlock.
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Senate approves measure to force US withdrawal from Yemen despite Trump’s veto threat
Wednesday’s Senate vote served asa bipartisan rebuke to President Trump and to the Saudi royal family.
Jamal Khashoggi’s murder was a human rights violation by Saudi government, State Department says
The State Department report makes no mention of the likely role Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohamed bin Salman, played in Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
UK Parliament acts to avert ‘absolute catastrophe’ Brexit
British lawmakers voted to rule out leaving the European Union without a formal departure deal when the U.K. leaves the bloc in less than three weeks.
George Pell, once Australia’s most senior Catholic, given 6 years for child sex abuse
A prominent former archbishop and cardinal who at one time set up one of the world’s first protocols to investigate child abuse in the clergy was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday.
US announces withdrawal of last of its embassy personnel from Venezuela
The U.S. announced late Monday that it is pulling the remaining staff from its embassy in Venezuela.
British lawmakers reject Theresa May’s Brexit plan for second time
Britain’s Parliament rejected for a second time Prime Minister Theresa May’s hard-won plan to leave the EU.
Ethiopian Airlines crash: Georgetown Law student among 157 victims
People from at least 35 countries were killed in Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines crash, including eight Americans.
Former NTSB chief: Hundreds of Boeing jets should be grounded in wake of Ethiopia crash
More than a dozen airlines grounded some of Boeing’s newest jets, the Max 8, as investigators probed an Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157.
Venezuelans on edge over power outage paralyzing the country
Venezuelans continue to struggle under a blackout that has been one of the worst and longest in recent memory, in a country already suffering from serious shortages of food and medicine due to economic crisis. Video provided by AFP
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