Europe
Mosque shooter a white nationalist seeking revenge
Sydney, Mar 16 (AP/UNB) — The gunman behind at least one of the mosque shootings in New Zealand that left 49 people dead on Friday tried to make a few things clear in the manifesto he left behind: He is a 28-year-old Australian white nationalist who hates immigrants. He was angry about attacks in Europe that were perpetrated by Muslims. He wanted revenge, and he wanted to create fear.
Teenage climate activist nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Copenhagen, Mar 14 (AP/UNB) — Three Norwegian lawmakers have nominated Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg, who has become a prominent voice in campaigns against climate change, for the Nobel Peace Prize.
UK lawmakers vote against no-deal Brexit, now aim for delay
London, Mar 14 (AP/UNB) — In a tentative first step toward ending months of political deadlock, British lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the country from leaving the European Union without a divorce agreement, triggering an attempt to delay that departure, currently due to take place on March 29.
EU plans for chaotic Brexit as UK readies for no-deal vote
Strasbourg, Mar 13 (AP/UNB) — European Union officials on Wednesday criticized the U.K. Parliament for rejecting a Brexit deal for a second time as the bloc prepared for a chaotic, cliff-edge departure.
Russia mocks US collusion probe ahead of Mueller's report
Moscow, Mar 13 (AP/UNB) — U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller has yet to release his report about Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but the Kremlin has been rehearsing its response for months.
UK, EU announce change to Brexit deal ahead of key vote
Strasbourg, Mar 12 (AP/UNB) — Britain and the European Union emerged from last-minute talks late Monday to announce they had finally removed the biggest roadblock to their Brexit divorce deal, only hours before the U.K. Parliament was due to decide the fate of Prime Minister Theresa May's hard-won plan to leave the EU.
UK prime minister fights to save Brexit deal
London, Mar 12 (AP/UNB) — British Prime Minister Theresa May refused to admit defeat for her European Union divorce deal Monday, despite deadlocked talks with the bloc a day before Parliament is scheduled to vote on the plan.
UN migration agency says German staffer on plane
Addis Ababa, Mar 11 (AP/UNB) — The United Nations migration agency said that one of its staffers, German citizen Anne-Katrin Feigl, was on the plane en route to a training course in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya and the plane's destination.
UK trade official sees hope in Brexit hard-liners' proposals
London, Mar 4 (AP/UNB) — Britain's international trade secretary on Sunday welcomed proposals drawn up by hard-line Brexit supporters that outline what it would take for them to support Prime Minister Theresa May's deal with the European Union.
Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Yannis Behrakis dead at 58
Athens, Mar 3 (AP/UNB)— Yannis Behrakis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, has died. He was 58.