US promises to keep IS fight after ’100 percent’ defeat

The United States promised Wednesday to stay focused on permanently destroying the Islamic State group but asked concerned allies to contribute more, as President Donald Trump boasted that the extremists will soon have lost all their territory in Syria.

 

French MPs approve ’anti-rioters’ bill amid protests

French MPs on Tuesday approved an anti-rioting bill giving security forces the power to ban suspected hooligans from demonstrating, in a controversial bid to crack down on violence that has marred "yellow vest" protests over the last three months.

Maltese director of Somali port shot dead

A gunman Monday killed the manager of the port of Bossasso, in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland state, a local security official said, in an attack claimed by the Islamist Al-Shabaab group.

Britain’s May wins mandate to reopen Brexit deal

British Prime Minister Theresa May won parliament's backing on Tuesday to renegotiate her Brexit deal – a major policy reversal that sets up a new standoff with the EU after it ruled out any change.

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