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Dutch authorities said they were still investigating a likely terrorist motive for the shooting. (Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuetrs)

Dutch police arrest suspect after three shot dead on tram

Mosques and schools were closed across the Netherlands’ fourth-largest city following the bloodshed

(Simon Dawson/Reurers)

British MPs set to vote on no-deal Brexit

Some eurosceptics are now pressing to end Britain’s 46-year EU membership with no deal, but May warned this could cause "significant economic shock"

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker welcomes British Prime Minister Theresa May in Strasbourg, France. (Reuters/Vincent Kessler/Pool)

Brexit drama faces parliament judgment day

May huddled with EU leaders in Strasbourg in a bid to salvage the vision of Brexit she set out after coming to power nearly three years ago

May and the other 27 EU leaders approved a Brexit withdrawal agreement at a summit on November 25 last year. (Toby Melville/Reuters)

Brexit: May heads back to Brussels but EU not budging

With less than six weeks until Brexit day, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has agreed to meet May once again

Theresa May leaves after a news conference following a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium December 14 2018. (Eric Vidal/Reuters)

May back in Brussels for latest Brexit showdown

​Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May returned to Brussels on Thursday for a showdown with EU leaders

Most ominously for May, the Northern Irish party which props up her government threatened to break their alliance over reports of a special arrangement for the British province. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)

Brexit: May to meet EU leaders

Brussels is now waiting for May to formally request renewed talks

A miner kisses the symbolic last piece of stone coal harvested from the Franz Haniel shaft during a ceremony marking the closure of the last active black coal mine in Bottrop, Germany. (Reuters/Thilo Schmuelgen)

With emotional goodbye, Germany shutters last black coal mine

Coal mining is an industry increasingly under threat as countries around the world look for ways to phase out fossil fuels to combat climate change

British Prime Minister Theresa May (R) and European Union Council President Donald Tusk during the extraordinary EU leaders summit to finalise and formalise the Brexit agreement in Brussels, Belgium. (Olivier Hoslet/Pool via Reuters)

EU leaders approve Brexit deal with UK

European leaders formally endorse Brexit deal, paving the way for British parliamentary vote next month

Resigned British prime minister Theresa May. (AFP)

Brexit goes down to wire as May calls last-day talks

Theresa May said she will return to Brussels for more talks on the eve of a planned signing summit

Resigned British prime minister Theresa May. (AFP)

UK PM faces double trouble in looming Brexit showdown

With Britain set to leave the bloc at the end of March, European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker is demanding ‘substantial progress’ this week

The China trade offensive is only one side of Trump’s multi-front battle with the United States’ economic partners as he presses ahead with his protectionist “America First” agenda.

Trump presses EU on trade barriers in tit-for-tat

The president renewed his demand that the European Union halts its trade barriers to US products in order to spare his allies new tariffs

The tour, which will also take her to Kenya, is part of a campaign to promote Britain’s global ambitions after Brexit. (AFP)

EU denies Brexit dinner report where British PM pleaded for help

German newspaper report said Theresa May pleaded with EU Commission chief for help in stalled Brexit negotiations at a dinner in Brussels last week.

EU unveils ‘bold’ refugee plan

EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has unveiled a plan for sharing refugees among the bloc to ease the burden on border states.

EU to impose migrant quotas forcing states to ‘share’ burden of influx

A proposal to divide up numbers between EU states in the wake of the Mediterranean crisis could pit Germany, which backs the scheme, against the UK.

‘War’ gains currency at G7

‘War’ gains currency at G7

China is placed under pressure as several central banks intervene to make their currencies cheaper.

World markets plunge as recession fears grow

Stocks plummeted across the world on Monday amid fears of a global recession, with markets in Europe suffering their biggest one-day losses since the September 11 attacks on the…

Blair wins backing as future EU president

Former British prime minister Tony Blair would be a good choice as the European Union’s first full-time president, French and British leaders said on Friday while stressing that…