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Gibraltar accuses 'predator' Spain of Brexit ploy

The head of the tiny British overseas territory of Gibraltar, which is hugely dependent on a free-flowing border with Spain, has accused Madrid of acting like a "predator" by trying to exploit Brexit. In an interview with AFP in London, Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo dismissed...

US Republicans to move ahead with $12B-$15B border wall

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Congress was moving ahead with building a wall at the U.S. border with Mexico that would cost $12 billion to $15 billion. McConnell and House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan did not say how Congress would pay for the wall that...

Egypt bans top human rights lawyer from travel abroad

A prominent Egyptian human rights lawyer says he has been banned from leaving the country, the latest in a series of travel bans imposed on rights activists. Negad Borai, who runs the United Group for Law, says he was heading to Jordan to visit his wife when airport authorities informed him...

Britain "open-minded" on timescale for exit of Syria's Assad

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Thursday Britain was "open-minded" about the timescale for Syrian President Bashar Assad relinquishing power and did not rule out joining Russia in military action against ISIS militants. Speaking to British lawmakers, Johnson also questioned whether the...