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Brussels waits for the US Midterms, but expects little to change White House prepares to govern through executive powers amid mid-term losses US midterms open after tense final campaign push EU could allow UK to stay outside euro and Schengen if it seeks to rejoin Government must take responsibility for economic strategy, infrastructure planning and meeting its electoral commitments – Malta Employers

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Libya · 22 May 2018 Libya’s Elderly Council demands UN to intervene to end air strikes on Derna The Council of Elders of Tripoli organized a protest Sunday outside the UN headquarters in Janzour district in Tripoli to express solidarity… Diplomacy · 19 May 2018 Obituary – Former Maltese Ambassador Dr. Joseph Cassar passes away Seasoned Maltese diplomat Dr. Joseph Cassar passed away. Born in 1947, Dr Cassar served as Malta's Ambassador to Portugal, Libya, the Russian… Gaza · 18 May 2018 UN rights council approves probe into Israeli response to Gaza clashes The United Nations Human Rights Council approves a commission of inquiry to investigate Israel’s handling of clashes on the Gaza border and… Paraguay · 17 May 2018 Paraguay to move its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem Paraguay's government says President Horacio Cartes will open the country's new embassy to Israel in Jerusalem on Tuesday, following similar steps by… Belgium · 16 May 2018 Turkey and Israel expel respective ambassadors; Belgium and Ireland summon Israeli ambassadors over Gaza violence The Haertz reports that "Israel expelled the Turkish consul in Jerusalem hours after the Israeli ambassador to Turkey was expelled on Tuesday.… Diplomacy · 14 May 2018 Insight – Effects of US sanctions not limited to higher oil prices but could spill over into global trade jitters (Diplomatique.Expert) Although the immediate response to Tuesday’s announcement of the US withdrawal from Iran’s nuclear deal was a jump in oil prices, most… Nobel Prize · 4 May 2018 No Nobel Prize for Literature amidst sexual harassment allegations For the first time since 1949, the secretive jury within the Swedish Academy which decides the Nobel Prize for Literature that hands… Donald Trump · 21 Apr 2018 Oil prices are artificially Very High! – Trump "Looks like OPEC is at it again," he wrote. "With record amounts of oil all over the place, including the fully loaded… Syria · 20 Apr 2018 The UN must examine its conscience on Syria – Nobel Peace prize winner Maartti Ahtisaari Nobel Peace Prize Winner Martti Ahtisaari in a piece written for The Guardian, argues that "the alarming events of the past week… France · 15 Apr 2018 Air Strikes on Syria – New Push in UN to end Syria’s chemical weapons CNN reports that the United States, the United Kingdom and France are pushing for an "irreversible" end to Syria's chemical weapons program,… France · 14 Apr 2018 Air Strikes on Syria – NATO to meet later on today CNN reports that following the trilateral airstrikes launched in Syria, a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) will be held Saturday… USA · 14 Apr 2018 Air Strikes on Syria – Iran’s Reaction Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, condemned Saturday’s US-led airstrikes on Syria. “I clearly declare that the US president, the French president and the UK…