Diplomacy
EU official: Progress toward breakthrough in Brexit talks
A European Union official says EU and British negotiators are making progress toward a breakthrough in Brexit talks amid media reports that a tentative deal on a financial settlement has been found
US worried about dwindling independent media in Hungary
The top U.S. diplomat in Hungary has raised concerns about the dwindling numbers of independent media outlets in Hungary and the growing influence of government allies in the media market
Cyprus president, 71, declares bid for second 5-year term
Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades has declared a bid for a second five-year term
Vatican urges online protections for kids amid porn scandal
The Vatican secretary of state is urging law enforcement agencies, governments and social media sites to take responsibility to protect children from online sexual abuse, even as one of his diplomats is caught up in a child porn investigation
Vatican No. 2 opens online abuse seminar amid porn scandal
The Vatican's secretary of state is headlining an international conference on protecting children from online sexual abuse and exploitation, weeks after he recalled one of his diplomats who was caught up in an investigation into child porn
The Latest: UK minister in Romania for Brexit diplomacy
British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson arrived in Romania's capital for talks on security, defense, trade and Britain's departure from the European Union
Banned from tennis, Nastase starts new career as diplomat
Ilie Nastase is taking on a new role as a diplomat for the Czech Republic
The Latest: Poland slams comments by French leader Macron
A senior official in the French president's office is stressing that Emmanuel Macron was criticizing the Polish government and not targeting the country's people
Hungary upset over Dutch criticism, recalls ambassador
Hungary's foreign minister says the country is recalling its ambassador to the Netherlands and suspending high-level diplomatic ties in response to critical remarks in a magazine interview by the Dutch ambassador about Hungary
Italy OKs ambassador for Cairo, cites murder probe progress
Italy is letting its ambassador take up his post in Cairo, citing on Monday Egyptian progress in the investigation of the 2016 torture death of an Italian scholar that had weighed on diplomatic ties