Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says Ireland is “not playing chicken” over Brexit after British prime minister Theresa May delayed a House of Commons vote on a deal until just days before March 29 deadline.

THE EU Commission will today unveil a proposed shake-up of the Common Agriculture Policy.

US PRESIDENT George Bush told the Arab world yesterday to end political repression and the denial of women’s rights saying: “Freedom and peace are within your grasp.”

Iran remains the biggest threat to Middle East interests, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned today.

ISRAEL and the Palestinians put a positive gloss yesterday on talks between their prime ministers, setting the tone for a three-way summit led by US President George W Bush on promoting a peace “road map”.