ABC News Online: Brexit one step closer as EU and UK agree to terms of future relationship
Britain and the European Union have agreed upon a draft text setting out a close post-Brexit economic relationship, though wrangling with Spain over control of Gibraltar must still be settled before European Union leaders meet in order to rubber-stamp the pact.
Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29, and diplomats are trying to put the finishing touches to a divorce deal.
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MIDDLE EAST
UN envoy Griffiths due to arrive in Yemen's Hodeidah.
UN Yemen envoy pushes rebel chief on talks ahead of Hodeida visit.
Iraq removes blast walls around Green Zone for partial reopening.
Khashoggi case: Saudi crown prince embarks on regional tour, France imposes sanctions. Saudi prince lands in UAE on first foreign tour since Khashoggi murder.
Khashoggi killing: France imposes travel ban on 18 Saudi citizens.
Khashoggi murder: Calls to remove Saudi crown prince 'a red line'.
Turkey tries to maintain ties with Riyadh.
Iran failed to declare chemical weapons: US.
US welcomes German firms' compliance on Iran sanctions.
Iran says no trust in Trump's US for new nuclear talks. Iran's foreign minister Zarif rules out renegotiating 2015 nuclear deal.
Hamas photos of alleged Israeli force spark censor warning.
ASIA
Kabul suicide blast death toll increases to 55.
Trump says prepared for G20 meeting with China's Xi.
As Beijing and Manila shake hands on South China Sea energy deal, backlash from Filipino critics begins.
Faced with a mounting economic crisis, the cash-strapped Maldives is looking to renegotiate its piles of Chinese debt.
Political crisis, tumbling rupee add to Sri Lanka's economic woes.
India gov't dissolves Kashmir state assembly.
Australia dust storm: Health warning as skies change colour.
AFRICA
Militants kill around 100 Nigerian soldiers in attack on army base: sources.
US air strikes target al-Shabab fighters in Somalia.
Eight dead as gunmen storm French drilling camp in Niger. Attack on French firm Foraco's site kills seven people in Niger.
Angola president fights 'wasp nest' of corruption in country.
Thousands protest Tunisia's public sector cuts.
S.Africa president tweaks cabinet ahead of May election.
South African community wins court battle over mining rights.
Ethiopia opposition leader named election body chief.
EUROPE
Brexit: Draft agreement on future relationship right for UK, says May. EU, Britain agree draft deal on future relations.
EU, UK agree to 'ambitious' post-Brexit ties.
10,000 blocking roads as fuel tax protests continue in France.
Kosovo hits Serbia with 100% trade tariffs amid Interpol row.
Serbia warns Kosovo against escalation in tariff row.
Would-be Merkel successor questions post-Nazi asylum guarantee.
France warns of surge in migrant attempts to reach Britain by boat.
Hillary Clinton: Europe must curb immigration to stop rightwing populists.
AMERICAS
Trump warns of government shutdown next month over border security.
White House considers plan to keep asylum seekers in Mexico.
Trump disputes CIA findings in Khashoggi killing, says too much at stake to punish ally.
Trump keeps up Roberts dispute: 9th Circuit 'a complete & total disaster'.
House GOP issues subpoenas to James Comey, Loretta Lynch.
Trump hints could make first visit to troops in Afghanistan.
Paradise fire is deadliest U.S. wildfire in 100 years; eerily similar to 1918 inferno that killed 453.
'No more camps,' Colombia tells Venezuelans not to settle in tent city.
Guatemala sentences ex-soldier to over 5,000 years in prison.
Canada: locals angry after navy holds live fire exercises in orca habitat.
In pictures: America celebrates Thanksgiving Day.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
U.S. military says strikes killed six militants in Somalia.
MI5 'too slow' over Manchester Arena bomber.
Egyptian armed forces kill 12 in anti-terrorist raids.
Australia plans to strip citizenship of native-born 'terrorists'.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Google crackdown on secret ‘dark adverts’ in EU elections.
Carlos Ghosn: Nissan sacks chairman over cash scandal.
Zuckerberg at center of new Facebook firestorm.
Facebook v Soros: 'Congress must probe'.
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