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FILE- In this Dec. 8, 2017 file photo, UK's Union Flag, left, and the EU flag, flap in the wind outside EU headquarters in Brussels. The European Union's top court ruled Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, that Britain can change its mind over Brexit, boosting the hopes of people who want to stay in the EU that the process can be reversed. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Markets on edge as Brexit uncertainty hits new highs

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

In this grab taken from video, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement in the House of Commons, in London, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. May has postponed Parliament's vote on her European Union divorce deal to avoid a shattering defeat — a decision that throws her Brexit plans into chaos. (PA via AP)

Theresa May, British P.M., postpones Brexit deal vote in Parliament

By Jill Lawless, Danica Kirka and Lorne Cook - Associated Press

FILE- In this Dec. 8, 2017 file photo, UK's Union Flag, left, and the EU flag, flap in the wind outside EU headquarters in Brussels. The European Union's top court ruled Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, that Britain can change its mind over Brexit, boosting the hopes of people who want to stay in the EU that the process can be reversed. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

A look at Brexit as UK prime minister cancels the big vote

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, a migrant walks past graffiti at the UN buffer zone in central Nicosia, Cyprus. The Cyprus Refugee Council, a nonprofit group, said there is now a backlog of about 8,000 asylum applications as of late 2018, and it takes three to five years to process each claim, including appeals.(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus sees surge in migrants crossing from breakaway north

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Youth and indigenous groups protest against fossil fuels during US-hosted event at the UN climate talks in Katowice, Poland, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, as the COP24 UN Climate Change Conference takes place in the city. (AP Photo/Frank Jordans)

Climate group: 14 activists banned by conference host Poland

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

In this file photo taken on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 a woman walks by the entrance to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) **FILE**

Top EU court rules U.K. can change mind over Brexit

By Lorne Cook and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Belgium's Foreign Minister Didier Reynders, left, talks to European Union Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini prior a meeting of EU Foreign Affairs ministers at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU eyes ways to bolster Ukraine economy amid Russia tension

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Protesters are reflected in a puddle as they wave European flags to demonstrate against Brexit in front of the Parliament in London, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. British Prime Minister Theresa May is battling to persuade lawmakers to support the divorce agreement between Britain and the European Union in a Dec. 11 House of Commons vote. Opposition parties say they will vote against it, as do dozens of lawmakers from May's Conservatives. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Only the second-worst result of efforts to unify Europe

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Demonstrators protest for Britain's Brexit split from Europe, outside the Houses of Parliament in London Thursday Dec. 6, 2018. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May's effort to win support for her Brexit agreement comes amid reports in British newspapers Thursday, predicting that Parliament could reject the deal by more than 100 votes. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

UK’s May: ‘Uncharted waters’ if lawmakers reject Brexit deal

By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

Protestors demonstrate opposite Parliament against Britain's Brexit split from Europe, in London, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May's effort to win support for her Brexit agreement comes amid reports in British newspapers Thursday, predicting that Parliament could reject the deal by more than 100 votes. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Is there a Brexit ‘Plan B?’ UK minister offers alternatives

By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 2016 file photo, the American Flag flies outside the Justice Department in Washington. The Russian father and son were in a Hungarian jail, charged after an elaborate plot to ship weapons to Mexican drug cartels and cocaine to the U.S. They found a lawyer in New York, anticipating an inevitable extradition and trial. But then the case took an unexpected turn. Instead of being extradited to the U.S., Vladimir Lyubishin senior and junior were sent back to Russia, where, the State Department says, it’s not clear if they will face trial. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

US loses to Russia in case of 2 arms trafficking suspects

By MARIA DANILOVA - Associated Press

Anti Brexit demonstrators protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London Thursday Dec. 6, 2018. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May's effort to win support for her Brexit agreement comes amid reports in British newspapers Thursday, predicting that Parliament could reject the deal by more than 100 votes. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

UK PM May deploys ministers to sell Brexit deal to public

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

EU set to prolong sanctions against Congo election candidate

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2015 file photo, a young child waits in line at a migrant reception center in Brussels. Belgian migration minister Theo Francken on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018 said he wants no part of a United Nations pact on safe and orderly migration, an international deal that has pushed Belgium's government to the brink of collapse. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

EU nations increasingly divided over UN migration pact

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

EU to step up fight against anti-Semitism around Europe

Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, centre, gives a reply to lawmakers during the scheduled Prime Minister's Questions time, in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday Dec. 5, 2018. Britains House of Commons opened round two Wednesday in a bruising battle between lawmakers and Prime Minister Theresa May's government over Britain's Brexit split with the EU. (UK Parliament, Mark Duffy via AP)

Theresa May Brexit plan gets little popular support

By Benjamin Plackett — Special to The Washington Times

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May Prime Minister Theresa May is congratulated by Conservative Party ministers in the House of Commons after speaking at the start of a five-day debate on the Brexit European Union Withdrawal Agreement, Tuesday Dec. 4, 2018. The British government received a historic rebuke from lawmakers on Tuesday over its Brexit plans, an inauspicious sign for Prime Minister Theresa May as she opened an epic debate in Parliament that will decide the fate of her Brexit divorce deal with the European Union. (Parliament TV/PA via AP)

UK Parliament, PM May’s govt face off in Brexit showdown

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

An Anti Brexit campaigner waves a European Union flag in Westminster in London, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is due to address Parliament Tuesday, opening five days of debate before a Dec. 11 vote on the divorce agreement.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

UK’s key services sector barely growing amid Brexit concern

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

EU steps up fight against ‘fake news’ ahead of elections

Associated Press

An anti-Brexit campaigner waves a European Union flag in Westminster in London, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is due to address Parliament Tuesday, opening five days of debate before a Dec. 11 vote on the divorce agreement.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

U.K. Parliament delivers rebuke to government over Brexit

By Jill Lawless and Raf Casert - Associated Press