Britain set to get blue passports back

Britain will return to a blue and gold passport design after the country leaves the European Union in 2019 "to restore our national
22 December 2017

Russian hackers targeted 200 journos globally: report

Russian television anchor Pavel Lobkov was in the studio getting ready for his show when jarring news flashed across his phone: Some
22 December 2017

CATALONIA'S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE

Catalan separatists won a crucial vote Thursday that pitted them against anti-independence parties, plunging the region into further
22 December 2017

Stop meddling in foreign elections: UK tells Russia

British foreign minister Boris Johnson told his Russian counterpart yesterday there was "abundant evidence" of Moscow meddling in
22 December 2017

Catalan separatists win election in rebuke to Spain and EU

Catalonia's separatists look set to regain power in the wealthy Spanish region after local elections.
22 December 2017

4,500 Russians joined militants abroad: FSB

At least 4,500 Russians have left the country to fight with "terrorists" in the Middle East, North Africa and other
20 December 2017

EU tells Poland to reverse judicial reforms

Poland yesterday denounced the EU's decision to initiate unprecedented disciplinary proceedings against it over
20 December 2017

Canada, US to host North Korea crisis talks in Jan

Canada and the United States announced Tuesday they will host a summit of foreign ministers in Vancouver on
20 December 2017

EU says Brexit transition to end by 2021

The European Commission said yesterday that a Brexit transition period during which Britain must obey EU rules
20 December 2017

Demos as Austrian far right sworn into govt

With a heavy police presence keeping thousands of protestors at bay, Austria's far right was sworn in yesterday as part of the new government.
18 December 2017

Shots fired at US base in England

US military personnel fired shots as they stopped a man who tried to force his way into a military base in central
18 December 2017

Campaign begins in Russia

Campaigning officially started yesterday for Russia's presidential election in March, in which President Vladimir Putin
18 December 2017

Argentina navy chief sacked over sub tragedy

Argentina dismissed its naval chief on Saturday, the most high-profile officer to be fired a month after a submarine
17 December 2017

32 Turks rescued in Greek waters

Thirty-two Turkish nationals, reportedly opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, were rescued by
17 December 2017

26 dead in landslides after Philippine storm

Landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Kai-Tak have killed 26 people and 23 more are missing in the eastern
17 December 2017

N Korea 'agent' charged

A Sydney-based "loyal agent of North Korea" has been charged with trying to sell missile parts and technology on
17 December 2017

Brexit deal proves critics wrong

British Prime Minister Theresa May has hit back at critics of her handling of Brexit, writing in the Sunday Telegraph that
17 December 2017

Pope turns 81

Tens of thousands of people, many of them children, serenaded Pope Francis on his 81st birthday on Sunday, as the
17 December 2017

Non-smokers more attractive than smokers: Study

If you are a smoker then people will find you less attractive, that’s what a study says. Non-smokers are proved to be more attractive than smokers as proofs of negative impact of smoking on facial appearances, say researchers at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.
17 December 2017

Life 'stopped in tracks' in Rakhine state: Red Cross

Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar's Rakhine state and other communities in the violence-racked region are
13 December 2017