Australia to reshape foreign policy, trade

Australia will call home all of its overseas ambassadors for a meeting, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said yesterday, as it reshapes
1 March 2017

Fillon faces charges in 'fake job' case

French presidential candidate Francois Fillon announced yesterday that judges had summoned him to press charges
1 March 2017

F1: Hamilton's 'beast' pips Vettel in first-day testing

Lewis Hamilton fired a warning to his title rivals on Monday pipping Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel on the opening day of pre-season testing in Barcelona in his "beast" of a Mercedes.
28 February 2017

EU expands North Korea sanctions

The European Union imposed additional sanctions on North Korea yesterday over nuclear and ballistic missile tests
27 February 2017

Migrant rescues off Libya encourage traffickers

The head of EU border agency Frontex yesterday criticised charities that rescue migrants off Libya, arguing that they
27 February 2017

Magistrates to probe Fillon over 'fake jobs'

Francois Fillon, the conservative candidate in France's presidential election, will face a probe by investigating magistrates into claims he
25 February 2017

German secret service spied on global media

Germany's foreign intelligence service BND long spied on journalists of the BBC, The New York Times, Reuters and other media, news
24 February 2017

Turkish diplomats apply for asylum

More than 130 Turkish diplomats, soldiers and their family members have sought refuge in Germany since last July's failed coup,
24 February 2017

Defamation Case: BBC journalist faces five yrs jail in Thailand

A British journalist with the BBC faces up to five years in a Thai jail after a lawyer brought a criminal defamation case against him over
23 February 2017

Germany deports migrants to Kabul

Eighteen Afghans deported from Germany arrived in Kabul yesterday after their asylum pleas were rejected, the third batch to be sent
23 February 2017

Turkey lifts ban on headscarf in army

Turkey will lift a historic ban on female officers wearing the Islamic headscarf in the officially secular country's armed forces, state media
22 February 2017

Life expectancy to break 90 barrier by 2030: study

Average life expectancy will rise in many countries by 2030, breaking through 90 years in some places, and policymakers need to make more efforts to plan for it, according to a large international study.
22 February 2017

Russia's UN envoy Churkin dies at 64

Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, who for years fended off Western criticism and defended Moscow's actions in
21 February 2017

Hundreds of migrants rush Spain's border

Over 350 migrants stormed the border between Morocco and Spain at Ceuta yesterday, officials said, days after one of the largest rush of
20 February 2017

Four Russian military dead in Syria blast

Four Russian military personnel were killed and two injured when their vehicle was targeted with explosives in central Syria last week, a
20 February 2017

Putin critic leaves Russia for treatment

A Russian opposition politician who fell into a coma due to poisoning this month has left the country for treatment
19 February 2017

White House fails to quell Europe's anxiety over Trump

One month into the unusual presidency of Donald Trump, his most senior cabinet members were deployed to Brussels, Bonn and Munich this week to reassure nervous Europeans that everything would be okay.
19 February 2017

Germany bans 'spying' doll

German regulators have banned an internet-connected doll called "My Friend Cayla" that can chat with children, warning Friday that it
18 February 2017

Bosnia to appeal ruling

Bosnia will ask the United Nations' top court to review its 2007 ruling which cleared Serbia of genocide during the country's civil war,
18 February 2017

Turkish shelling kills 9 in IS-held Syria town

Nine civilians were killed in overnight Turkish bombardment of a jihadist-held town in northern Syria, a monitor said
17 February 2017