Ukrainian MPs fight over Russian link

A video showing two Ukrainian politicians get into a scuffle after one of them accused the other of working with the Kremlin and calling for him to be jailed went viral over social media.
15 November 2016

Assange quizzed by prosecutors

Prosecutors were questioning WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadoran embassy in London yesterday, the latest twist
14 November 2016

Forget human rights if IS comes to Philippines

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned yesterday that Islamic State militants driven out of Syria and Iraq could
14 November 2016

Ex-boxing champ steers young Belgians away from jihad

He was one of the best middleweight boxers of his time and is now a Belgian lawmaker, but Bea Diallo says he understands what turns youngsters to the dark side.
14 November 2016

'Division' in EU as Britain, France skip Trump talks

EU foreign ministers were to hold special talks yesterday on Donald Trump's stunning US election win as Nato chief
13 November 2016

Paris Massacre: Bataclan hall to reopen with Sting concert

Rock star Sting was to reopen the Bataclan, the revered Paris concert hall where jihadists massacred 90 people, with a hugely symbolic show to
12 November 2016

British-Bangladeshi scientist successfully implants ‘bionic eye’

British-Bangladeshi Dr Mahi Muqit has successfully implanted a “bionic eye” that has given a blind man some of his sight.
11 November 2016

More than 120 migrants rescued off Cyprus

Cyprus police rescued 123 migrants believed to be Syrians who were left adrift off the island's northwest coast by a boatman
10 November 2016

EU warns Trump against 'isolation'

The EU's top leaders on Wednesday invited US President-elect Donald Trump to a summit as soon as possible as they warned
10 November 2016

German president 'worried' about Trump victory

German President Joachim Gauck said he was worried about the prospect of Donald Trump winning the race for the
6 November 2016

May vows to deliver Brexit

British Prime Minister Theresa May said yesterday she would deliver a full exit from the European Union, hitting back at critics of her Brexit strategy who have threatened to try to block the process in parliament.
6 November 2016

Russian media backs Trump

Russian state-owned media does little to hide its preferences in the US presidential election.
5 November 2016

French police clear Paris migrant camp

Hundreds of French police cleared a huge migrant camp in northeast Paris yesterday in a fresh sign of the government's
4 November 2016

Turkey detains dozen of pro-Kurdish MPs

Turkish police yesterday detained almost a dozen MPs from the country's main pro-Kurdish party, including its two co-leaders,
4 November 2016

Turkey coup trials to begin early 2017

The first trials of the thousands of suspects arrested in the wake of Turkey's failed July 15 coup aimed at ousting President Recep
3 November 2016

Global climate deal kicks off

As clocks passed midnight into Friday, remote islands in the Pacific Ocean, many in danger of rising seas from global warming,
3 November 2016

Brexit plans in disarray

The High Court yesterday struck a blow to the British government's plans for leaving the EU, ruling it must seek parliament's
3 November 2016

239 die off Lybia coast

At least 239 migrants, believed to be from West Africa, have died in two shipwrecks off Libya, a spokesman for the United
3 November 2016

One journo killed in every 4.5 days: UN

One journalist is killed every four-and-a-half days, according to a shocking report released by UNESCO yesterday.
2 November 2016

13 killed in Vietnam Karaoke bar fire

A fire that ripped through a karaoke bar killed 13 people and injured two police officers in the Vietnamese capital of
2 November 2016