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France

Uber presses traditional taxis hard

Uber is a service linking customers with private tourism vehicles (VTCs or limousines) driven by professional chauffeur, using a smartphone app. On

Germany

Queen stresses the need for unity in Europe while on four day state visit to Germany

Queen Elizabeth II was the guest at a state banquet at the official residence of Germany’s President Joachim Gauck as part of a four day visit In

Israel

Israeli PM rejects international 'diktats' on Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he rejects what he called “International Diktats” or the forcing of peace plans on Israel. His

Iran

Iran inflicts 2nd defeat on US volleyball team in Tehran

There have been celebrations in Tehran after Iran’s men’s volleyball team defeated the United States for the second time in a week . Their first

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Pakistan

Save the Children Fund expelled from Pakistan

The doors to the Save the Children Fund offices have been locked in Pakistan and the charity’s work stopped. Police took the action in Islamabad

Europe News

EU meeting overshadowed by Greek debt talks

EU leaders met their counterparts from Latin American and the Caribbean on Thursday in a summit largely overshadowed by the ongoing Greek debt talks

Vatican

Pope calls on Putin to make "sincere, great effort" for Ukraine peace

There was an apparent air of awkwardness as Pope Francis welcomed the Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Vatican. The pair met for about 50

Venezuela

Former Spanish PM prohibited from legally assisting jailed Venezuelan political figures

Former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez has been prohibited from joining the legal team defending two arrested Venezuelan political figures

World

Reynders urges more pooling of intelligence against terrorism

Belgium’s top diplomat, Didier Reynders, a firm believer in the strengths of European integration, advocates for a Europe of peoples’ choices applied

Sport

Vizer resigns as SportAccord president

Marius Vizer has resigned as head of SportAccord in the wake of his recent outburst against the International Olympic Committee. The 57-year-old

China

Hong Kong march remembers Tiananmen Square

Around 3,000 people took to the streets of Hong Kong in memory of the violent crackdown on student protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Some carried

Russia

Moscow produces blacklist of EU citizens barred from Russia

Moscow has released a blacklist of 89 EU officials and military personnel barred from Russia.

Turkey

Turkish electoral candidates include more Armenians

Many more Armenians used to live in Turkey, for centuries. Before 1915, according to varying estimates, there were 1.3-2 million. Today this minority

Albania

Aleksandar Vucic becomes first Serbian leader to visit Albania

Serbia’s prime minister has arrived in Albania for an historic visit. Aleksandar Vucic is the first Serbian leader to travel to the nation, with

Poland

Poland's new president Duda serves public - quite literally

Poland’s newly-elected president Andrzej Duda has been serving the public – by dishing out coffee on the streets of Warsaw. Victory for the

Israel

Netanyahu supports call for a two-state solution with Palestinians

Israel and the European Union have renewed calls for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It came during EU foreign policy chief

Burundi

Soldier killed by police fire in Burundi, say witnesses

A soldier has been shot dead in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura. Witnesses say he was hit in the chest on Wednesday by a bullet fired by police who had

North Korea

North Korea cancels Ban Ki-moon visit

The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says a rare visit to North Korea has been cancelled because Pyongyang has retracted its approval

Burundi

Anti-president protest in Burundi ends in clashes with police

Another protest in Bujumbura began peacefully enough on Tuesday with calls for Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza to drop his bid for a third

Republic of North Macedonia

FYR Macedonia premier rallies his own support in Skopje

Prime Minister Nicola Gruevski rallied tens of thousands of supporters on Monday in central Skopje – it was his reply to a demonstration by his