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Kosovo

Protest tents go up in Pristina's main square

Hundreds of Kosovars have erected tents in Pristina’s main square. They are demanding snap elections and the suspension of a parliamentary vote that

Greece

Migrants bussed back to Athens from border

Backlog impacts on the Greek capital as Athens stirs up a diplomatic row with Austria

USA

US Congress to vote on plans to close Guantanamo

Barack Obama promised to close the facility in a speech on the day he was elected. 91 inmates are still at the jail in Cuba. Congress firmly opposed to the plan.

United Kingdom

British business bosses sign Brexit letter

The bosses of more than a third of Britain's biggest companies have backed Prime Minister David Cameron's call for the country to vote to stay in the European Union.

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Syria

Hopes and fears for the Syria ceasefire

The US and Russia announce ceasefire in Syria Truce takes effect at midnight, 27 February Excludes action against ISIL, the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra

Syria

Assad calls parliamentary elections in Syria

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has called parliamentary elections to be held on April the 13th. The announcement came shortly after news of the

Syria

US and Russia broker ceasefire for Syria

The United States and Russia say a ceasefire will come into force in Syria this coming weekend. Hostilities will end just after midnight on Saturday

Libya

Would a UN-backed government save Libya's oilfields?

Oilfields in Libya are likely to come under further attack unless a United Nations-backed government is approved. The comments come from the head of

Germany

German government slams migrant attacks

The German government has condemned the latest outbreak of far-right, anti-migrant sentiment in the country as “shameful”. Szenen in #Clausnitz

Iraq

Missing radioactive material found at petrol station

Radioactive material that went missing in Iraq has been found dumped near the country’s southern town of Zubair. It is not clear how the material

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson to lead the "Out" campaign ahead of UK referendum

London Mayer, born in New York, lived in Brussels as a child, BoJo says the decision involved "a huge amount of heartache"

Syria

A deadly day in Syria as dozens die in Damascus and Homs

It is feared dozens of people have been killed in a series of explosions in the Syrian city of Homs and the capital, Damascus.

World News

Netanyahu defends his top general after he calls for restraint

The mounting cycle of violence and scores of deaths across Jerusalem and the West Bank have brought the issue of reasonable force to the fore.

Jordan

Syria: "We are near another ceasefire" - Kerry

Obama and Putin are likely to discuss the terms of the deal in the coming days.

Turkey

Turkey: PKK releases three kidnapped journalists

The team from Turkey's state-run news agency were seized by members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK in the south-east of the country

Ukraine

Ukraine marks two years since Maidan

Thousands gather in Maidan Victims given national honour Ukraine still in the grip of political turmoil Thousands of people have gathered in

Egypt

Egyptian president promises to crack down on police abuses

The president of Egypt has promised to crack down on police brutality Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has decided to act as public anger mounts over alleged

Uganda

Unrest in Uganda as opposition reject result of presidential election

Yoweri Musaveni granted another five-year term amid unrest, opposition arrests and widespread claims of vote-rigging

United Kingdom

Brexit: how the deal was done

David Cameron says he achieved all his main negotiating aims at what became known as the EU Brexit summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday.

United Kingdom

3000-year-old wheel dug up from mud in the UK

Scientists say it is the biggest and oldest example of a wheel from the Bronze Age ever found in Great Britain.

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