Robert Hackwill

Afghanistan

Afghanistan faces new ISIL threat as western allies grapple with problems elsewhere

The Afghan government finds its former Taliban enemies may be their biggest ally against the ISIL threat, and Iran and Russia agree.

16/02/2017

United Kingdom

Philip Pullman fans rejoice! 'The Book of Dust' is coming...

British fantasy writer Philip Pullman, whose 'His Dark Materials' catapulted him to global stardom, returns to the fantasy world with a new trilogy.

15/02/2017

USA

Oroville residents begin to return home after California dam crisis eases

California officials have said the crisis at the damaged Oroville dam is now under control and that evacuated residents can return home.

15/02/2017

USA

Netanyahu heads into Trump meeting looking for clarity

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu holds his first-ever talks with a Republican US president when he meets Donald Trump on Wednesday.

15/02/2017

India

India claims record for multiple satellite launch

India has launched 104 nano-satellites in what it claims is a multiple-launch record.

15/02/2017

Croatia

Skydiving stunt celebrates St. Valentine's

Three of the world's top skydivers have marked this St. Valentine's day by jumping above a heart-shaped island in Croatia.

14/02/2017

USA

Playboy returns to the skin game and restores the nude

After barely a year Playboy says it's going "back to its roots" and will restore female nudes to the magazine next month.

14/02/2017

Austria

Hitler imitator arrested in dictator's Austrian birthplace

A man known to local police has been arrested in Hitler's birthplace in Austria for imitating the Nazi dictator in public.

14/02/2017

Luxembourg

Train ignores stop sign in Luxembourg, crashes into another, killing one driver

Two trains have collided after one ignored a stop sign in Luxembourg near the French border, killing one person and injuring six.

14/02/2017

USA

Russia says Flynn resignation engineered by opponents of good US-Russian relations

Russian politicians have been quick to defend Mike Flynn, Donald Trump's national security advisor, who has resigned. They claim he has been forced out by those seeking to ruin better US-Russian relat

14/02/2017

Luxembourg

Fatal train collision in Luxembourg near French border

One person has died and six people have been injured following the collision between a goods and passenger train in Luxembourg near the French border.

14/02/2017

Japan

Toshiba on the rocks after Japanese giant reveals huge losses

Japanese household name Toshiba is in crisis after huge losses and the possible sell-off of its nuclear division, threatening a new nuclear plant project in the UK.

14/02/2017

USA

Northern Californian residents hope Oroville dam holds

The nearly 200,000 evacuees downstream of the Lake Oroville dam in northen California are safe for now, but fearful they will have no homes to return to if the dam fails.

14/02/2017

Romania

Romanian protesters call on EU for help

Anti-corruption protesters in Romania are determined to force their government to drop the idea of weakening the fight against graft, but say they need the EU's support to bring about change.

13/02/2017

Israel

Netanyahu looks to reboot relations with the US

Israel's prime minister meets Donald Trump for the first time since he became US President, and hopes for a friendlier relationship than with his predecessor.

13/02/2017

France

Nice holds carnival amid tight security

Organisers wanted no repetition of the July terrorist massacre when Nice last had an open-air party, so the route was changed and security was extra-tight.

11/02/2017

Syria

Battle for al-Bab hots up as four forces converge on ISIL-held Syrian town

With all the protagonists in the Syrian conflict facing each other in al-Bab, anti-ISIL forces are struggling to maintain unity as they attempt to retake the town from the Islamic militants.

11/02/2017

United Kingdom

Britain to prepare children to fight cyberterrorism at school

British teenage schoolchildren are to be taught cyberskills in a new initiative designed to combat cyberterrorism.

11/02/2017

Philippines

Philippines struck by strongest quake in more than 100 years

The Philippine island of Mindanao has been hit by a 6.7 earthquake, the strongest since 1879, killing at least six people.

11/02/2017

India

Uttar Pradesh goes to the polls as Indians get to vote on PM Modi's policies

In the world's biggest election of 2017 the 220 million people of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh go to the polls.

11/02/2017