Robert Hackwill

Iraq

Human Rights Watch warns Kurds using success against IS to extend territory

Kurdish Peshmurga fighters may be restoring peace in northern Iraq, but not everyone in the villages they are are liberating from Islamic militants

26/02/2015

Ukraine

Ukrainian army reports no soldiers killed in last 24 hours as fighting dies down

For the first time since the second ceasefire came into effect 10 days ago the Ukrainian army has announced it has suffered no fatalities in the last

25/02/2015

France

World's leading Simcard maker confirms British and US spooks "probably" stole security codes

The Franco-Dutch world number one simcard maker Gemalto has concluded its own investigation into a hacking of its security codes. Last week an

25/02/2015

Ukraine

Diplomats swap warnings as West and Russia glower over Ukraine

During the uneasy ceasefire along the eastern Ukrainian frontline diplomats from all sides are trying to cross the Ts and dot the Is on the “Minsk 2”

25/02/2015

United Kingdom

Britain's parliament allows human genome manipulation for first time

Mother’s day may be about to get more complicated in the UK after parliament voted to allow a three-parent IVF technique. It is designed to eliminate

03/02/2015

Hungary

Merkel travels to Hungary to make a stand for European democratic values

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has visited the Hungarian capital Budapest to receive an honorary doctorate

02/02/2015

Ukraine

Pressure builds in US and NATO to supply arms to Ukraine

Should Ukraine receive military assistance? The question is being asked as never before in certain quarters following Kyiv’s recent military reverses

02/02/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine's parliament argues about ceasefires as more refugees arrive from the east

A fresh flood of thousands of refugees fleeing the fighting in eastern Ukraine has arrived in the capital, Kyiv, and elsewhere. Government shelters

02/02/2015

Spain

Podemos holds biggest rally yet in Spanish capital and promises election earthquake

Tens of thousands of people turned out in Madrid on Saturday for the latest show of strength for Podemos, the new left-wing party that in just a year

31/01/2015

Ukraine

Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine as government forces struggle to hold back pro-Russian offensive

Ukraine’s ministry of defence says 15 soldiers have been killed in the last 24 hours as government forces attempt to hold onto a key railway junction

31/01/2015

Greece

European stockmarkets shrug off Syriza victory in Greece

After an initial two-hour wobble on the European markets following the victory of Syriza in Greece, things calmed down going into the afternoon’s

26/01/2015

World News

Glitter, Yo and messages from the dead: bizarre business successes

23/01/2015

Sri Lanka

The five key challenges facing Pope Francis

Almost as soon as the identity of the new Pope was known, the feeling was that Francis would represent a break with the Catholic Church’s

13/01/2015

France

Key questions around the Charlie Hebdo killings go unanswered

The Charlie Hebdo massacre has raised a number of questions in France pertaining not so much as to the why but as to the how ; how could such an

12/01/2015

France

Cities worldwide show their support for murdered French satirists

Belgians and visitors from afar came together in Europe’s symbolic capital Brussels to express support for Charlie Hebdo’s ‘martyrs for freedom’, the

08/01/2015

France

Quartet of murdered French cartoonists among country's finest satirists

Ten members of the Charlie Hebdo editorial team have been shot dead in Paris, along with the two police officers who were guarding their offices

07/01/2015

Russia

Alexei Navalny, scourge of Russia's corrupt elite

In his recent annual address Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted anyone was free to enter politics in Russia. Well, tell that to Alexei

30/12/2014

USA

From zeros to heroes, Rogen and Franco's "The Interview" rakes in the cash for Sony

Before the year’s most talked-about movie “The Interview” came out, the critics had given it a mixed reception. Then came the Sony hack threats

29/12/2014

World News

Monsoons, mystery and missiles make 2014 a deadly year for air travel

Although the statistics say aircraft crashes are at an historic low, 2014 has been the deadliest for nine years, and the year’s major incidents have

29/12/2014

World News

Print yourself fitter say 3D food printers who promise freshness with the wild shapes

3D printers look set to eventually transform every aspect of our daily lives, and now the whizz-kids that operate them have found a new application

19/12/2014