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Seamus Kearney

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Postcards from Japan: Enjoying a Zen Buddhist meal

In this last episode of Postcards from Japan, we're back in Kyoto, to take the time to enjoy some traditional cuisine

France

Schools blockaded in France as tensions rise over labour reforms

The government is in the middle of fierce debate with unions over plans to overhaul rules about working conditions and hours

Turkey

Turkey expels British academic over invite to Kurdish New Year celebrations

Demonstrations have been held in support of Chris Stephenson, a well-known lecturer at Bilgi University in Istanbul

USA

Tough new US sanctions against N.Korea on same day American student jailed

New sanctions include the freezing of North Korean government property in the US and a ban on US exports to North Korea

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North Korea

15 years' hard labour for US student arrested in North Korea

Otto Warmbier is accused of trying to steal a banner bearing a propaganda slogan from a hotel

Syria

If the Geneva talks fail Russia will go back to Syria, says analyst

An Iran-based analyst maintains removing Assad would result in chaos and pose a danger to the entire region

Russia

Russian pilots welcomed home as heroes from Syria

Jets have begun landing at an air force base in southwestern Russia after the Kremlin's surprise decision to partially withdraw from Syria

USA

Stakes high for US presidential candidates on "Super Tuesday II"

Euronews' Stefan Grobe is in Miami, Florida, one of the states where voting is taking place for what is called Super Tuesday II

World News

Opposition meets UN envoy on day two of Syria peace talks in Geneva

The surprise news of a partial withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria has been cautiously welcomed at the talks

World News

Greek-Macedonian border breached by migrants, as three drown crossing river

As hundreds of migrants attempted to get across a swollen river, Macedonian police say two men and a woman drowned

Series

Postcards from Japan: Hiking on Yakushima island

This week in Postcards we visit Yakushima island off the southernmost tip of mainland Japan

Series

A lush island paradise of mountains and ancient trees

World News

Greek-Macedonian border breached by migrants, as three drown crossing river

Officials say they are now taking steps to return the group of migrants who breached a border fence and crossed into Macedonian territory

World News

Israeli army kills three Palestinians after street attacks

A spree of attacks has taken place near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank

Greece

Despite closing of Balkans migrant route, many still arrive in Greece

The controversial closing of the Balkans route for migrants is not putting off thousands still arriving in Greece

Russia

Masked men attack journalists and rights activists in the Northern Caucasus

A group of journalists and human rights activists in Russia's Northern Caucasus has been attacked by a group of masked men

United Kingdom

Jail terms for gang of pensioners guilty of England's largest ever burglary

Several elderly men have been jailed for the theft of 18-million euros worth of jewels from a safe deposit business in London last year

Greece

German Chancellor criticises closure of Balkans route for migrants

Macedonian officials have closed the border with Greece, while Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia have also imposed tough restrictions

North Korea

Tensions mount on Korean Peninsula, as Pyongyang fires two more missiles

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea as tension with Seoul and Washington continues to mount

World News

Protests at Greek-Macedonian border as Balkans migrant route "closed"

There is now a bottleneck of more than 15,000 migrants along the Greek-Macedonian border

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