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Seamus Kearney

Series

Khiva: the museum under the sky

Turkey

Turkey imposes visa requirements on Syrians arriving by air and sea from third countries

It is already reported that some 400 Syrians transiting through Beirut were refused boarding on two flights

Mexico

Mexico recaptures notorious drug lord "El Chapo", six months after jail break

Mexico says the operation was carried out with help from the US Drug Enforcement Administration and US Marshals

Israel

Suspect in New Year's Day shooting rampage killed by police in Israel

Arab citizen Nashat Melham was accused of killing three people, in an attack in which the motive remains unclear.

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United Kingdom

Britain brings in one of the world's strictest guidelines on alcohol consumption

Any level of alcohol is not safe, says the guidelines, and recommended levels have been drastically cut

Germany

Growing fury in Germany over New Year's Eve assaults on women in Cologne

The attacks have been linked to the controversy over refugees after police said the attackers appeared to be foreigners

Hungary

Hungarian PM to David Cameron over EU reform: "We are not parasites"

The British PM has been in Germany and Hungary, as part of campaign to convince other leaders to back EU reform plans

Poland

Controversial bill signed into law by Polish President; EU says talks ongoing

Brussels says it is still in talks with Poland on the issue and it's not at the point of taking punitive mentions

Libya

Truck bomb attack in Libya most deadly since fall of Gaddafi

At least 60 people have died in a blast at a police training school in the north of the country

World News

Tributes pour in after death of experimental composer and conductor Pierre Boulez

The French President said Boulez had been a beacon for French music around the world

Yemen

School for the blind reportedly among sites hit in new airstrikes in Yemen

After a lull of several weeks Saudi-led airstrikes have resumed in Yemen, amid fresh concern about the impact on civilians

Germany

Scuffles in Cologne as rival groups hold demonstrations over immigration

Scuffles have broken out between far-right activists and anti-fascist protesters in the German city of Cologne

Iraq

Baghdad offers to mediate in growing row between Saudi Arabia and Iran

The Iraqi foreign minister is in the Iranian capital meeting his counterpart there, amid fears of a new sectarian conflict

Series

Postcards from Uzbekistan: The Amir Temur Mausoleum, Samarkand

We begin our new series of Postcards from the ancient city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan

Series

Samarkand, a window on an ancient empire

France

French police foil plot to attack police and soldiers in city of Orleans

The interior minister says two young Frenchmen, believed to have been in contact with a third man in Syria, are being questioned

Yemen

Saudi-led strikes in Yemen criticised by the UN for hitting civilian areas

The comments came from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at a session of the Security Council

Turkey

Alarm over Kurdish civilian casualties in operation Turkey says is targeting militants

Tens of thousands have fled their homes in numerous locations where the operation is taking place

Germany

Soul-searching in Germany over printing of new edition of Hitler's Mein Kampf

A critical, annotated edition of Mein Kampf is coming out after its copyright held by the State of Bavaria expires

Series

Postcards from Lyon: The Confluence Museum

The last in our series of Postcards from Lyon comes from one of the French city's newest landmarks

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