Alasdair Sandford

Syria

Syria: Aleppo hit again as death toll from earlier hospital attack 'rises to 50'

There was more chaos and panic on the streets of Aleppo on Friday as fresh airstrikes hit the northern Syrian city after only a brief respite

29/04/2016

South Africa

South African court paves way for Zuma to face renewed corruption charges

South Africa’s High Court has ordered a review of a decision in 2009 to drop nearly 800 corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, saying the move that

29/04/2016

World News

'A new game, a final': UEFA's Platini makes last appeal against six-year ban

Suspended UEFA president Michel Platini arrived early on Friday morning for what was arguably the match of his life, at least off the pitch: an

29/04/2016

Germany

Germans divided amid frenzy over comic Böhmermann's satirical Erdogan poem

Jan Böhmermann's satire of Turkey's president has been condemned as vulgar abuse. But Germany has been accused of pandering to a bullying leader.

13/04/2016

Republic of North Macedonia

Opposition fury in FYR Macedonia as Ivanov halts phonetap inquiry

Protesters in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia surrounded the headquarters of the ruling party in Skopje, furious at the decision to drop

13/04/2016

Greece

Greece protests over FYROM police's 'excessive violence'

Greece has accused its northern neighbour the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) of excessive use of violence after Sunday’s border scenes

11/04/2016

Greece

First EU migrant deportations from Greece to Turkey 'go smoothly', despite protests

The scene played out at dawn on the island of Lesbos was orderly in contrast to those witnessed on Greek shores in recent months. Two

04/04/2016

Iran

Khamenei rebukes Iran moderates for questioning missile tests

Comments by Iran's Supreme Leader are seen as critical of former President Rafsanjani.

30/03/2016

World News

Is charged Brussels suspect Fayçal C mystery airport 'man in the hat'?

Is the man charged in Belgium on Saturday with “terrorist murder” the “man in the hat” filmed at Brussels airport with the two suicide bombers

26/03/2016

Belgium

ISIL release propaganda video celebrating Brussels bombings

Self-styled Islamic State militants have followed up their initial claims of responsibility for the Brussels bombings with videos gloating over the

26/03/2016

Syria

ISIL suffers series of blows in Iraq and Syria

Fighters from the so-called Islamic State are reportedly on the retreat in the Syrian city of Palmyra which they captured in May last year. After an

25/03/2016

World News

Paris anti-terror raid 'foils imminent French attack'

One man was arrested and explosives reportedly discovered during the operation at Argenteuil near the French capital.

25/03/2016

World News

Six arrested in Brussels after Tuesday's suicide attacks

Belgian authorities say six people have been arrested as part of the investigation into Tuesday’s suicide bombings in Brussels. Three of them were

24/03/2016

Cuba

Cuba ready for historic Obama visit

Havana is preparing for the first visit by a US leader to the communist island since the Castro revolution later on Sunday

20/03/2016

Turkey

Turkey: central Istanbul hit by suicide bomb

Three Israelis and one Iranian citizen are among the dead after an explosion tore through the centre of Istanbul, according to Turkish media.

19/03/2016

Russia

Russia plane crash: Flydubai says 'too early' to determine cause

Aviation experts are investigating what caused a passenger jet to crash as it tried to land in southern Russia, killing all 62 people on board. Most

19/03/2016

Brazil

Brazil protests add to pressure as Rousseff's government teeters on brink

Brazil is in the midst of its most serious political crisis for almost 25 years, with the future of President Dilma Rousseff’s government in the

18/03/2016

World News

Brussels police continue anti-terror raids after fatal operation

Police in Brussels searched buildings in a city suburb well into Tuesday evening, hours after French-Belgian raid linked to November’s Islamist

16/03/2016

Belgium

Suspect gunman killed and police hurt in Brussels anti-terror raid

A terror suspect has been shot dead in a Brussels suburb and others are said to be on the run after a security operation linked to November’s

15/03/2016

Turkey

'Everyone is nervous': fear in Ankara as first bomb funerals are held

Everyday life resumed on Monday close to the scene of Ankara’s latest bombing. But understandably there is fear on the streets of the Turkish

14/03/2016