'We are open for business' - EU Ambassador to Kyiv recalls staff
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Paris attacks suspect Abdelslam at high-security Paris prison
Key suspect in the Paris Attacks, Salah Abdelslam, has spent his first night at Europe’s biggest prison. He will be kept in solitary confinement at
Israeli forces shoot dead 16-year-old Palestinian boy and his sister
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have shot dead two Palestinians at the Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank. Police said the
Hillsborough inquest jury says 96 Liverpool fans were unlawfully killed
An inquest into Britain’s worst sporting disaster has ruled that police failures were to blame for the “unlawful killing” of 96 Liverpool football
Japan PM slams North Korea ballistic missile engine test
The Japanese prime minister has strongly condemned North Korea’s reported testing of an engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile. Shinzo Abe
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G7 foreign ministers meet in Hiroshima, Japan
Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialised nations (G-7)are meeting in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Sunday and Monday. Japan is
India temple fire kills more than 100 worshipers at Hindu New Year event
A huge fire has killed more than 100 people and injured over 200 others gathered for a fireworks display in India. It happened in Kollam in the
Azerbaijan announces an end to fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan said on Sunday (April 3) it would end fighting with Armenian-backed troops over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region after two days of
Brussels airport cautiously reopens for a handful of flights
Brussels Airport reopened on Sunday (April 3), twelve days after suicide bombers hit its departure hall and killed sixteen people. There are far
'Selfish' air traffic controllers disrupt travel plans for thousands
About a third of flights have been cancelled at French airports as air traffic controllers strike over caps on recruitment and lack of investment in
North Korea fires five 'projectiles' into the sea
North Korea said it has fired five short-range projectiles amid heightened tension over the country’s nuclear and rocket programmes. South Korea
7 Italians and 2 Germans among victims of Spanish bus crash
Seven Italians and two Germans are confirmed to have died in Sunday’s Spanish bus crash. The victims, all young female exchange students, also
Release of Turkish journalists 'a clear defeat' for Erdogan
The release of two Turkish journalists has been described by one of them as a “clear defeat” for the country’s president. Can Dundar from
Syria ceasefire more likely to fail than succeed, says Russian FM
Russia’s foreign minister said a Syrian ceasefire set to start next week is more likely to fail than succeed. Sergey Lavrov was speaking at a
Greek farmers camp outside parliament to protest tax reforms
Thousands of Greek farmers protested against controversial pension reform plans on Saturday (February 13). Many spent Friday night camped out in
Historic meeting of Pope Francis and Partiarch Kirill in Cuba
The leaders of the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches meet in Havana on Friday. Pope Francis and Partiarch Kirill are guests of Cuba’s
Greek farmers protesting pension reform plans clash with riot police
Violent clashes erupted in Greece as protesting farmers attempted to occupy the agriculture ministry in Athens on Friday (February 12). Riot police
Zika link to microcephaly may be weeks away, says WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) says a suspected link between the mosquito-borne Zika virus and microcephaly in newborn babies should be
49 detainees dead after Mexico Topo Chico prison riot
Angry relatives gathered outside Mexico’s Topo Chico prison, notorious for its violence, after 49 detainees died during a deadly riot inside the
Ukraine's economy minister quits over 'corrupt vested interests'
Ukraine’s economy minister has announced his intention to resign. Aivaras Abromavicius said his ministry was being hijacked by corrupt vested
Migrant crisis: EU ministers meet for informal talks in Amsterdam
European interior and justice ministers have been meeting in Amsterdam to discuss the migrant crisis and a common EU border force. The European
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