Lebanon Israel and Lebanon start talks to settle maritime border dispute The two neighbours both claim 860 square kilometres of the Mediterranean Sea as being within their own exclusive economic zone. 14/10/2020
world news India-China tensions: Leaders to disenage thousands of border troops Tensions between the two powers flared for the first time in 45 years in June, culminating in a recent clash in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed. 11/09/2020
World 20 Indian troops killed in Himalayas clash with Chinese army The clash in the Ladakh region Monday was the first deadly confrontation between India and China since 1975. 16/06/2020
Eritrea Ethiopia finally recognises 2000 border ruling with Eritrea Recognition removes major stumbling block to better relations between East African neighbours. 06/06/2018
USA US and Mexico president trade barbs over border wall US President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Mexico of doing "nothing" to stop illegal immigrants crossing into the United States, and repeated his election campaign pledge that Mexico would pay for his planned border wall. 30/05/2018
brussels bureau Brexit progress balanced on Irish border The leader of the DUP in Northern Ireland has said she doesn't want any deal done which would lead to them having 'regulatory divergence' from the rest of the UK 04/12/2017
South Korea Watch: North Korean soldier's daring dash to defect Video has emerged of a North Korean soldier fleeing a hail of bullets as he escapes to the South 22/11/2017
Slovenia Croatia rejects ruling in maritime dispute with Slovenia In a row that centres on the Bay of Piran, judges have granted Slovenia unhindered access to international waters in the Adriatic Sea 30/06/2017
world news Spain tells Britain to calm down over Gibraltar Spain has told Britain to calm down over Gibraltar amid an escalating row. 03/04/2017
Egypt Egypt to transfer strategic Red Sea islands to Saudi An Egyptian court has annulled a ruling blocking the transfer of sovereignty of two islands to Saudi Arabia. 03/04/2017
China South China Sea: Beijing defiant over weapons deployment claims Beijing has reacted defiantly to claims that it appears to have installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven of the artificial islands it has built in the South Ch 15/12/2016
World Fortress Europe builds barriers to stem the refugee flow As Europe faces the most significant people movement since the Second World War the landscape of the continent is changing. 22/09/2016
China Ramos bids to restore friendly ties between China and the Philippines As China raises the temperature in its several maritime territorial disputes with its neighbours, the former Phillipines president Fidel Ramos is making a five-day trip to Hong… 08/08/2016
world news Beijing begins military exercise in South China Sea Tension is mounting ahead of a hotly-anticipated international ruling due on competing claims by China and the Philippines in the region. 05/07/2016
Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh truce shows signs of fracture Azerbaijan has accused Armenian-backed separatists of violating a new ceasefire agreed on Tuesday. While the Armenian side accused Azerbaijan of shelling its positions. 08/04/2016
