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Nagorno-Karabakh: peace or more peril?

Sophie Claudet: Valerie, what is so important about Nagorno-Karabakh that is worth fighting over?

16/09/2016

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 says its sovereignty over the South China Sea won't be affected

Beijing has told the European Union its sovereignty over the South China Sea will not be affected despite Tuesday’s ruling (July 12) in The Hague dismissing China’s territorial claims in the…

13/07/2016

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

Namibia

South Caucuses regional tensions result in ceasefire violations

Tensions in the South Caucuses region erupted in to violence on Thursday. Azerbaijan claimed one civilian was killed and six wounded by gunfire in

28/04/2016

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

China

China-US: reef row gets real

Tensions are on the rise in the South China Sea. The USS Lassen reportedly breached the 12-mile exclusion zone imposed by China around the Subi and

27/10/2015

World News

Troubled waters: the South China Sea dispute

With the world distracted by seemingly more immediate stories of war, migration and elections, a spat between the US and China wasn’t exactly

26/05/2015

China

Oil reserves ignite the explosive issue of sovereignty in the East China Sea

China- Japan relations

20/12/2013

Spain

Twitter user tells British Gibraltar MEP she's "too ugly to visit Spain"

16/08/2013

World

Turkish Cypriot leader: EU not sincere or impartial over Cyprus

04/10/2011

Focus

A green future for No-Man's Land.

04/10/2011

World

Azerbaijan president's perspective on Nagorno Karabakh impasse resolution

24/06/2011

World

Fresh attempts to broker Nagorno-Karabakh deal

23/06/2011

World

Difficult diplomacy as Armenia and Azerbaijan talk Nagorno Karabakh

23/06/2011