Egypt Egypt 2018 Presidential Elections: Top 10 Facts Egyptians go to the polls on March 26 and for three days, they will cast their votes to elect the country's president, in a race pitting the incumbent president Abdel Fattah el Sisi against little kno 22/03/2018
Venezuela Maduro bans opposition from 2018 election Venezuela's president says opposition boycott of mayoral elections disqualifies them from next year's presidential vote 11/12/2017
North Korea North Korea: President Trump unveils new sanctions aimed at choking reclusive state's economy Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new US sanctions against North Korea on Thursday as part of the latest effort to halt the country’s nuclear weapons 21/09/2017
USA US Democrats boycott votes, delaying confirmation of Trump's nominees US Democrats have stepped up their opposition to Donald Trump, by boycotting a planned committee hearing to confirm his Cabinet picks. 31/01/2017
Sport Union leaders call for Africa Cup of Nations boycott The leader of Gabon’s main civil service union called for a boycott of the African Nations Cup (CAN) on Wednesday (January 12), saying the money the country is spending on hosting the tournament would 12/01/2017
Sport Zhukov downplays possible boycott with Russia's participation in Rio Olympics in the balance The head of Russia's Olympic Committee says he expects a final decision by Sunday on whether the entire team will be banned from Rio over allegations of state-sponsored doping. 20/07/2016
USA U.S. women's soccer team threatens Rio Olympic boycott over wage inequality The United States women’s soccer team could boycott this summer’s Rio Olympics unless their demands for equal pay as the men’s national side are met 13/04/2016
Israel EU sparks row with Israel over settlement made goods labels A row has erupted between the European Union and Israel over the labelling of products “Made in Israel.” New guidelines mean Israeli producers must 11/11/2015
Germany Iran boycotts Frankfurt Book Fair over Salman Rushdie appearance Iran is boycotting this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair because of an appearance by British Indian author Salman Rushdie. He was the subject of an 14/10/2015
France Miss Renzi tucks in, French minister makes a Royale apology After France’s environment minister called on people to stop eating a certain chocolate spread to save the rainforests, the wife of Italy’s prime 17/06/2015
world news Cold War sports: how Moscow and the West played for supremacy The news that Russia could lose the 2018 World Cup if there is evidence Moscow has paid bribes to obtain the award threatens to strain further the 09/06/2015
Turkey Movie-makers and critics pull out of Istanbul Film Festival amid censorship row Nearly two dozen movie-makers and a group of international critics have pulled out of the Istanbul Film Festival, amid a censorship row. The 15/04/2015
u talk Tymoshenko case: should the EU boycott Euro2012? In this edition of Utalk, Lesya from Paris asks: “Do you think the possibility of EU countries boycotting Euro 2012 in Ukraine will help Yulia 25/05/2012
