Europe News

EU sanctions against Russia likely to be renewed

EU sanctions against Russia, which were due to expire in a few weeks, now look set to continue According to diplomatic sources who spoke to AFP, the European Union could renew sanctions for another si

16/06/2016

Ukraine

Ukraine fans protest over France Euro 2016 visa denials

Just days before the start of Euro 2016 a group of Ukrainian football fans have protested outside the French embassy in Kyiv complaining that supporters wanting to attend are not getting…

06/06/2016

World News

Turkish PM goes easy on Germany, calls Armenian genocide decision 'historic mistake made by friendly ally'

Turkey’s Prime Minister has made an official government statement in the wake of the German parliament’s recognition of the Armenian genocide, and it contains nothing that suggests bilateral relations

03/06/2016

Russia

Russians jailed in Ukraine return to Moscow in Savchenko exchange deal

In contrast to the rapturous scenes in Kyiv amid the return of freed Ukrainian servicewoman Nadiya Savchenko, it was a private welcome at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport for the two Russians freed by…

25/05/2016

China

Key Chinese official pledges to listen to Hong Kong

Zhang Dejiang is the highest-ranking leader to visit the former British colony since democracy protests broke out in 2014.

18/05/2016

Iran

Blame game: Iranians to miss out on hajj

Iranians will not be able to travel to Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage to Islam's holiest site this year as the two countries fail to agree to organisation and accuse each other of being at fault.

13/05/2016

Russia

Russia boosts western border defence with new divisions

There is no let up in the military game of chicken going on between Moscow and NATO, with the Russians announcing on Wednesday the formation of three

04/05/2016

India

UN court calls on India to release Italian marine

A UN court has ruled that India must allow Italian marine Salvatore Girone, who’s been detained in Delhi for more than four years, to go home, Girone

02/05/2016

Switzerland

Geneva rejects Turkish pressure over controversial photo

A photographic exhibition in Geneva is at the centre of a diplomatic row between Switzerland and Turkey. Once again a cultural event contains

26/04/2016

Germany

Erdogan satire video: Merkel clears path for prosecution

The German government will not block the prosecution of a satirist who mocked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Chancellor Angela Merkel said

15/04/2016

USA

Russian attack jets "buzz" US destroyer

The United States military has strongly condemned the close “flybys” by two Russian warplanes. The aircraft staged what looked like simulated attack

14/04/2016

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

World News

Egypt rejects Italian request for phone records over Cambridge student Giulio Regeni murder

Italian requests for phone records relating to the death of Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni have been rejected by Egypt.

10/04/2016

Italy

Italy recalls ambassador to Egypt over Giulio Regeni murder

“We want the truth about what happened to Giulio Regeni”. Tweets from Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni come

08/04/2016

USA

Turkey-US relations are strained as Erdogan arrives in Washington

The White House denies it is snubbing the Turkish President

30/03/2016

Korea

Seoul responds to North Korea threats

As Pyongyang carries out military exercises simulating an attack on the presidential palace, South Korea warns the North to ends its provocations.

26/03/2016

World News

South Korea protests over Japan school textbooks claiming disputed islands

New Japanese school textbooks that include territorial claims on islands that are in dispute with South Korea have prompted protests from Seoul

18/03/2016

Turkey

Turkey expels British academic over invite to Kurdish New Year celebrations

Demonstrations have been held in support of Chris Stephenson, a well-known lecturer at Bilgi University in Istanbul

17/03/2016

World News

North Korea 'to test nuclear warhead soon', says Kim Jong Un

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country will soon conduct a nuclear warhead test and test launch ballistic missiles capable of carrying

14/03/2016

North Korea

Tensions mount on Korean Peninsula, as Pyongyang fires two more missiles

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea as tension with Seoul and Washington continues to mount

10/03/2016