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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

North Korea

North Korea takes defiant stance over UN sanctions

North Korea has fired several short-range projectiles only hours after the United Nations Security Council voted to impose fresh sanctions on the

03/03/2016

Lebanon

Gulf Arab states label Hezbollah a terrorist group

The Shi’ite militant group Hezbollah is facing further sanctions after a decision by the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to class it as a

02/03/2016

World News

What we do we know about North Korea’s US prisoner Otto Warmbier?

Otto Warmbier, 21, is a third-year business student, from the University of Virginia. His family live in Cincinnati, Ohio. Why is he in the news? He

29/02/2016

North Korea

US student Otto Warmbier held in North Korea 'confesses to severe crime'

An American student detained in North Korea since early January and accused of carrying out a hostile act against the state has been paraded before

29/02/2016

Greece

Greece snubs Austrian minister's request to visit Athens

26/02/2016

Austria

Greece recalls Vienna ambassador in migrant row

Greece recalled its ambassador in Vienna, the country’s foreign ministry said, after Austria excluded it from a meeting of Balkan states on Europe’s

25/02/2016

Syria

Hopes and fears for the Syria ceasefire

The US and Russia announce ceasefire in Syria Truce takes effect at midnight, 27 February Excludes action against ISIL, the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra

23/02/2016

World News

More than 150 killed in Syria attacks amid ceasefire push

More than 150 people in total are said to have been killed in bomb attacks in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Homs. In the capital, 180 were also

22/02/2016