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

Turkey

Turkey says militants are using US-supplied weapons against civilians

Erdogan turns up the heat on Obama after this week's deadly suicide bombing in the centre of Ankara.

19/02/2016

Taiwan

Claims of Chinese missiles in South China Sea spark tension in region

Taiwanese officials say China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system on an island in the South China Sea. The US also acknowledged

17/02/2016

Germany

Syria 'cessation of hostilities' deal offers glimmer of hope

Implementation is the key to the new deal struck on Syria, with world powers aiming to bring an end to hostilities in a week. As US Secretary of

12/02/2016

Korea

North Korea's neighbours concerned about 'satellite' launch

North Korea’s neighbours have expressed concern after announcing plans to launch what it called an “earth observation satellite” during the next

03/02/2016

Turkey

Turkey's Erdogan threatens 'consequences' for Moscow, saying Russian jet violated its airspace

The Turkish government said on Saturday that a Russian fighter jet had violated its airspace on Friday. Moscow denied the accusation. Turkey’s

31/01/2016

Turkey

Turkey says Russia violated its airspace, Erdogan calls for meeting with Putin

The Turkish government has announced that a Russian Sukhoi 34 fighter jet violated Turkish airspace on Friday despite several radar warnings. “We are

30/01/2016

Germany

Germany warns Russia against using teen rape case as propaganda

Berlin has warned Moscow not to make political capital of a case involving the alleged abduction and rape by migrants of a 13-year-old girl from a

27/01/2016

World News

World still three minutes from 'apocalypse' according Doomsday Clock

The “Doomsday Clock” which measures the likelihood of a global catastrophe is remaining at three minutes-to midnight – with midnight symbolising

27/01/2016

Norway

Refugees in legal limbo as Norway and Russia argue over their fate

Norway’s “attempts to deport hundreds of asylum seekers to Russia“http://www.euronews.com/2016/01/20/norway-sends-syrian-refugees-back-to-russia/

27/01/2016

World News

UN invitations to Syrian peace talks spark controversy

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has invited the Syrian government and opposition to peace talks due to start in

26/01/2016

United Kingdom

Litvinenko's widow wants all Russian spies kicked out of London

The widow of murdered former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko wants all Russian agents expelled from the UK, following a report blaming the Russian

21/01/2016

United Kingdom

Putin probably approved Litvinenko murder - inquiry

President Vladimir Putin probably approved a Russian intelligence operation to murder former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko. That’s the conclusion of

21/01/2016