South Korea Watch: North Korean soldier's daring dash to defect Video has emerged of a North Korean soldier fleeing a hail of bullets as he escapes to the South 22/11/2017
Latvia Davis seeks to ease migrants' post-Brexit fears Britain has moved to assure Latvians living in the UK that it will guarantee their rights after it pulls out of the EU. 21/02/2017
Morocco Countries appeal to Trump over climate change as COP22 ends Environmental groups such as Greenpeace have welcomed the united front displayed by nearly 200 countries in Marrakesh in the face of Donald Trump’s campaign threat to quit the Paris accord on climate… 19/11/2016
Morocco Unity at Marrakesh in face of Trump climate change threat A united response: nearly 200 countries meeting in Morocco have declared action on climate change an “urgent duty”. 18/11/2016
France Good COP, bad COP? Will applying the Paris Climate agreement be a COP-out? November 4th sees the application of the Paris COP21 agreement on fighting climate change, but will polluting nations take the necessary steps and live up to their promises? 04/11/2016
brussels bureau The Brief from Brussels: Belgium agree last minute deal on CETA This is the Brief from Brussels, a daily roundup of stories making headlines in Europe’s de facto political capital. 27/10/2016
USA Paris climate accord is signed by record 175 countries As Earth Day was being observed around the planet on Friday, a record number of 175 countries signed the historic Paris accord to slow global 22/04/2016
France Climate deal signals global recognition, sets out to fix problem The hottest year on record draws to a close, and with it four years of hard negotiating, which produces, at long last, an international agreement to 14/12/2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina 20th anniversary of Dayton peace accord that ended Bosnian war A metal capsule containing over 20-thousand wishes has been stored away in a Sarajevo museum – to mark the 20th anniversary of the peace deal that 22/11/2015
world news UN Security Council endorses Iran nuclear deal The UN Security Council votes unanimously in favour of the Iran nuclear accord, but warns sanctions could be imposed if the deal is broken. 20/07/2015
Iran Iranians celebrate a future with no sanctions after nuclear deal Iranians have been celebrating since the news emerged from the talks in Vienna of the landmark deal with the West over its nuclear programme.. For 15/07/2015
world news US Congress split over Iran nuclear deal Congress splits over the Iran nuclear deal with Republicans already seeking ways to circumvent a presidential veto as they attempt to over turn it. 15/07/2015
Iran Iran nuclear talks continue as latest deadline passes Bridging gaps at the Iran nuclear talks has proved so difficult that yet again a deadline has been missed. Tuesday was supposed to mark the end of 07/07/2015
Eswatini Joint statement between Iran's Zarif and EU's Mogherini is being finalised A joint statement is being finalised between Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini at talks between 02/04/2015
world news Climate change deal agreed by UN members at Lima talks Nations gathered for the COP20 summit in Lima, Peru since December 1 have agreed measures to tackle global warming. A four-page draft document is the 14/12/2014
focus The future of the sporting world ‘Where Sport Meets’ was the slogan for the 12th annual SportAccord Convention held in Turkey. It brought together the 108 sports federations that 13/04/2014
focus Towards a complete nuclear test ban Forty years of Soviet nuclear testing turned a large area in Kazakhstan into a radioactive wasteland. Today it is at the heart of a nuclear 17/10/2011
