World News

NATO jets intercept two Russian bombers flying south

Two Russian bombers were intercepted by fighter jets from four different European countries as they flew from Norway down to Spain and back again, it has…

05/10/2016

World News

UK plans to exempt soliders from European convention on human rights

The government announced the policy change saying that the European convention on human rights (ECHR) was being misused and judgements went beyond their remit.

04/10/2016

Iran

Iran claims to have copied a captured US drone

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has built a new attack drone similar to a US drone captured five years ago, Iranian media reported on Saturday.

01/10/2016

Mexico

At least five soldiers killed in Mexico ambush

The local prosecutor's office says the attack took place in the early morning on the edge of the city of Culiacan in the home state of the Sinaloa cartel.

30/09/2016

World News

New Russian military base 100km from Ukraine 'almost ready'

Russia is completing the construction of a large military base in the southern Rostov region, some 100 kilometres from the border with Ukraine.

26/09/2016

Greenland

Greenland: rising temperatures risk releasing atomic waste from Cold War US base

There are fears nuclear waste buried underneath the ice in Greenland could escape because of rising global temperatures.

26/09/2016

Economy

India agrees to buy French Rafale fighters

India has signed a deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France to rebuild its ageing fleet.

23/09/2016

North Korea

North Korea successfully tests high-powered rocket engine

North Korea has announced the testing of a new high-powered rocket engine for a geo-stationary satellite.

20/09/2016

Israel

Fourth death in spate of attacks on Israelis

Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian who they say stabbed and wounded a soldier in the West Bank. There has been no immediate comment from Palestinian officials about Saturday's attack.

17/09/2016

France

France delivers second Mistral helicopter carrier to Egypt

France has delivered a second Mistral helicopter carrier to Egypt as part of a $1bn deal signed last year.

16/09/2016

Ukraine

Ukraine: accusations of ceasefire violations hours after truce

Germany’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier and France’s Jean Marc Ayrault visited eastern Ukraine on Thursday, hours after Russian-backed separatists and Kiev agreed to a new unilateral…

15/09/2016

World News

US agrees a record military aid package to Israel

After 10 months of talking, Washington has agreed a record 38 billion dollar military aid package for Israel.

15/09/2016

United Kingdom

UK intervention in Libya based on 'flawed intelligence', MPs release damning report

Britain’s intervention in Libya in 2011 was based on ‘flawed intelligence’ and hastened the country’s spiral into political and economic chaos.

14/09/2016

World News

Israel set to sign record US military aid deal -media

At least 33 billion euros of aid is set to pour into Israel over a decade, according to media reports.

13/09/2016

North Korea

Show of force: US B-1 bombers fly over South Korea after North's nuclear test

Two US B-1 bombers have flown over South Korea.

13/09/2016

Israel

Syria says downed Israeli aircraft, Israel denies

The Syrian army was said to have downed an Israeli warplane and a drone on Tuesday, but Israel promptly denied the report.

13/09/2016

Yemen

Civilians reported killed by 'Saudi-led coalition airstrike' in Yemen

At least nine civilians including four children have been killed in Yemen in an air-strike near the capital Sanaa, according to local residents.

08/09/2016

My Europe Series

Is peace possible in Afghanistan? Tales from a country torn apart by war

Many Afghan nationals worked with the international forces in Kabul and elsewhere following the September 11 attacks in New York.

08/09/2016

United Kingdom

Syria opposition says Russia-US plan to end war must be like its own

The main body representing Syrian opposition groups has set out its plan to end the war under which President al-Assad would step down after six months of talks.

07/09/2016

North Korea

Japan strongly condemns latest North Korean missile launch

North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, according to the South Korean military.

05/09/2016