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North Korea

North Korea's 'failed' missile test is potential blow for Kim Jong-un

North Korea's missile test may have failed, but China is unhappy, nonetheless.

15/04/2016

Armenia

Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenians protest against Russian arms sales

Hundreds of young Armenians have protested against Russian weapon sales to Azerbaijan. They held a march through central Yerevan on Wednesday (April

14/04/2016

Economy

Global defence spending rises for first time since 2011

For the first time in four years there has been a rise in global defence spending according to the latest report by the Stockholm International

05/04/2016

Turkey

Man held in Turkey over Russian pilot death

Turkish authorities have reportedly detained a man suspected of killing a Russian pilot after his plane was shot down by a Turkish jet near the

31/03/2016

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Russia soldiers train for Syria

Footage broadcast on Russian television showed Russian military engineers training with sniffer dogs and specialist equipment near Moscow, in

31/03/2016

World News

More US troops for eastern Europe

Strategic concerns mean the Pentagon is beefing up its presence along the line of the cold war Iron Curtain.

31/03/2016

World News

Supporters gather as Israeli soldier appears in court

The shooting of a wounded Palestinian attacker has exposed the already divided opinion in Israel

29/03/2016

France

British and French navy rugby match breaks into mass fight

A rugby game between the British Royal Navy and its French equivalent, the Marine Nationale, broke into a mass fight. Video from the game, nicknamed

25/03/2016

Mali

Gunmen attack EU mission in Bamako

At least one gunman was killed and two suspects arrested in an attack on a hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako. The building had been converted into a

21/03/2016

Russia

Russian pilots welcomed home as heroes from Syria

Jets have begun landing at an air force base in southwestern Russia after the Kremlin's surprise decision to partially withdraw from Syria

15/03/2016

World News

Objectives attained: Russia withdraws troops from Syria

Vladimir Putin says Russian forces helped prepare the ground for a ceasefire

14/03/2016

Korea

'Blitzkrieg' threat from Pyongyang over US-South Korea war games

It is not war. But on the increasingly tense Korean peninsula it certainly looks like it. US and South Korean troops have been staging a mock

12/03/2016

Turkey

Turkish press says 'foreign powers' behind Ankara blast

There is widespread agreement across the Turkish press that the Ankara bombing was a direct attack on the country and that so-called "foreign powers" are to blame.

18/02/2016

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

Syria

'Up to 50 dead' including children in hospital strikes in Syria

The United Nations says up to 50 people have been killed in missile attacks on hospitals and schools in Syria. Médécins Sans Frontières reports seven

15/02/2016

World News

North Korea: broadcasts footage said to show latest missile launch

It comes as South Korea pulls its workers out of the jointly-run Kaesong Industrial complex due to fears profits are going to the North's missile programme.

11/02/2016

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

Central African Republic

CAR: UN official emotional as new child sex abuse allegations revealed

European soldiers and United Nations peacekeepers are facing fresh accusations of child sexual abuse in Central African Republic. The United Nations

30/01/2016

World News

Myanmar's Suu Kyi readies for power as her party comes to parliament

They are doctors, poets, teachers, farmers, fishermen. Many are new to politics, and had to receive intensive instruction in law and constitutional

29/01/2016

Central African Republic

CAR: UN says it has heard fresh allegations of abuse by foreign soldiers

EUFOR Peacekeepers from Georgia, France and a third unnamed EU country involved.

29/01/2016