Greece Orthodox Council meeting staggers on as 1000-year quarrel continues It is not the grand reunification gathering organisers had hoped for but the Great Pan-Orthodox Council, meeting in Crete since Sunday and until the 26th of June, is on a… 22/06/2016
Economy OPEC fails to agree on limiting output, denies it is 'dead' OPEC has failed to agree on limiting output which would have boosted the price of crude but Saudi Arabia promised not to flood the oil market with extra barrels. 02/06/2016
Syria Saving Syria: massive air drops of aid planned The ceasefire will be monitored round-the-clock and much-needed humanitarian aid will be delivered to besieged areas. 17/05/2016
Libya Divided Libya agrees on oil Rival Libyan factions have reached an outline agreement to join forces and form a single oil authority operating throughout the country. 17/05/2016
Syria Aid and political transformation on agenda at International Syria Support Group meeting Representatives from 17 countries backing peace talks on Syria are in discussions in Vienna in the latest effort to reach an agreement on how to 17/05/2016
USA Obama and Nordic leaders present united front on 'Russian aggression' President Obama has hosted the leaders of five Nordic nations – Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland – praising the countries for their 14/05/2016
Economy Greece moves closer to a loan deal with its eurozone lenders Athens seemed to have moved closer to a deal on new loans with its eurozone lenders but many details still have to be worked out. 10/05/2016
Colombia Colombia government and FARC rebels return to peace talks Colombia’s largest rebel group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government have returned to talks aimed at ending 50 years 07/05/2016
Syria US urges Russia to rein in Damascus after upsurge in Syria violence There have been stark warnings about the war in Syria following the recent increase in fighting in Aleppo that’s sabotaged a ceasefire and peace 03/05/2016
Syria Kerry arrives in Geneva to push for Syrian ceasefire to include Aleppo Kerry in Geneva to get ceasefire for Aleppo “Regime of calm” said to be under negotiation 250 people killed in Aleppo in recent days Attempts are 02/05/2016
World News Obama: Europe and NATO can do more to fight Islamic State Barack Obama has delivered a stirring speech in defence of a unified Europe during the last day of his European tour. Speaking in Germany at the 25/04/2016
World News Obama holds mini summit with EU leaders on business and security issues This is the last day of Obama's final visit to Germany as American leader and global business and security issues have dominated the agenda 25/04/2016
Yemen Yemen peace talks set to start on Thursday Talks to end the war in Yemen are set to get underway in Kuwait later on Thursday (April 21). The UN-backed talks were supposed to start on Monday 20/04/2016
Switzerland We're victims of European terrorism, Syrian negotiator tells euronews The Syrian government’s chief negotiator is pointing the finger at Europe, claiming that ‘terrorism’ is emanating from the EU. As peace talks fall 19/04/2016
World News Syrian government and opposition dig in as Geneva talks stall The Kremlin has said that Russia unequivocally backs the continuation of Syrian peace talks in Geneva. It follows the announcement by the UN’s 19/04/2016
Syria Syrian opposition stays away from Geneva peace talks A bad day for the UN’s man in Geneva, Staffan de Mistura, who faced empty chairs when he sat down with the main Syrian opposition, who decided to 18/04/2016
Syria Government and rebel forces launch new attacks in Syria The upsurge in fighting in Syria that has cast a huge cloud over peace talks has involved attacks from both government and rebel forces. Pictures 18/04/2016
Syria 'Urgent need' for Syria regime to stop violating ceasefire, says Kerry There is an “urgent need” for the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop violating the ceasefire in Syria, US Secretary of State John 16/04/2016
Spain Spanish left tries to avoid fresh elections with talks next week The leader of the Spanish socialists, Pedro Sanchez, and the leader of Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, have agreed to meet next Wednesday in order to start 23/03/2016
World Assad's future at heart of peace talks The High Negotiations Committee the HNC is a negotiating committee formed by various opponents of the Bashar al- Assad regime and is present at the 17/03/2016