Climate a ‘red line’ at G20

France wants the G20 to issue a statement committing to strong action on climate change and considers the issue a “red line”, President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday ahead of the summit.
26 June 2019

Russia must destroy missile: Nato

Nato yesterday urged Russia to destroy a new missile before an August deadline and save a treaty that keeps land-based nuclear
25 June 2019

World faces ‘climate apartheid’

The world is on course for “climate apartheid”, where the rich buy their way out of the worst effects of global warming while the poor
25 June 2019

Repatriate families of IS fighters: UN rights chief

The UN rights chief yesterday called for countries to repatriate family members of suspected foreign fighters in Syria, including
24 June 2019

Don’t be a coward

Jeremy Hunt, the underdog in a bitter battle with Boris Johnson to become Britain’s next prime minister, yesterday called on his rival
24 June 2019

Istanbul votes in mayoral polls in a test for Erdogan

Istanbul returned to the polls yesterday in a re-run of the mayoral election that has become a test of Turkish democracy as well as
23 June 2019

Johnson domestic ‘row’ rocks UK leadership race

Britain’s leadership contest was rocked yesterday by reports that police were called to a late-night “row” between frontrunner Boris
22 June 2019

No Brexit renegotiation

The EU’s top leaders yesterday fired a Brexit warning to whoever wins the battle to become the next British prime minister, saying the existing divorce deal could not be changed.
21 June 2019

17 stranded Bangladeshis return home

Seventeen of the 64 Bangladeshi migrants, who had been stranded in the Mediterranean off the Tunisian coast of Zarzis for nearly three weeks, return home.
21 June 2019

Hunt, Gove survive, Javid voted out

Two cabinet ministers were left fighting it out yesterday to join Boris Johnson in the run-off vote to become Britain’s next leader, amid fresh warnings of the risk of a “no deal” Brexit.
20 June 2019

Johnson wins key Brexit backing

British leadership favourite Boris Johnson won the endorsement of a key Brexit-backing rival yesterday despite accusations he was softening his rhetoric on leaving the EU.
19 June 2019

‘It remains our brand’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has described beautiful women as part of the country’s “brand”, prompting a furious backlash from activists and on social media yesterday.
18 June 2019

300,000 flee Congo violence in two weeks

Hundreds of thousands of people have fled inter-ethnic violence in northeastern areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past
18 June 2019

Russia says victim of US cyberattacks ‘for years’

The Kremlin yesterday said Moscow had been the victim of US cyberattacks “for years” following a New York Times report that
18 June 2019

UN calls for probe into death of Morsi

The UN yesterday called for an “independent inquiry” into the death of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, who died in state custody.
18 June 2019

Russia frees editor after outcry

A Russian court yesterday released a newspaper editor and former lawmaker, who had been held on extortion charges, after an outcry
17 June 2019

Johnson gets boost in race for UK PM’s job

Boris Johnson got a boost in his campaign to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday when one of his former rivals and EU
17 June 2019

US mulls military options

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the United States is “considering a full range of options” regarding rising tensions
17 June 2019

Outbreak not a ‘global’ emergency

The World Health Organization said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo does not qualify as an international threat, despite the spread of the virus to neighbouring Uganda carried by an infected family.
15 June 2019

Britain bans 'harmful' gender stereotypes from ads

Ads featuring "harmful gender stereotypes" which are likely to cause offence will be banned in Britain under new rules that could have a major impact on the industry.
15 June 2019