British PM May seeks EU backing

British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday warned EU leaders that Russia posed a threat to the whole bloc as she sought united
22 March 2018

Global carbon emissions hit record high in 2017

Global energy-related carbon emissions rose to a historic high of 32.5 gigatonnes last year, after three years of being flat, due to higher
22 March 2018

Raging conflicts worsen food insecurity globally

The food security of around 124 million people worldwide was under acute threat at the end of last year, mostly because of worsening
22 March 2018

Suspect blows himself up as police move in

A 24-year-old white man suspected of being behind a series of deadly parcel bombings in the US state of Texas
21 March 2018

UK envoy snubs Russia meeting

Britain yesterday said its ambassador will snub a Moscow meeting on the poisoning of a spy in England as Russia's foreign minister
21 March 2018

Trump furious over White House leaks

The White House fumed yesterday about an embarrassing leak regarding Donald Trump's shock decision to congratulate Russia's
21 March 2018

Ex-French president held over 'Gaddafi funding'

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was held in custody yesterday and questioned by magistrates investigating whether late
20 March 2018

British art teacher named world's best

Briton Andria Zafirakou, who works in a school in one of the UK's poorest areas, on Sunday won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize for
19 March 2018

WHAT THE WORLD SAYS ABOUT PUTIN'S WIN

China was the first world power to react yesterday to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin's re-election vowing to push ties to a
19 March 2018

UK, EU agree Brexit transition terms

Britain and the European Union yesterday reached a landmark deal on a transition phase that will last for nearly two years after the historic Brexit divorce next year, EU negotiator Michel Barnier said.
19 March 2018

Russia stockpiling deadly nerve agent

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said yesterday that Russia has been stockpiling the deadly nerve agent used
18 March 2018

French baker fined 3,000 euros for working too hard

French people appreciate their holidays so much that apparently a French baker is fined €3,000 (£2,650) for keeping his business open seven days a week, breaking their labour rules.
18 March 2018

Russia set to re-elect Putin

Russia is set to elect Vladimir Putin today to a historic fourth Kremlin term, as the country faces increasing isolation
17 March 2018

14 dead as migrant boat sinks off Greek island

Fourteen people, including at least four children, drown when the small boat they were travelling on capsized in the Aegean Sea, Greek coast guard officials say.
17 March 2018

Britain to expel 23 Russian diplomats

Britain will expel 23 Russian diplomats in response to a nerve toxin attack on a Russian former double agent in southern England, Prime
14 March 2018

All-out siege looms in Afrin

Turkey said yesterday its army and allied rebels had surrounded the Kurdish city of Afrin in northern Syria, raising the prospect of
13 March 2018

Time to turn speeches into treaties

Britain must "translate speeches into treaties" and come up with a detailed plan for its post-Brexit ties with the EU, European Commission
13 March 2018

Putin faces UK deadline to explain nerve attack

Britain gave President Vladimir Putin until midnight yesterday to explain how a nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union was used to
13 March 2018

'Is Russia to blame?'

Russia issued a mocking reaction to the surprise sacking of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, with a foreign ministry spokeswoman
13 March 2018

House ends Russia probe

US House Intelligence Committee Republicans said on Monday the panel had finished investigating Russia and the 2016 US election, and
13 March 2018