Michael Daventry

Armenia

Armenia lifts Turkish trade ban as officials hint at relations thaw

Envoys from the two countries will meet in Moscow next month in the first direct talks for nearly 12 years

31 December 2021

Ukraine

Ukraine sanctions would cause 'complete breakdown', Putin warns Biden

The US president said economic measures would be taken if Russia were to invade Ukraine, but the Russian leader said that would trigger a complete rupture in their relations

31 December 2021

World News

Relatives rebury victims on 26th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre

They are the latest to be identified in mass graves at the site of Europe's worst massacre since the Second World War.

11 July 2021

Hungary

Crowds in Budapest rally against Chinese university campus plan

The Fudan University campus is being built with a €1.3 billion loan from China despite local opposition.

6 June 2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Illegal Bosnia church is torn down after decades-long legal battle

The building was put up on land belonging to a Bosniac Muslim woman without her permission, and authorities spent years ignoring her request to remove it

6 June 2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Illegal Serb church on Bosniak woman's land is destroyed

Bosnian authorities on Saturday demolished a Serbian Orthodox church that was illegally built on land owned by a Bosniak woman.

5 June 2021

Israel

Israel delays controversial Palestinian eviction hearing in Jerusalem

The Supreme Court was due to hear an appeal on Monday against an order to evict Palestinians from properties on land that Israeli settlers claim belongs to them

9 May 2021

Russia

Victory Day: Russia’s Putin warns ‘Nazi-era ideologies’ remain strong

The Russian president spoke at the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the Second World War’s conclusion

9 May 2021

Afghanistan

Blast near girls’ school in Afghan capital kills at least 50

Many children between 11 and 15 years old are among the dead.

8 May 2021

United Kingdom

Pro-independence parties secure majority in Scottish parliament

As pro-independence parties retain a majority in the Scottish Parliament, Nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon confirms bid for second attempt to leave United Kingdom

8 May 2021

World News

Orange is the new green as Seville turns to fruit juice for electricity

Waste fruit is used to power a water purification plant in the Spanish city

21 March 2021

Italy

Italian prosecutor seeks Salvini trial over migrant ship he rejected

The right-wing leader, a former interior minister, faces up to 15 years in prison if found guilty

21 March 2021

Algeria

Algeria releases pro-democracy protesters as president calls elections

Abdelmadjid Tebboune said the detainees would be pardoned in an announcement marking the second anniversary of the protests that forced out his predecessor

19 February 2021

United Arab Emirates

Princess Latifa 'being cared for at home' says UAE

Friends of Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum are becoming increasingly concerned for her welfare.

19 February 2021

Netherlands

Netherlands appeals court set to rule on coronavirus curfew legality

PM Mark Rutte said he expected to win the case against the restrictions brought by civil liberties campaigners

19 February 2021

USA

US eyes return to Iran nuclear deal by reversing Trump-era sanctions

The move by the new Biden administration comes ahead of a planned EU-led meeting to discuss a return to the Iran nuclear deal

19 February 2021

United Kingdom

Meet the Congolese ex-asylum seeker soon to lead a Scottish university

Human rights lawyer Debora Kayembe will become rector of the University of Edinburgh in March.

14 February 2021

World News

'All hypotheses' still on table over COVID-19's origins — WHO chief

The World Health Organisation's director-general's remarks come after the team visiting China suggested a leak from a lab was 'very unlikely'

12 February 2021

Hungary

Hungary becomes first EU country to deploy Russia's COVID-19 vaccine

It becomes the first EU country to use the Sputnik V jab after European officials said no application had been received for a rollout across the bloc

12 February 2021

Russia

Russian FM blames rift with EU on its 2004 Eastern Europe enlargement

'If you want peace, prepare for war', says Lavrov as the EU considers sanctions over conflicts in Eastern Europe and opposition leader Alexei Navalny's detention

12 February 2021