June 14, 2014
France rail strike halts many trains
A nationwide strike by train staff in France has halted many rail services and is set to run into the weekend. The strike began on Tuesday and is one of the longest to hit the railways. It has halted about half of inter-city trains and even more…
June 13, 2014
Sistani ‘issues’ Shia call to arms
Iraq's most senior Shia cleric has issued a call to arms while Sunni-led insurgents seize more towns. The call by a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani came during Friday prayers, as the militants widened their grip in the north and…
June 13, 2014
Kiev forces win back Mariupol
Government troops in eastern Ukraine have won back the port city of Mariupol from pro-Russian separatist rebels after heavy fighting. Interior Minister Arseny Avakov said the security forces had successfully brought separatist strongholds in the…
June 12, 2014
Iraq Militants Threaten Move on Baghdad
Islamist Sunni militants are threatening to advance on Iraq's capital, pushing to within 100 kilometers to the north, after seizing several other key cities in a blow to the country's Shi'ite-led government. A spokesman for the Islamic State in Iraq…
June 10, 2014
Moscow and Kiev seek ‘end to bloodshed’
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko have called for a quick end to the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine, Russian officials have said. The two leaders were meeting for the first time since Mr Poroshenko's…
June 3, 2014
Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk in Russia border demand
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has called on Russia to control its border to stop "terrorists" from crossing into his territory. Mr Yatsenyuk said Kiev could solve the crisis quickly if Moscow stopped meddling in the situation. But…
June 3, 2014
Almost 2,000′ killed by Syria barrel bombs in 2014
Almost 2,000 people have been killed by Syrian government air attacks in the northern city of Aleppo so far this year, an activist group says. The dead included 283 women and 567 children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…
June 3, 2014
Police sacked over hanged girls
Two police officers in India have been sacked for refusing to help search for two missing girls who were later found gang-raped and hanged, authorities say. One officer was arrested while the other fled. Two of the suspected attackers have also…
May 30, 2014
Russia’s Vladimir Putin ‘to respect’ Ukraine vote
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has said he will respect the outcome of Ukraine's presidential election. Speaking in St Petersburg, he said Russia was prepared to work with whoever was elected Ukraine's president in Sunday's vote. It is the first…
May 30, 2014
Yingluck Answers Thai Military Summons
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrived at a military installation in Bangkok on Friday, after she and dozens of political figures were summoned to a meeting with the country's ruling military. The military seized power in a bloodless…