President Emmanuel Macron has said the era of French interference in Africa was “well over” as he began a four-nation tour of the continent to renew frayed ties. Anti-French sentiment has run high in some former African colonies as the continent has become a renewed diplomatic battleground, with Russian and Chinese influence growing in the … Read moreMacron says era of French interference in Africa is ‘over’
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have met briefly at a gathering of top diplomats from the Group of 20 nations in the first high-level meeting in months between the two countries. US officials said Blinken and Lavrov spoke on Thursday for roughly 10 minutes on the sidelines of … Read moreBlinken, Lavrov talk at G20 meeting as US-Russia tensions soar
Dozens of people were killed when two trains collided head-on in central Greece, in the country’s deadliest rail crash on record. Here is what we know so far. What happened and when? A passenger train travelling from the capital, Athens, to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided with a cargo train carrying shipping containers coming … Read moreWhat went wrong in Greece? All to know about deadly train crash
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has struck a new deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland and has said it would pave the way for a new chapter in London’s relationship with the bloc. Standing alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a news conference in Windsor on … Read moreWhat’s in the post-Brexit deal agreed by the UK and EU?
Russia faced strong criticism over its invasion of Ukraine on Monday as the top United Nations rights body and a global disarmament forum met, amid warnings that human rights worldwide were backsliding. Days after the United Nations General Assembly in New York voted overwhelmingly to demand that Russia withdraw from Ukraine immediately, Moscow’s war also … Read more‘Massive’ violations in Ukraine a focus as UN rights body meets
The United Kingdom and the European Union have struck a new post-Brexit deal aimed at resolving their long-running trade dispute over Northern Ireland. The agreement, which amends the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol, came after high-level talks on Monday in Windsor, just west of London, between UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen, … Read moreUK, EU strike new Northern Ireland post-Brexit trade deal
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution demanding Moscow withdraw its troops from Ukraine and end the fighting, a year after Russia launched its invasion. The resolution (PDF) reaffirmed Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity, and also urged a “comprehensive, just and lasting peace” that it said “would constitute … Read moreUN condemns Russia over Ukraine war, calls for withdrawal
Vitalii, a 44-year-old Ukrainian electrical engineer with a neatly trimmed goatee and a penchant for clever jokes, recalls the terrifying moment he and five colleagues recently came under attack in the region of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. They had finished a long day repairing damaged electricity lines along one of the region’s pockmarked and war-worn … Read more‘Heroes to all of us’: Ukraine’s energy repair crews
Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine a year ago insisting that he was reclaiming a historic part of Russia. The war that ensued was, in his terms, a civil war among Russians. It was also largely a civil war among Soviet-era systems. In a war in which both sides relied on Russian ammunition and systems, … Read moreAs weapons taboos shatter, Kyiv and the West become strong allies
A senior Northern Irish police officer is in a critical but stable condition in hospital after being shot by two masked men while he coached children’s football, authorities said. A dissident Irish Republican Army splinter group is suspected of shooting Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell on Wednesday night at a sports complex in Omagh, about … Read moreNorthern Irish police suspect New IRA behind detective shooting