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Russia may consider supplying missile systems to Syria

Russia may consider supplying missile systems to Syria

-- 2018-04-14 18:27:58

Russia may consider supplying S-300 missile systems to Syria and other countries, Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoi said on Saturday after US, French and British air strikes on Syria. Rudskoi said the U...

Slovenia to hold early elections

Slovenia to hold early elections

-- 2018-04-14 16:41:07

Slovenia will hold an early general election on June 3, President Borut Pahor announced on Saturday, a month after centre-left Prime Minister Miro Cerar resigned over a legal obstacle to a government...

Russia terms Syria air strike violation of international law

Russia terms Syria air strike violation of international law

-- 2018-04-14 16:13:15

Moscow has described the overnight coalition operation in Syria as “a flagrant violation of international law” and has promised “consequences.” But while the official reactio...

UK Labour leader condemns Syria air strikes

UK Labour leader condemns Syria air strikes

-- 2018-04-14 14:33:09

Jeremy Corbyn has described air strikes in Syria by US, British and French forces as a "legally questionable action". The Labour leader condemned the attack aimed at reducing the Syrian government's...

Russia ‘likely’ to call UN meeting over Syria attack

Russia ‘likely’ to call UN meeting over Syria attack

-- 2018-04-14 11:54:44

Russian lawmaker Vladimir Dzhabarov said on Saturday that Russia was likely to call for a meeting of the United Nations security council to discuss US, British and French air strikes on Syria, RIA new...

Russian court blocks Telegram messenger over encryption dispute

Russian court blocks Telegram messenger over encryption dispute

-- 2018-04-13 18:51:16

A Russian court on Friday ordered that access to the Telegram messenger service be blocked in Russia, heralding possible communication disruption for millions of users in the latest clash between glob...

Syria 'chemical attack' staged by one ‘Russophibic’ country: Russia

Syria 'chemical attack' staged by one ‘Russophibic’ country: Russia

-- 2018-04-13 18:37:16

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Friday said a reported chemical attack in Syria was staged by foreign agents. The US and France have said they have proof it took place, and, alongside the UK,...

Turkey orders detention of 70 army officers

Turkey orders detention of 70 army officers

-- 2018-04-13 15:21:24

Turkish prosecutors ordered the detention of 70 serving army officers over alleged links to the US-based preacher accused of orchestrating an attempted coup in 2016, Reuters reported on Friday citing...

German minister warns govt of ruling out diesel car refits

German minister warns govt of ruling out diesel car refits

-- 2018-04-13 14:07:43

The German government should not rule out requiring retrofits of heavily-polluting diesel cars, centre-left Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said, underscoring differences among the parties in Chan...

Two pilots die in Russian copter crash

Two pilots die in Russian copter crash

-- 2018-04-13 13:45:15

Two pilots of a Russian military helicopter were killed in a copter crash in Baltic Sea on Thursday, just few hours after a transport helicopter crashed in Far East Russia which left six people dead...

Swedish Academy head quits Nobel body

Swedish Academy head quits Nobel body

-- 2018-04-13 11:32:43

The head of the Swedish Academy - the prestigious body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature - has stepped down in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal. The organisation has been criticised for i...

Catalan leader Ponsati starts extradition fight in Scotland

Catalan leader Ponsati starts extradition fight in Scotland

-- 2018-04-12 16:05:36

Former Catalan education minister Clara Ponsati was greeted by about 100 flag-waving supporters when she arrived in a Scottish court on Thursday to fight extradition to Spain where she is wanted for h...

Yulia Skripal turns down Russian assistance

Yulia Skripal turns down Russian assistance

-- 2018-04-12 14:06:46

Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned in Britain last month along with her father, a former Russian spy, has said she did not wish to take up the offer of assistance from the Russian embassy in London. In...

Russia chopper crash kills six

Russia chopper crash kills six

-- 2018-04-11 11:58:30

Six people have been killed in a Mi-8 helicopter crash in the Russian Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said Wednesday. “The incident occurred at 11:30 local time...

Eurocontrol warns airlines of 'missile strikes' into Syria

Eurocontrol warns airlines of 'missile strikes' into Syria

-- 2018-04-11 10:37:57

Pan-European air traffic control agency Eurocontrol on Tuesday warned airlines to exercise caution in the eastern Mediterranean due to the possible launch of air strikes into Syria in next 72 hours....

Hospital discharges poisoned Russian spy’s daughter

Hospital discharges poisoned Russian spy’s daughter

-- 2018-04-10 13:48:02

Yulia Skripal, the poisoned daughter of Russian ex-spy Sergei, has been discharged from hospital. The 33-year-old was discharged from Salisbury District Hospital on Monday and taken to a secure locat...

Quake hits central Italy, minor damage reported

Quake hits central Italy, minor damage reported

-- 2018-04-10 11:50:40

An earthquake measuring 4.7 magnitude on Tuesday hit an area of central Italy that was devastated by a major quake in 2016, officials said. Early reports said the Tuesday quake caused some minor dama...

Hungary’s Eurosceptic PM wins third term

Hungary’s Eurosceptic PM wins third term

BBC 2018-04-09 10:36:01

Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban has claimed a landslide victory in Sunday's general election. The 54-year-old will serve a third consecutive term in office, with his party Fidesz pro...

High turnout in Hungary’s parliamentary election

High turnout in Hungary’s parliamentary election

-- 2018-04-08 21:50:35

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban launched a last-ditch effort to mobilise supporters in Hungary’s parliamentary election on Sunday, as interim turnout ran even higher than in a 2002 v...

Muenster attacker had mental problems: German minister

Muenster attacker had mental problems: German minister

-- 2018-04-08 19:47:33

The man who drove a camper van into a group of people sitting outside a restaurant in the German city of Muenster on Saturday acted alone and appears to have had mental health problems, the regional i...

French rail workers’ strike halts transport again

French rail workers’ strike halts transport again

-- 2018-04-08 11:50:15

Millions of French commuters and holidaymakers faced another wave of crippling transport stoppages on Sunday, as rail workers protested at President Emmanuel Macron’s economic reform plans and s...

Van drives into crowd in Germany, three dead

Van drives into crowd in Germany, three dead

-- 2018-04-07 21:03:30

Three people have been killed in the city of Muenster, in western Germany, on Saturday after a van drove into pedestrians. The driver of the vehicle killed himself, police said, without providing fur...

Russian embassy asks meeting with Johnson over spy poisoning

Russian embassy asks meeting with Johnson over spy poisoning

-- 2018-04-07 18:51:58

The Russian Embassy in London on Saturday has requested a meeting between its ambassador and UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson over the Salisbury poisoning. An embassy spokesperson said it was "high...

Russia building fire takes six lives

Russia building fire takes six lives

-- 2018-04-07 13:00:54

Six people have died after a fierce fire gutted a residential building in Ussuriysk in the Russian federal subject of Primorsky Krai, the local department of Russian Investigative Committee said Satur...

Ex-Russian spy ‘recovering rapidly’ after poison attack

Ex-Russian spy ‘recovering rapidly’ after poison attack

-- 2018-04-07 10:08:29

Russian former spy Sergei Skripal is no longer in a critical condition after being poisoned by a nerve agent, doctors have said. Salisbury District Hospital said Skripal is responding well to treatme...

Spain optimistic of Gibraltar deal by summer

Spain optimistic of Gibraltar deal by summer

-- 2018-04-06 22:27:59

Spain hopes to reach an agreement with the UK over Gibraltar by the summer, its foreign minister has said on Friday. Alfonso Dastis said Spain would "defend our position" but the two sides were "work...

London police call urgent meeting following a series of stabbings

London police call urgent meeting following a series of stabbings

-- 2018-04-06 20:44:03

London police called an emergency meeting of community leaders on Friday after six stabbings in a matter of hours, as they tried to stem a wave of knife crime that threatens to dominate the city&rsquo...

Freed ex-Catalan leader calls for immediate dialogue

Freed ex-Catalan leader calls for immediate dialogue

-- 2018-04-06 18:36:46

Catalan ex-leader Carles Puigdemont on Friday has called for immediate dialogue after being released on bail in Germany. So far, he and other separatists had received only a "repressive response" fro...

UK is ‘playing with fire’, says Russia

UK is ‘playing with fire’, says Russia

-- 2018-04-06 12:07:06

Russia has accused the UK of inventing a "fake story" and "playing with fire" over the Salisbury spy poisoning. At a UN Security Council meeting, Moscow's UN ambassador Vasily Nebenzia said Britain's...

Russia launches missile tests, triggers partial closure of Baltic Sea

Russia launches missile tests, triggers partial closure of Baltic Sea

-- 2018-04-05 19:22:37

Russia began testing missiles with live munitions in the Baltic Sea on Wednesday, alarming Latvia, a member of NATO, which says the drills have forced it partly to shut down Baltic commercial airspace...