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Putin wins a landslide

Putin wins a landslide

-- 2018-03-19 10:02:35

Russian President Vladimir Putin won a landslide re-election victory on Sunday, extending his rule over the world’s largest country for another six years at a time when his ties with the West ar...

Putin seeks fourth term as Russians head to polls

Putin seeks fourth term as Russians head to polls

-- 2018-03-18 17:02:16

Polls have opened in Russia's presidential election, in which Vladimir Putin is seeking to stay in power for a fourth term in office. Voting began in the Russian far-east at 20:00 GMT on Saturday, an...

EU ‘patronising’ east on migrants, accuses German minister

EU ‘patronising’ east on migrants, accuses German minister

-- 2018-03-18 12:07:52

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has accused the European Union of adopting a patronising stance in talks with eastern European members about the distribution of migrants. Seehofer, a member o...

Putin on track for shoo-in victory as Russia goes to the polls

Putin on track for shoo-in victory as Russia goes to the polls

-- 2018-03-18 11:06:05

Russians began voting in a presidential election on Sunday set to give Vladimir Putin a commanding victory that could only be blemished if large numbers do not bother taking part because the result is...

Conmen impersonating top personalities in Monaco

Conmen impersonating top personalities in Monaco

-- 2018-03-17 21:53:59

Conmen have been impersonating famous personalities in Monaco, including Prince Albert II, to obtain money from high-profile victims, reports say. One well-known journalist was contacted via WhatsApp...

Iraqi teenager guilty of carrying out London train bombing

Iraqi teenager guilty of carrying out London train bombing

-- 2018-03-17 18:49:10

An Iraqi teenager, who had come to Britain as an asylum seeker, was found guilty on Friday of attempted murder after detonating a homemade bomb on a packed rush-hour London commuter train, injuring 30...

Russia expels 23 British diplomats

Russia expels 23 British diplomats

FE Online Desk 2018-03-17 15:49:18

Russia has decided to expel 23 British diplomats in retaliation for the United Kingdom’s decision to kick out 23 Russians diplomat from Britain. Expelled British diplomats must leave Moscow wit...

EU countries propose new Iran sanctions to save nuclear deal

EU countries propose new Iran sanctions to save nuclear deal

-- 2018-03-17 11:02:41

Britain, France and Germany have proposed fresh EU sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missiles and its role in Syria’s war, according to a confidential document, in a bid to persuade Washingto...

Slovak journo murder: Thousands hold anti-govt rally

Slovak journo murder: Thousands hold anti-govt rally

-- 2018-03-17 10:53:44

About 65,000 people have attended anti-government protests held in Slovakia for the third consecutive week. Outrage over the killing of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova...

Russia to expand US ‘blacklist’ to counter new sanctions

Russia to expand US ‘blacklist’ to counter new sanctions

-- 2018-03-17 00:34:28

Russia will expand its own "blacklist" of Americans in response to new US sanctions announced by the Trump administration, a Russian minister said Friday, according to a report by CNN. The developmen...

Islam doesn't belong to Germany, says Interior Minister

Islam doesn't belong to Germany, says Interior Minister

-- 2018-03-16 21:50:41

New Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Islam does not belong to Germany and set out hardline immigration policies in an interview published on Friday, as he sought to see off rising far-right chall...

Corbyn warns of rushing into new Cold War without full evidence

Corbyn warns of rushing into new Cold War without full evidence

-- 2018-03-16 21:49:24

British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned on Friday against rushing into a new Cold War with Russia before full evidence of Moscow's culpability in a military-grade nerve toxin attack on a former dou...

Russia to expand black list of Americans

Russia to expand black list of Americans

-- 2018-03-16 17:52:30

Moscow will expand its black list of Americans to retaliate a new set of US sanctions against Russia. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov came up with the statement on Friday, reports Reut...

Merkel to arrive in Paris for euro reform talks

Merkel to arrive in Paris for euro reform talks

-- 2018-03-16 13:11:44

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to arrive in Paris on Friday enthusiastic about talks with French President Emmanuel Macron but at odds with him over the pace and scope of reforms to the euro z...

UN accuses Mexico of torture in missing students case, calls for full inquiry

UN accuses Mexico of torture in missing students case, calls for full inquiry

-- 2018-03-15 21:59:02

The UN human rights office said in a report on Thursday that Mexican authorities had tortured dozens of people in connection with an investigation into the 2014 disappearance of 43 students, and calle...

Britain needs tougher law to tackle air quality   

Britain needs tougher law to tackle air quality  

-- 2018-03-15 18:58:04

British lawmakers on Thursday suggested the kingdom to introduce new and more ambitious legislation to tackle poor air quality. In a joint report, four parliamentary committees said air pollution was...

Moscow to retaliate by expelling British diplomats

Moscow to retaliate by expelling British diplomats

-- 2018-03-15 18:31:29

Russia will expel UK diplomats "soon", said its foreign minister on Thursday, in response to the expulsion of 23 of its diplomats by Britain. Sergei Lavrov told Russian media the expulsions would "de...

Spy poisoning: Russia calls May’s accusations ‘insane’

Spy poisoning: Russia calls May’s accusations ‘insane’

-- 2018-03-15 16:00:04

A Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman on Thursday described allegations by British Prime Minister Theresa May that Russia was to blame for the nerve agent poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal as in...

Slovenia PM Cerar steps down

Slovenia PM Cerar steps down

-- 2018-03-15 13:17:24

Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar resigned late on Wednesday, hours after a key investment project hit a legal obstacle, saying he had also had enough of obstruction from his coalition partners an...

Turkey foreign minister postpones US visit

Turkey foreign minister postpones US visit

-- 2018-03-15 13:02:55

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s planned visit to Washington on March 19 has been postponed, his spokesman said on Thursday, following the US decision to replace Rex Tillerson as secr...

Britain to expel 23 Russian diplomats over nerve attack

Britain to expel 23 Russian diplomats over nerve attack

-- 2018-03-14 19:30:03

Britain will expel 23 Russian diplomats in retaliation for the nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday. "Under the Vienna Convention, the Uni...

World War II bomb wake-up causes mass evacuation in Italy town

World War II bomb wake-up causes mass evacuation in Italy town

-- 2018-03-14 18:04:22

Some 23,000 people have been evacuated in a town in central Italy after an unexploded bomb from World War Two was found during excavation work. Officials in Fano had said the British-made bomb might...

German parliament re-elects Merkel for fourth term

German parliament re-elects Merkel for fourth term

-- 2018-03-14 15:37:53

German lawmakers voted on Wednesday to re-elect Angela Merkel as chancellor for a fourth, and likely final, term that may prove her most challenging yet as she leads a fragile coalition with her stand...

German lawmakers meet to re-elect Merkel

German lawmakers meet to re-elect Merkel

-- 2018-03-14 14:42:27

Germany’s parliament is meeting to elect Angela Merkel for a fourth term as chancellor, ending nearly six months of political drift in Europe’s biggest economy. Merkel needs the support o...

Nerve attack: Britain, Russia in showdown

Nerve attack: Britain, Russia in showdown

-- 2018-03-14 13:01:11

Britain braced for a showdown with Russia on Wednesday after a midnight deadline set by Prime Minister Theresa May expired without an explanation from Moscow about how a Soviet-era nerve toxin was use...

Stephen Hawking no more

Stephen Hawking no more

-- 2018-03-14 10:21:56

World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking died at the age of 76. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said. The Briton was known for his work with b...

Putin faces UK deadline to explain nerve attack on former spy

Putin faces UK deadline to explain nerve attack on former spy

-- 2018-03-13 20:19:37

Britain gave President Vladimir Putin until midnight on Tuesday to explain how a nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union was used to strike down a former Russian double agent who passed secrets to B...

13 die as Turkish bus rams into truck

13 die as Turkish bus rams into truck

-- 2018-03-13 15:29:22

At least 13 people have been killed as a passenger bus burst into flames after hitting a truck on a highway in the central Turkish province of Corum on Tuesday, says Turkey's state-run news agency. A...

May blames Russia for spy poison attack

May blames Russia for spy poison attack

-- 2018-03-13 11:20:08

Moscow faces a deadline of midnight tonight to explain why a Russian-made nerve agent was used in the poisoning of former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter. The PM said it was ‘high...

May to hold security meeting on Russian spy poisoning

May to hold security meeting on Russian spy poisoning

-- 2018-03-12 15:16:56

Prime Minister Theresa May will chair a meeting of Britain’s National Security Council on Monday to discuss the poisoning of a former Russian double agent and his daughter. Former double agent...