News

Israel's Netanyahu weighs moves after Lieberman resignation   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plots next moves as defence minister Avigdor Lieberman resigns unhappy over ceasefire in blockaded Gaza, leaving Netanyahu clinging to a one-seat majority in parliament. Israeli...

Bernardo Bertolucci, Last Tango in Paris director, dies aged 77 Andrew Pulver   Politically pioneering Italian director of The Conformist and Last Tango in Paris, who went on to win the best director Oscar for The Last...

EU struggles to agree on Gibraltar before Brexit summit   Spain makes a last-minute objection over Gibraltar as EU leaders prepare meet on Sunday to endorse the Brexit deal. British and EU flags are seen before Britain's...

Brexit threatened as four UK ministers quit   UK Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal is in trouble after two cabinet ministers and two junior ministers quit on Thursday. The resignations came as EU chief...

Evacuations urged near Guatemala's erupting Volcano of Fire   An eruption in June killed 194 people and left at least 234 missing, although organisations supporting the communities have insisted there are thousands of missing persons. The volcano...

Migrant caravan continues journey to reach US   About 6,000 Central Americans have reached the border cities of Tijuana and Mexicali. Now, more bands of migrants are making their way toward Tijuana, with around 10,000 expected. Migrants,...

EU moves to ban single-use plastics   The European Commission said its proposal would seek to cut marine litter in half for the ten most prominent items and avoid environmental damage estimated at over $250 billion...

Israel escalates air strikes on Gaza   Israeli strikes in blockaded Gaza kills three Palestinians, Gaza's health ministry says, raising the death toll in Gaza to seven in 24 hours, and 14 since Israel's raid began...

In pictures: Indian framers march to seek loan waivers   Farmers rally in financial and entertainment capital Mumbai, demanding land ownership and farm loan waivers.   Farmers rally to demand better price for their produce and total waiver...

Russian seizure of Ukrainian vessels sinks bilateral ties Igor Serebryany What's behind the latest incident in the Strait of Kerch, and is Russia's seizure of Ukrainian ships a product of negligence, misunderstanding or deliberate provocation? Russian warships...