European Union leaders have selected Ursula von der Leyen, the German defence minister, as the European Commission president, sparking bemusement…
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Brexiteers look to replace tearful May
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has resigned in tears after a three-year premiership during which she achieved almost nothing. She will step down…
Macron opens Rwanda genocide commission
French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed a commission to probe the French role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. More than…
Bitter lessons from 1918
The First World War ended 100 years ago today (Sunday) after a civilian peace delegation dispatched by the German government,…
Latvia warns of cyber attacks
Covert Russian cyber attacks against Nato members could lead to deaths and potentially escalate into military conflict, Latvia’s foreign minister…
Kohl’s surprise vision
After the death at the weekend of the architect of German reunification, Helmut Kohl, aged 87, his legacy is a…
Atoning for imperial sins
Few Britons know about the 1860 destruction of the Peking Summer Palace at the end of the Second Opium War…
30 Jan 2017
By-elections put Corbyn in spotlight
19 Apr 2016
Analysts warn Kaliningrad becoming hotspot
26 Mar 2016
Bosnia unhappy with Karadzic sentence
19 Mar 2016
The war of Erdogan’s heavy hand
18 Mar 2016
Brexit looms for ever-weaker union
17 Mar 2016
Syria: Russian triumph or more Kremlin deception?
12 Feb 2016
Nato sails to block migrant EU access
10 Feb 2016