A Russian artist and his partner are being detained over a sex video leak that ended President Emmanuel Macron’s choice…
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Zelenskiy pledges to end Ukraine conflict
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has promised to end the war in eastern Ukraine. The comedian turned president told the…
HRW: Russian police targeting domestic abuse NGOs
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the police in southern Russia have raided the homes and office of activists who helped…
Kazakhstan’s ethnic-Chinese minority return from Kyrgyzstan after coronavirus-sparked violence
More than 1,000 Kazakh citizens of Chinese descent have crossed the Kyrgyzstan border back into Kazakhstan after initially fleeing communal…
Turkish Cypriot leader under fire for demanding unification
Turkish leaders have condemned Mustafa Akinci, the president of Turkish Cyprus, over an interview with a UK newspaper in which…
Exiled Russian comic unsure about return amid blasphemy charges after insulting Putin
Russia standup comic Aleksandr Dolgopolov, 25, (pictured) fled for Israel in January after his jokes about Christianity and President Vladimir…
US axes PKK drone spying for Turkey
The US has reportedly axed a clandestine intelligence programme with Turkey that has helped Turkish commanders target the Kurdistan Workers’…
3 Feb 2020
Activists take on Russian facial-recognition cameras
29 Jan 2020
Tajikistan rounds up Muslim Brotherhood suspects
28 Jan 2020
Israeli president attacks Polish Holocaust complicity
26 Jan 2020
Bulgaria to expel Russian diplomats
25 Jan 2020
Uzbek television broadcasts controversial Netflix film ‘6 Underground’ to Turkmenistan
22 Jan 2020
Putin faces backlash amid Russian shakeup
20 Jan 2020
Azerbaijan remembers 1990 Soviet massacre
19 Jan 2020
Auschwitz to mark 75th anniversary of liberation
18 Jan 2020