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EU leaders offer Turkey aid in plan to stop migrant flow to Europe

EU leaders offer Turkey aid in plan to stop migrant flow to Europe

European Union leaders ending their summit in Brussels have agreed on an “action plan" with Turkey to try and stem the flow of migrants to Europe. October 16 2015, 11:51 1 553 views

Poland signs deal to pipe gas to Russia-dependent Baltic states

Poland signs deal to pipe gas to Russia-dependent Baltic states

Poland on Thursday signed a landmark deal to build the first EU gas pipeline to the isolated Baltic countries, reducing their uneasy reliance on Russian supplies. October 16 2015, 10:14 2 044 views

USA refuses to accept Russian delegation chaired by PM Medvedev

USA refuses to accept Russian delegation chaired by PM Medvedev

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the US side rejected Russia's suggestion to discuss the Syrian conflict with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. October 16 2015, 09:21 1 696 views

Boko Haram: US sends drones, troops to Cameroon

Boko Haram: US sends drones, troops to Cameroon

The US is to send 300 of its troops to Cameroon to help counter militant Islamists Boko Haram. October 15 2015, 15:51 1 548 views

Putin chides officials for delays in cosmodrome construction

Putin chides officials for delays in cosmodrome construction

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday chided officials for a four-month delay in building a sprawling space center in the remote Far East, which has been dogged by corruption scandals. October 14 2015, 18:12 1 497 views

MH17 Ukraine disaster: Dutch report blames missile

MH17 Ukraine disaster: Dutch report blames missile

Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 crashed as a result of a Russian-made 9M38 Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board says. October 13 2015, 17:07 1 825 views

Russian embassy attacked in Damascus

Russian embassy attacked in Damascus

Two rockets have struck the Russian embassy in Damascus. Meanwhile, al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front has called on jihadists in the Caucasus to attack Russian civilians and soldiers. October 13 2015, 16:53 1 698 views

Islamic State is prime suspect in Turkey bombing, as protests erupt

Islamic State is prime suspect in Turkey bombing, as protests erupt

Turkey's government said on Monday Islamic State was the prime suspect in suicide bombings that killed at least 97 people in Ankara, but opponents vented anger at President Tayyip Erdogan at funerals, universities and courthouses. October 13 2015, 11:41 1 560 views

MH17 investigation team to reveal final report into Ukraine plane crash

MH17 investigation team to reveal final report into Ukraine plane crash

A Dutch-led international team is due to issue its long-awaited findings into what brought down flight MH17. The Malaysia Airlines passenger jet crashed over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. October 13 2015, 09:57 1 619 views

Angus Deaton wins Nobel prize in economics

Angus Deaton wins Nobel prize in economics

Edinburgh-born microeconomist Angus Deaton of Princeton has been recognised for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare. October 12 2015, 18:07 1 838 views

Volkswagen recalls Chinese cars

Volkswagen recalls Chinese cars

Volkswagen has said it is recalling almost 2,000 cars in China as the fallout from the diesel emissions scandal continues. October 12 2015, 15:21 1 694 views

Belarus election: Alexander Lukashenko wins fifth term with election landslide

Belarus election: Alexander Lukashenko wins fifth term with election landslide

The president, who has ruled for 20 years, retained power after winning 83.5% of the vote and could now see EU sanctions lifted for four months. October 12 2015, 15:14 1 489 views

Syria opposition to boycott UN talks, cites Russia strikes

Syria opposition to boycott UN talks, cites Russia strikes

The Coalition also criticised de Mistura's plan, saying the formation of a national governing body was being "sidelined" in his proposed working groups. October 12 2015, 14:45 1 570 views

Ankara: ‘one male, one female bomber’, sources tell euronews

Ankara: ‘one male, one female bomber’, sources tell euronews

Funerals have begun to take place for the identified victims of the Ankara bombings. October 12 2015, 10:03 1 415 views

Indian maid's hand 'chopped off' by Saudi employers

Indian maid's hand 'chopped off' by Saudi employers

New Delhi has lodged a formal protest with Saudi Arabia after an Indian maid had her hand chopped off by her employer. The woman reportedly had complained about work conditions and is now recovering in a Saudi hospital. October 9 2015, 18:44 1 722 views

Nobel peace prize 2015 goes to Tunisian civil society groups

Nobel peace prize 2015 goes to Tunisian civil society groups

Speaking at a news conference in Oslo, Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Kaci Kullmann Five said: “the Quartet exercised its role as a mediator and driving force to advance peaceful democratic development in Tunisia with great moral authority." October 9 2015, 15:50 2 397 views

Svetlana Alexievich wins 2015 Nobel prize in literature

Svetlana Alexievich wins 2015 Nobel prize in literature

Swedish Academy praises Belarusian writer's work as a 'monument to suffering in our time'. October 9 2015, 12:05 1 756 views

Nobel Peace Prize 2015: Likely contenders

Nobel Peace Prize 2015: Likely contenders

The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize remains shrouded in secrecy before Friday's announcement of the winner, but that doesn't stop the annual guessing game about who is in the running. October 9 2015, 10:55 2 992 views

Obama apologizes to Doctors Without Borders for airstrike

Obama apologizes to Doctors Without Borders for airstrike

President Obama apologized to Doctors Without Borders for the airstrike that killed at least 22 people last weekend, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest announced today. October 9 2015, 00:05 1 545 views

Clinton opposes new Pacific trade pact in break with Obama

Clinton opposes new Pacific trade pact in break with Obama

.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she does not support the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), rejecting a central tenet of President Barack Obama's strategic pivot to Asia. October 8 2015, 12:44 1 388 views

US Officials Ask How ISIS Got So Many Toyota Trucks

US Officials Ask How ISIS Got So Many Toyota Trucks

U.S. counter-terror officials have asked Toyota, the world's second largest auto maker, to help them determine how ISIS has managed to acquire the large number of Toyota pick-up trucks and SUVs seen prominently in the terror group's propaganda videos in Iraq, Syria and Libya, ABC News has learned. October 7 2015, 15:32 1 729 views

Kunduz bombing: MSF demands Afghan war crimes probe

Kunduz bombing: MSF demands Afghan war crimes probe

Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres is seeking to invoke a never-used body to investigate the US bombing of its hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz. October 7 2015, 15:22 1 428 views

DNA repair wins chemistry Nobel

DNA repair wins chemistry Nobel

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded for discoveries in DNA repair. October 7 2015, 15:15 1 405 views

Fifteen dead as South Carolina gripped by historic flooding

Fifteen dead as South Carolina gripped by historic flooding

South Carolina grappled with the damage wrought by record rainfall, as the death toll from widespread flooding rose to 15 on Tuesday and residents braced for more evacuations in areas near dams and swollen waterways across the state. October 7 2015, 12:21 1 929 views

Microsoft launches Windows laptop

Microsoft launches Windows laptop

Microsoft has launched a laptop dubbed the Surface Book, as part of a suite of new Windows 10 products. October 7 2015, 11:22 1 720 views