Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an investigation into claims the country’s athletes have been part of a systematic doping programme.Putin was speaking for the first time since a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) independent commission revealed its damning findings on…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an investigation into claims the country’s athletes have been part of a systematic doping programme. Putin was speaking for the first time since a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) independent commission revealed its damning findings…
Republican Donald Trump’s plan to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants from the US has been savaged by his party rivals in a TV debate.Two others also running for the Republican presidential nomination, John Kasich and Jeb Bush, said the plan…
In her first interview since historic elections, Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has told the BBC her party has won a parliamentary majority.Early results point to a sweeping victory for her National League for Democracy (NLD), but final…
Moscow acknowledged Monday for the first time a terrorist attack could have caused last month’s Russian plane crash in Egypt, as thousands more tourists were evacuated from the country. Britain and the United States, as well as international investigators, suspect…
Supporters of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi burst into boisterous celebration on Sunday after the country held its first free nationwide election in 25 years, the biggest step yet in a journey to democracy from dictatorship.Although the outcome of the…
The head of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov, urged the Russian authorities to suspend all Russian flights above the territory of Egypt until the reason that led to the crash of the Russian passenger jetliner over Sinai…
The leaders of China and Taiwan are to hold talks for the first time since the Chinese Civil War ended in 1949. Discussions between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou will begin in Singapore at 15:00 local…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou are set to hold historic talks in Singapore.It is the first time since the Chinese Civil War ended in 1949 that the leaders from both sides have met.China views Taiwan as…
A cargo plane has crashed on take-off near the international airport in South Sudan’s capital Juba, killing at least 36 people.South Sudan’s transport minister says two people were found alive, but one of them later died. Earlier an official had…
Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Singapore on Saturday – the first ever meeting between leaders of the two sides.Both said the talks would focus on relations across the Taiwan Straits.China has claimed sovereignty…
Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Singapore on Saturday – the first ever meeting between leaders of the two sides. Both said the talks would focus on relations across the Taiwan Straits. China has…
A rare tropical cyclone is bearing down on the Yemeni mainland bringing hurricane-force winds, heavy rain and powerful waves. Photos and videos posted online showed water pouring through the streets of the southern coastal city of Mukalla. The city is…
Ha-young Choi A summit between South Korea, China and Japan convened in Seoul on Sunday, adopting a joint declaration for peace and cooperation in north-east Asia and reiterated their stances on denuclearisation. The declaration included restarting the Six Party Talks…
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has won a critical parliamentary election, regaining the majority it lost in June.With almost all ballots counted, state-run Anadolu Agency said AKP had won 49.4% of the vote, with the main opposition CHP…
An investigation is under way after a Russian airliner crashed in Sinai, killing all 224 people on board. Egypt’s prime minister said a technical fault was the most likely cause, dismissing claims from Islamic State militants that they were responsible.…
A fire and explosion in a Bucharest nightclub killed 27 people and injured 155 during a rock concert that featured fireworks late on Friday, Romanian government officials and witnesses said.In one of the capital’s worst disasters in decades, about 400…
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for “flexibility” at talks in Vienna between the countries backing rival sides in the Syrian civil war.He urged the five main participants – the US, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey – to…
US Republicans have traded blows in a heated presidential debate in Colorado that featured several angry exchanges.Frontrunners Donald Trump and Ben Carson, with no political experience, were under attack from the start.Ohio Governor John Kasich condemned their “fantasy tax plans”…
Iran is likely to be invited for the first time to international talks with the US and Russia over the Syrian conflict, the US says.US state department spokesman John Kirby said it was unclear if Iran’s leaders would attend the…
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says one of its hospitals in northern Yemen has been destroyed by several air strikes. The first, which occurred around 22:30 (19:30 GMT) on Monday, hit part of the facility in Saada province that was not…
Chinese officials have condemned a US ship’s passage near disputed islands in the South China Sea as “illegal”.The guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen breached the 12-nautical mile zone China claims around Subi and Mischief reefs in the Spratly archipelago.The freedom of…
A car travelling at high speed driven by a suspected drunk driver has crashed into a crowd of spectators during a university parade in the US state of Oklahoma killing four people and injuring 44 others, police say.A local woman,…
At least 37 people were killed and 107 wounded on Friday in two bomb attacks at mosques in Nigeria’s restive northeast, where Boko Haram has been trying to carve out an Islamic state, officials and medics said.No one claimed responsibility…
Two United Nations experts on the human rights of migrants on Friday called on the European Union to open regular and safe channels for migrants in order ‘to take over the mobility market from the smugglers’.
At least 42 people are feared dead in a traffic accident involving a truck and bus in south-west France, reports say.The accident happened near Libourne, in the Gironde region, east of Bordeaux.Reports say the bus and the truck caught fire…
Sweden has reacted with shock to the killing of a teacher and pupil at a school in the west of the country, near Gothenburg, by a sword-wielding man. Police say the attacker, who was shot dead by police, is being…
The White House on Wednesday slammed Russia for its “red carpet” treatment of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who made a rare visit to Moscow to see President Vladimir Putin.“We view the red carpet welcome for Assad, who has used chemical…
Canadian Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau has confirmed he will withdraw Canadian fighter jets from the air strikes against Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria.He informed US President Barack Obama of his decision hours after leading his Liberal party to…
By Rachel Browne and Hilary Beaumont Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau has been elected Canada’s 23rd prime minister, beating out Conservative leader Stephen Harper, who reigned for nearly a decade. The son of the late Pierre Elliott Trudeau — a…