Image copyright AFP Image caption Gary Cohn was director of the National Economic Council under President Trump US President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser Gary Cohn is resigning, the White House has said. It is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from President Trump’s team. There has been speculation that Mr Cohn, a […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Kim Jong-un was pictured welcoming delegates from the South to a dinner on Monday North Korea is willing to talk about getting rid of its nuclear weapons but only if its own safety can be guaranteed, South Korea says. The South says the subject was raised when its officials met […]
Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption An-26 – like this one in an archive photo – is a twin-engine turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft A Russian transport plane has crashed in Syria killing all 26 passengers and six crew members believed to have been on board, the defence ministry says. The An-26 plane crashed […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Lega chief Matteo Salvini and Five Star leader Luigi Di Maio both want to lead Italy The leaders of two anti-establishment parties have each claimed they have the right to govern Italy, after voters in Europe’s fourth-largest economy did not return a majority to any single party. The Eurosceptic, populist […]
Media captionTrump on new tariffs: ‘We haven’t been treated fairly’ US President Donald Trump has said “trade wars are good”, amid controversy over his decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. He tweeted that the US was “losing billions of dollars on trade” and would find a trade war “easy to win”. On […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Graphics were used to demonstrate the new weaponry Russia has developed a new array of nuclear weapons that are invincible, according to President Vladimir Putin. Mr Putin made the claims as he laid out his key policies for a fourth presidential term, ahead of an election he is expected to […]
There were 168 Russians competing as neutral athletes at February’s Winter Olympics Russia’s Olympic membership has been restored by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following its suspension from Pyeongchang 2018. Russia was banned from February’s Games by the IOC over state-sponsored doping. Before Sunday’s closing ceremony in South Korea, the IOC had said the ban […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Some former Taliban have surrendered, but the group has grown stronger in recent years Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has offered peace talks “without preconditions” to the Taliban after 16 years of war. Speaking at a peace conference in Kabul, he proposed measures including a ceasefire and prisoner swaps. In return […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Police are trying to find out who sprayed “Nazis” graffiti on the vans German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the latest politician to criticise a major food bank’s decision to bar foreigners from receiving free food. The charity Essener Tafel called it a temporary restriction necessary because the share of foreigners […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Xi Jinping is currently due to step down as president in 2023 Allowing Chinese President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely will be seen by historians as a farce, a government critic has told the BBC. In a rare show of public dissent, ex-state newspaper editor Li Datong sent an open […]
