Image copyright EPA Image caption Protesters gathered outside parliament in Syntagma Square Hundreds of thousands of Greeks have taken to the streets of Athens in a protest about the decades-long dispute over the name Macedonia. Many Greeks object to the country of the same name calling itself Macedonia, saying it implies a territorial claim on […]
Image copyright ALLSPORT/Getty Images Image caption The athletes of Team Korea in action against Sweden The joint North and South Korean women’s ice hockey team has lost its first match – a friendly against Sweden – before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea. The Swedish women’s team beat their Korean counterparts 3-1. The unified […]
The bodies of 16 people have been pulled from the sea off the coast of Melilla, a small Spanish territory bordering Morocco. Moroccan rescue services recovered the corpses after the crew of a Spanish ship spotted them in the water. A medical official told AFP news agency all the dead were from sub-Saharan Africa, apart […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption The EU has tried to reduce migrant numbers with a highly criticised deal with the Libyan coastguard Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN’s migration agency. Three survivors said most of those who drowned were Pakistani nationals. Libyans were also aboard. […]
Media captionAll you need to know about the Trump-Russia investigation US President Donald Trump has accused top officials of politicising FBI and justice department investigations to damage his Republican party. “The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process,” he tweeted. He is expected to approve […]
Image copyright Wild Blue Media/Channel 4 Image caption The Mayan city of Tikal was surrounded by a complex network of previously undiscovered structures and causeways Researchers have found more than 60,000 hidden Mayan ruins in Guatemala in a major archaeological breakthrough. Laser technology was used to survey digitally beneath the forest canopy, revealing houses, palaces, […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Raila Odinga declared himself the “people’s president” in Nairobi on Tuesday Kenya’s High Court has suspended the government’s shutdown of three of the country’s largest private TV channels. KTN, NTV, and Citizen TV were taken off the air over plans to broadcast opposition leader Raila Odinga’s unofficial “inauguration” on Tuesday. […]
Media captionAll you need to know about the Trump-Russia investigation The US House Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat has accused Republicans of tampering with a memo about claims of FBI surveillance at the 2016 election. Adam Schiff said Republicans had changed the text after it was voted on. The secret document was passed by the Republican-dominated […]
Image copyright Amnesty International Image caption Taner Kilic is accused of using an encrypted messaging application A Turkish court has reversed its decision to release from detention the local head of human rights group Amnesty International, the group says. Detained in June, Taner Kilic has been charged with membership of a terrorist organisation, which he […]
Russia’s Alexander Tretiakov won gold in the men’s skeleton at Sochi – before being banned for life by the IOC A decision to overturn the Olympic life bans of 28 Russian athletes “may have a serious impact on the future fight against doping”, says the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Court of Arbitration for Sport […]
