Robert Hackwill

Vietnam

Trump: 'I believe Putin denial' on election meddling claim

The US and Russian leaders also discussed Syria and North Korea at their first meeting in four months.

11 November 2017

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Protests continue as the COP 23 talks grind on in Bonn

Environment summit positive despite President Trump's pullout as other American voices bring promises.

11 November 2017

Lebanon

UN warns any Lebanese conflict could have devastating consequences

Secretary General Antonio Gutteres joins voices calling for calm as crisis deepens since al-Hariri resignation.

10 November 2017

Philippines

Duterte claims he killed as a teenager

The Philippine's president is no stranger to controversy and already as a provincial governor boasted of executing criminals.

10 November 2017

Sport

High-tech ball launched for 2018 World Cup

Honouring the world cup's first-ever black and white design "Telstar 18" has interactive chip putting the ball in your phone.

10 November 2017

France

France & Germany open new WWI memorial

Site commemorates start of hostilities and key objective that cost tens of thousands of lives.

10 November 2017

India

Delhi air pollution hits danger levels

India's capital now suffering annual "smog-outs" as construction and car boom adds dust to fumes and smoke.

10 November 2017

Cinema

'Coco' looking for laughs to raise the dead

Pixar-Disney's latest co-production seeks to mine deeper into Mexico and its myths

10 November 2017

Belgium

Catalonia leader Puigdemont has turned himself in to Belgian police

The Catalonian leader Carles Puigdemont has handed himself into the authorities in Brussels following a European arrest warrant issued by Spain

5 November 2017

Russia

Unity Weekend in Moscow a busy one for police

The centenary weekend of the 1917 October Revolution has seen protests and scores of arrests in Moscow.

5 November 2017

Spain

Catalan separatists defy Madrid and choose Puigdemont to lead election campaign

The Catalan European Democratic party reselects its jailed leader and promises its supporters a "landslide" in December.

5 November 2017

Syria

Ruins ISIL's only legacy in Deir El-Zour

The Syrian army has recaptured Deir El-Zour at the heart of its oil-producing region, but there is little worth saving among the ruins ISIL leaves behind.

5 November 2017

United Kingdom

Bonfire night in Britain burns some topical 2017 villains along with 1605 plotters

Britain's Bonfire Night, which celebrates the foiling of a Catholic plot to blow up parliament and the King in 1605, has had one new addition to its rogues' gallery of conspirators and priests - Harvey Weinstein.

5 November 2017

Belgium

Puigdemont faces possible detention in Belgium on European Arrest Warrant

The legal ball is now in Belgium's court as it decides how to apply the European Arrest Warrant to the runaway Catalan leaders.

5 November 2017

USA

US National Archive files confirm Martin Luther King was target of FBI probe

Effort was made to gather evidence of Communist beliefs and sexual impropriety to discredit Civil Rights leader.

4 November 2017

Russia

Russian far-right "Unity Day" march called off

Far-right nationalists can no longer call on mass support for Unity Day protests.

4 November 2017

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Russia celebrates Unity Day

The 17th century victory over Polish-Lithuanian forces heralds the start of modern Russia, celebrated in Unity Day.

4 November 2017

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German protesters out to influence COP 23

The Cop 23 meets in Bonn as protesters angrilyl demand faster change to tackle the climate crisis.

4 November 2017

Lebanon

"Fearing for his life", Lebanon's prime minister resigns

Saad al-Hariri, prime minister of Lebanon, has resigned, attacking Iran and Hezbollah and saying his "life is in danger".

4 November 2017

World News

Asians wonder what the Trump Tour will bring

As Donald Trump's 12-day tour of Asian nations begins, the US President remains a mostly unknown quantity for America's friends in the Pacific.

4 November 2017