Four British travellers have shown resistance to the main malaria treatment drug
Amnesty claims 7,000 alleged drug offenders killed in seven months
Portugal has offered to take in several hundred Yazidis living in Greece; Athens has said no, worried that other countries might start picking refugees based on religion
A dispute has broken out in Europe over the fate of Yazidi refugees. Portugal has offered to take in several hundred of the two-and-a-half thousand Yazidis living in Greece, arguing their ancient community merits special protection. But Athens has rejected the offer, worried that other countries might start cherry-picking refugees based on religion. Some 60,000 migrants are stranded in Greece, as Henry Ridgwell reports.
Turkey has threatened to cancel a migrant readmission deal with Greece after Greece’s Supreme Court rejected a request from Turkey for the extradition of eight senior servicemen who fled the country following the failed coup last July. As Henry Ridgwell reports, Ankara has reacted with fury to the ruling and there are fears that ties between the two neighbors could be severely affected.
There are fears the decision could derail the ongoing talks on Cypriot reunification
Up to 75 percent of NATO military assets belong to the United States
First-ever direct China-to-Britain freight train pulled into London last week - latest milestone in China’s ambitions to redevelop old trade routes from Asia to Europe
The first-ever direct China to Britain freight train pulled into London last week - the latest milestone in China’s ambitions to redevelop the old ‘Silk Road’ trade routes from Asia to Europe. The Chinese government has spoken out strongly in favor of free trade and globalization in the days following the inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. president – who claims Beijing’s trade policies have damaged the American economy.
Britain has indicated that it will seek a so-called ‘hard’ exit from the European Union, likely to include leaving the Single Market, the world’s largest free trade bloc. Exit talks are set to begin later this year. The country is looking for new trading partners around the world, but as Henry Ridgwell reports, the government will find it difficult to balance voters’ demands for lower immigration with the need for new free trade deals.
India voices frustration at student visa system
Agreements will regulate legal status of US armed forces in Lithuania, Estonia
Analysts warn of potential battle for influence between Russia and West
Greece deploys navy vessel to house 500 asylum seekers on Lesbos
US Magnitsky Act followed death of lawyer in Moscow jail
Since Russia’s 2014 forceful takeover of Crimea, both Moscow and NATO have deployed troops and weapons along old fault lines as tensions have grown to their highest since the end of the Cold War. Analysts say the dangers of a military confrontation are at their highest for decades. Henry Ridgwell reports from London.
Analysts say rapid rearmament on both sides has raised stakes of accidental confrontation
Range of benefits seen from basic therapy offered by ‘grandmother’ health workers on clinic grounds
Analysts say Moscow disinformation operation already underway; intended objective is undermining cohesion of European Union
In many parts of Africa, communities suffer from unreliable electric service, with many rural settlements cut off from national power lines. But industry experts say innovation in off-grid solar power is becoming accessible to even the most remote communities. As Henry Ridgwell reports, the U.S. government is investing millions of dollars in the technology under its Power Africa initiative.
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