
FOREIGN POLICY
EU new concessions 'complete fiction'
David Cameron has dismissed as a "complete fiction" claims that EU leaders could be forced to make new concessions to the UK if it voted to leave the EU.

David Cameron has dismissed as a "complete fiction" claims that EU leaders could be forced to make new concessions to the UK if it voted to leave the EU.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has endorsed Donald Trump for the US presidency.

President Putin says the ceasefire deal that seeks to end the conflict in Syria is "complicated" - but the only way out.

Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou falls short of an outright majority in elections, forcing a runoff against jailed opposition leader Hama Amadou.

Al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front terrorist group rejects a truce agreed upon by world powers in Syria hours before it takes effect.

Gianni Infantino of Switzerland becomes new FIFA chief after winning presidential vote.

The US military’s test-firing of two intercontinental ballistic missiles this week is intended at silencing Republican critics.

The IAEA says it is satisfied with Iran’s bids in implementing the JCPOA.

An Afghan woman fatally shoots a Taliban commander over home privacy breach in Baghlan.

Six people are confirmed to have been killed and thousands displaced in one week of deadly fighting in southern Philippines.

A Palestinian is shot dead after an alleged stab attempt near Ramallah.

US President Obama has once again made it clear that Washington has set regime change in Syria as its primary goal, a political analyst says.

Syrian army soldiers backed by allied fighters take control of six villages in western Syria.

Prosecutions for human trafficking in England and Wales have increased since the introduction of a new anti-slavery law last year.

Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann arrives in Iran to hold talks and sign deals for cooperation.

Campaigners call on states to end sale of deadly weapons to Saudi Arabia.

Reporters Without Borders calls on FIFA member states to decide against Bahrain’s candidate Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al Khalifah as the future president of the world soccer association.

Over 50 million Americans live in economically distressed areas plagued by high unemployment, poverty and financial anxiety.