Europe

Two leaders praise 'very fruitful' round of closed-door talks held in the Finnish capital Helsinki. President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump have committed to improving relations between the United States and Russia, with Putin saying there was no longer any reason for tensions between the superpowers. The...

(Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in elections on Sunday, citing what he said was a public mandate for him and the alliance led by his ruling AK Party. https://twitter.com/HornDiplomat/status/1010985224040341504?s=19 Erdogan the most popular leader in recent Turkish history, said there would be no...

A Malian man in France has been hailed a hero and granted French citizenship after he scaled an apartment building to rescue a child dangling off a balcony. French President Emmanuel Macron announced that Mamoudou Gassama, an undocumented migrant, would become a "naturalised French" national and join the fire service, the...

Nabil Fekir's move to Liverpool is reportedly close to completion as Jurgen Klopp eyes his first signing of the transfer window. The Lyon midfielder is '99 per cent' certain to move to Anfield, according to reports in France. He was first linked with the Champions League...

A former refugee who has taken over as Sheffield's Lord Mayor says he hopes to bring the role "into the 21st Century". Magid Magid is the city's first Somali mayor, first Green Party mayor, and, at 28, the youngest mayor. He came to Sheffield aged five...

Move is in retaliation for wave of ejections of Russian officials after alleged poisoning on ex-spy and daughter. Russia has expelled 59 diplomats from 23 countries as the dispute over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in Britain worsens. The move on Friday was...

Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, who is on a working visit to Ethiopia, met with Foreign Minister Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu on Friday (March 9). Dr. Workneh noted that the official working visit of Mr. Lavrov to Ethiopia is a special occasion “as this year marks the...

So far, SEK 200 million ($24 million) has been transferred abroad using the Transfer Galaxy service, but soon it could be a matter of billions. Transfer Galaxy, a company founded by Somali immigrants for cheap and handy money transfers is expanding rapidly and has acquired SEK 30...

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday embarked on a five-day tour of west Africa in a bid to ramp up Turkey’s growing influence throughout the continent. Just two months ago, Erdogan made his first trip to Sudan, where he met President Omar Al-Bashir...

Ankara's growing deployments and initiatives in the Middle East and Africa are cheered and feared in near equal measure By JONATHAN GORVETT In Doha, his face is on bumper stickers. In Mogadishu, it looms on giant posters. Nowadays, Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan enjoys great popularity in...