A Berlin hospital has confirmed Alexei Navalny was poisoned, contradicting earlier Russian claims. The opposition leader is the latest Kremlin critic to have been targeted by poison, in a list that includes journalist...
EU sanctions and economic ties on table, as Belarus opposition leader speaks out
Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on Tuesday addressed the EU via video-link. FRANCE 24 correspondent Sonja van Renssen says the EU is reassessing its economic relationship with Belarus as part of its...
Belarus, a landlocked country Lukashenko has ruled with an iron fist
President Alexander Lukashenko has ruled Belarus with an iron fist since 1994. The country has been traditionally reliant on Russia to support its economy, but in recent years has made political and economic overtures...
Zambian president sacks central bank Chief | DW News
South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa has had to reprimand the country’s finance minister, for comments he made about Zambia. After Zambia’s president Edgar Lungu fired the central bank govenor...
Rohingya refugees: Three years of a ‘textbook example of ethnic cleansing’ | DW News
Three years ago, Myanmar’s army began a brutal military crackdown against the Rohingya Muslim minority, triggering a mass exodus of the community to neighboring Bangladesh. More than 700,000 Rohingya fled what one UN...
Family of Jacob Blake call for calm after revealing he’s been paralysed – BBC News
The family of an unarmed black man who was shot by police in the US state of Wisconsin say he’s been paralysed from the waist down. It isn’t known whether Jacob Blake’s injuries are permanent. The...
BBC defends decision to drop lyrics from patriotic songs at Last Night of the Proms- BBC News
The BBC says “Rule Britannia” and “Land of Hope and Glory” will be sung in full at next year’s Proms. The BBC’s out-going Director General, Lord Hall, said the decision to perform...