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Putin defends 'lawful' seizure of Ukrainian ships 29 Nov 2018 - 07:38 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a session of the VTB Capital Investment Forum
4 migrants hit by Greek train may have been asleep on tracks 28 Nov 2018 - 06:53 pm
Peninsula
Russian court jails 9 more Ukrainian sailors 28 Nov 2018 - 03:59 pm
Ukrainian ships are detained in Kerch Strait on November 25, 2018 in this still image from video released by Russian Federal Security Service November 27, 2018.
Putin says he hopes to meet Donald Trump at G20 in Argentina 28 Nov 2018 - 03:00 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the VTB Capital Investment Forum
Georgia holds second round of hotly contested presidential vote 28 Nov 2018 - 08:53 am
Commuters travel in a bus past an election poster of presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili in Tbilisi on November 27, 2018, on the eve of the second round of presidential elections. / AFP / Vano Shlamov
Brexit: British youth lobby MPs for second referendum 27 Nov 2018 - 11:36 pm
The Brexit deal’s fate is unclear, as the Democratic Unionist Party, the party that May needs to get her legislation through parliament, has repeatedly stated that they will vote against her deal as will other parties within parliament.
Benoit Quennedey: French Senate official accused of spying for North Korea 27 Nov 2018 - 09:28 pm
A picture taken on November 16, 2017 shows senior French civil servant Benoit Quennedey posing in Paris. AFP
European court rules Russia discriminated against gay people 27 Nov 2018 - 09:28 pm
Homosexuality was a criminal offence in Russia until 1993 and classed as a mental illness until 1999.
Spanish comedian in court for blowing nose on national flag 27 Nov 2018 - 05:21 pm
Peninsula
Putin warns against 'reckless' moves after Ukraine declares martial law 27 Nov 2018 - 03:34 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin accompanied by Chief Executive of Sberbank German Gref while visiting Mria hotel in Yalta, Crimea November 23, 2018.
France to close no more nuclear reactors during Macron mandate 27 Nov 2018 - 01:43 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron leaves after attending a
Merkel ally says Europe may need to step up sanctions on Russia over Ukraine 27 Nov 2018 - 12:58 pm
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (L) talks with his Slovakian counterpart Miroslav Lajc?k (R) as German politician Norbert Roettgen (C) looks on during the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum on November 27, 2018 at the K?rber Foundation in Berlin. AFP / Wolfga
Turkey's Erdogan calls on Russia, Ukraine to solve problems through dialogue 27 Nov 2018 - 12:41 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Anadolu
French Senate official arrested for 'North Korea spying': sources 27 Nov 2018 - 09:38 am
File photo of a general view of the hemicycle before a session at the Senate in Paris, France, April 7, 2015. Picture taken April 7, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
Ukraine introduces martial law citing threat of Russian invasion 27 Nov 2018 - 09:13 am
 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko addresses lawmakers during an emergency session of Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, on November 26, 2018. ( Vladimir Shtanko - Anadolu Agency )
Britain will head into unknown if Brexit deal is rejected: May 26 Nov 2018 - 08:17 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May answering a question from the Scottish National Party's (SNP) Ian Blackford after giving a statement to the House of Commons in London on November 26, 2018, to update parliament on the newly-agreed Brexit deal.  AFP  /
Russia ignores Western calls to free captured Ukrainian ships 26 Nov 2018 - 06:55 pm
Ukrainian far-right groups attend a rally demanding to set martial law in the country and to cut diplomatic relations with Russia, after Russian navy seized three Ukrainian ships off near the Crimea, in front of the Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine,
Explainer: Russia's conflict with Ukraine 26 Nov 2018 - 06:54 pm
A general view shows a road-and-rail bridge constructed to connect the Russian mainland with the Crimean peninsula, at sunrise in the Kerch Strait, Crimea November 26, 2018. Reuters/Pavel Rebrov