Turkish foreign minister made remarks in response to reports that Syrian forces will fight alongside YPG against Turkey. The Turkish foreign minister has said that Syrian forces cannot stop its army’s advances in Afrin, in response to reports that the Syrian regime forces will fight alongside Kurdish YPG fighters in the border town. Speaking at a press conference in the […]

Culiacan, Mexico: US officials are hailing the conviction of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman as a victory for the Mexican people, but in the drug lord's home state of Sinaloa, cradle to his powerful cartel, many residents say they don't expect violence and trafficking to abate. As news that the Sinaloa cartel kingpin will likely spend the rest of his life […]

EU membership will help resolve Bosnia’s border issues and bring economic prosperity, says Denis Zvizdic. Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Prime Minister Denis Zvizdic says the future of his country lies with the European Union and NATO. During an official visit to Qatar, Zvizdic said his country is implementing political and economic reforms, including fighting corruption, in its efforts to speed up its […]

What happens when a refugee’s fears and dreams of a better future turn into something else? This is what films at this years BFF are taking a look at. From the war in Syria to the plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya, the past year has been dominated by news of refugees. This year, the directors showing at the Berlin Film Festival […]

African countries are trying to support their domestic textile industries, but pressure from the US and a flood of cheap clothing from China are making it difficult. Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda have agreed to ban second-hand clothing, mostly imported from the US and UK, in order to support their own textile industries. They hope local factories will create much-needed jobs […]

Thousands of police have been deployed for protests in Rome, Milan and other Italian cities tasked with preventing clashes between anti-fascist and far-right protesters during an election campaign that has increasingly been marred by violence. Dozens of protests have taken place across Italy as tensions rise in the run-up to next weekend’s election. Matteo Salvini, leader of the anti-immigrant Lega […]

Members of the prominent family are accused of using friendship with President Zuma to amass wealth. An elite South African police unit has raided a home of the influential Gupta family in Johannesburg as part of an investigation into corruption and influence peddling with the government. Wednesday’s raid in the northern suburb Saxonworld comes as the country waits to see […]

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf becomes the first woman to win the coveted prize for African leadership. Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has become the first woman to win a coveted $5m prize for African leadership. Sirleaf won the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership on Monday in recognition for her efforts to rebuild her country following two civil […]

Mateusz Morawiecki stands by previous statements as he rejects criticism of his country’s new Holocaust law. Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland’s prime minister, has stunned attendees at the Munich Security Conference when he stood by statements made earlier defending his country’s new Holocaust law. Morawiecki rejected criticism on Saturday of the new law as he answered an Israeli journalist’s question over whether the […]

Three people died after torrential rain and strong winds swept through the city. Torrential rain and strong winds on Wednesday night left a trail of destruction in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday. The rain was reported to be the heaviest in 20 years in some parts of the city.  Three people are known to have died. Two people were […]