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MPs will have a vote on remaining in the European Economic Area – effectively a vote on the single market – after a shock defeat for the government in the Lords. It means the Brexit strategy of both...

Donald Trump’s attorney and legal fixer, Michael Cohen, was paid half a million dollars by a company affiliated with a Russian oligarch closely linked to Vladimir Putin, according to extraordinary allegations published on Tuesday. The claim was...

An investigative reporter who covers crime and corruption in Montenegro has been shot and injured in an attack that prompted calls from the European Union and the US to protect journalists in the Balkan country. Olivera Lakić, a...

Hardliners in Iran are rejoicing at Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally pull the US out of the 2015 nuclear deal and reimpose economic sanctions, and seizing on an opportunity to consolidate their power over reformists who championed the...

Bosnia’s Central Election Commission on Tuesday officially declared the next general election for October 7. However, the nationwide ballot may well not lead to the establishment of new governments, thanks to local politicians’ zero-sum games and...

Amid rising tensions between the two neighbours, Serbia has banned the Kosovo karate team from entering the country, preventing it from taking part in the European Karate Championship in Novi Sad. Kosovo’s karate team was not...

Journalists’ associations are calling for an end to what they call a ‘culture of impunity’ over crimes against reporters, following the latest attack, on Olivera Lakic, who was shot at outside her home this week. Hundreds...

The Bosnian state prosecution launched an appeal against the war crimes acquittal of the Bosnian Army’s former commander in Srebrenica, Naser Oric, who was cleared of killing Serb captives. Prosecutor Miroslav Janjic asked for a retrial...

From the army to the presidency and Serbia’s schools, Orthodox Christian rituals are becoming increasingly common in state institutions, even though they are officially secular. The encroachment of religion into Serbia’s officially secular state institutions has drawn criticism after...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A Sydney rape case that dragged out for almost five years — through two trials, a conviction, two appeals and the suspect’s eventual acquittal — has set off a flurry of debate in...