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The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has publicly torn down Saudi claims that the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in a fight in its Istanbul consulate, making fresh allegations that his “savage” murder was premeditated and calling...

Scientists have announced the discovery of what they described as “the oldest intact shipwreck” on the bottom of the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria. A team of British and Bulgarian scientists from the Black Sea...

Macedonia’s VMRO DPMNE dismissed one of its vice-presidents and ousted several other high-profile members in what some insiders see as a purge intended to further centralise the right-wing opposition party. At an extraordinary session of its central committee...

Croatian police said false information that the EU country would open its borders led to hundreds of migrants and refugees gathering at border crossings in Serbia and Bosnia, hoping to enter Croatia. Some 400 migrants and...

Written by Arwa Mahdawi Got any old Disney films lurking around your home? Please burn them immediately, lest they do irreparable damage to your daughters. This advice doesn’t come from me, by the way, it comes from Keira...

In early 2017, Ismaele La Vardera, a 22-year-old Sicilian journalist, surprised the Italian political scene when he announced his candidacy for mayor in the southern city of Palermo. Even more surprising was his decision to stand...

A senior Labour MP has called on Conservative whips to identify party colleagues who use “vile and dehumanising language” towards Theresa May, after a weekend during which there were suggestions the prime minister should be knifed and...

The Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has called the son of Jamal Khashoggi to express condolences on the death of the journalist, who was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in disputed circumstances. King Salman made...

Briton Leon Koffi had only been living in Bulgaria for five months when, in late September, he took an evening stroll with two friends in the capital, Sofia. Koffi knew nothing about Bulgarian football, less still...

Having done nothing to implement its new defence strategy, Moldova seems bent on turning a blind eye to growing threats to its security. Moldova is still failing to reform and strengthen its defence system, experts have...