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A UN Human Rights Council working group said that four Balkan countries have made little progress in depoliticising the issue of resolving the fate of missing persons from the 1990s wars. The UN Human Rights Council’s...

Greece’s leader has argued that the 2019 EU parliamentary elections are not just a run-of-the-mill vote. With members at odds over migration, Brexit and rising right-wing populism, Europe’s soul depends on the outcome. European nations must...

ATLANTA — As Hurricane Florence gained muscle over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday and sped toward the shores of North and South Carolina, government officials in both states were taking few chances, exhorting more than a...

By Eduardo Porter Martha Bonilla is not your typical middle-class worker. And it’s not just that she was born in a backwater of El Salvador and crossed Mexico hidden among a pile of bananas in the back...

The US State Department banned Bosnian Serb lawmaker Nikola Spiric and members of his immediate family from entering the US because of his alleged involvement in corruption. The US State Department on Monday barred Nikola Spiric,...

The recent willingness of the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia to consider border changes has set off alarm bells in Europe and the Balkans, where ethnic and territorial disputes have often led to instability and war,...

A Romanian court ruled that a notorious hacker known as Guccifer will be extradited to serve a sentence in the US after he finishes his jail time in his home country. Romanian hacker Guccifer – real...

Aston Martin has appointed Penny Hughes, a former Coca-Cola executive, as its chair as the luxury carmaker prepares for a £5bn stock market flotation. Andy Palmer, the Aston Martin chief executive, said the appointment of Hughes and...

The US national security adviser, John Bolton, will adopt an aggressive posture against the international criminal court (ICC), threatening sanctions against its judges if they proceed with an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Americans...

The Conservatives face a “catastrophic split” if Theresa May relies on Labour votes to push her Chequers plan through parliament, one of the prime minister’s most persistent critics has warned, as the conflict within the party over Brexit...