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Alfred Yekatom will face trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. (AFP)

Russia withdraws backing for International Criminal Court treaty

Moscow never ratified the court’s founding treaty, which it signed in 2000, meaning it never became a member subject to its jurisdiction.

Thriftless: Sepp Blatte

Europe should boycott World Cup to oust Blatter – UK

Pressure is mounting on Fifa’s chief, Sepp Blatter, to step down as the association’s president, while the UK calls for a boycott of the World Cup.

Ukip leader Nigel Farage talks to the media after being re-elected as an MEP in the European Parliament elections.

Early results shows Ukip likely winners of Europe elections

Partial results show the United Kingdom’s eurosceptic party has stormed to victory in the European vote with its raised anxiety over immigration.

Troops in Crimea have opened fire around the Black Sea

Pro-Russia forces open fire in Ukraine

Pro-Russia troops have used gunfire in seizing a Ukraine military base, while Nato has declared early-warning flights around the east.

Warnings that sanctions will ‘boomerang’ as Ukraine standoff intensifies

Russia says any US sanctions imposed on Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine will boomerang and that Crimea has the right to self-determination.

‘Lawrence of Arabia’ actor Peter O’Toole dies at 81

Stage and screen star Peter O’Toole, who shot to fame in "Lawrence of Arabia", has died at age 81 after a long illness.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama. (AFP)

UK opposes Syria intervention as US considers actions

Britain will not join any military action against Syria after a stunning parliamentary defeat of a government motion on the issue.

Putin and Obama face off over Syria

US President Barack Obama has faced a showdown with Russia’s Vladimir Putin over Obama’s decision last week to arm the insurgents.

EC ‘caved in to chemicals lobby’

Environmentalists have accused the European Commission of giving in to corporate and government lobbying from Britain and elsewhere after it emerged that European Union…

EU’s subsidy reforms ‘do little for the poor’

The European Commission this week announced long-awaited proposals to reform some of the most criticised aspects of the its subsidy-laden common agricultural policy (CAP).

Europe hits back at US trade law

Europe’s trading relationship with the United States deteriorated further this week when the European Commission said it had no option but to impose tit-for-tat sanctions in a…

Bergman archive reveals a vision grounded in torment

He may be regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, but Ingmar Bergman had a pretty dim view of his own talents as a young man. He was, he says, a ”useless” actor.…

EU civil servants strike over pension reform

Their pay and perks may be the stuff of popular legend, but thousands of angry European Union officials went on strike this week to protest ”a provocative attack” on their fringe…

Côte d’Ivoire: Togo leader to mediate

African leaders at a summit on Wednesday chose Togolese President Gnassingbe Eyadema to coordinate talks between the government and rebels in Côte d’Ivoire, which has been split…

Cote d’Ivoire: Togo leader to mediate

African leaders at a summit on Wednesday chose Togolese President Gnassingbe Eyadema to coordinate talks between the government and rebels in Cote d’Ivoire, which has been split…

EU opens doors to 10 successful states

Nearly 13 years after the Berlin wall came down, the former communist countries of Eastern Europe, plus Cyprus and Malta, were told this week that they were sufficiently…

Europe flooded in misery

The raging river Vltava came close to submerging Prague’s historic city centre and two of the city’s districts as the rising torrent put hours of work and thousands of sandbags…

Belgium confronts its colonial demons

More than a century after King Leopold II of Belgium claimed Congo as his personal colony, an investigation into his country’s murky colonial past and long-ignored allegations of…