Gorbachev distinguished himself from former USSR leaders by his handling of pro-democracy protests in Eastern Europe. Instead of crushing these like previous Kremlin leaders had done—recall the tanks sent into Hungary in 1956 and then into Czechoslovakia in 1968—Gorbachev went a diplomatic route.

The Serbian leader appears caught in a juggling act. At home, he must retain the good graces of his conservative base; abroad he must maintain relations with China, Russia, and the ‘progressive’, staunchly anti-Russian, European Union.

The suspension of gas flows from Gazprom will not affect French consumers, Engie wrote in a press release.

According to Greece, defense action was necessary to repel the presence of unannounced Turkish fighters near the island of Rhodes.

Salvini’s statements come as the center-Right is poised to win over nearly half of Italian voters in next month’s election

Nearly 550 Colombian children and teenagers have been forcibly recruited by armed groups since September 2016.

Nigerian advertising will have to feature Nigerian models and voice talent from October 1st onwards. The protectionist ban on foreign models, however, has been reinterpreted as a “ban on white models” in Western media.

Beneath the tales of Almanzor’s campaigns is an intriguing subtext which seems to subvert preconceived modern Muslim and Christian notions of what medieval warfare between the two great religions was actually like in Al-Andalus.