Ball-kicking protesters in Georgia decry new president Mikheil Kavelashvili
Georgia’s ruling party has selected former football player Mikheil Kavelashvili as the country’s new president. It’s a blow to the hopes of pro-EU protesters who took to the streets kicking footballs and holding up red cards.
Is Russia poisoning Namibia’s water in its hunt for uranium?
Russian company Rosatom is trying to drill for uranium in Namibia. Farmers say a vital aquifer that nourishes Southern Africa is at risk.
US says drones spotted near its military bases in England
US air force says the drones do not appear ‘hostile’ and there has been no impact.
Russia expels British diplomat for alleged spying
Moscow kicks out the diplomat, who, it says, was ‘conducting intelligence and subversive work that threatens the security of Russia’.
Georgian parliament bats away protests to set presidential vote
Despite claims its election victory is illegitimate, Georgian Dream party plans vote for new president on December 14, using rules it pushed through in 2017.
Calin Georgescu takes shock lead in Romania’s presidential election
NATO critic Calin Georgescu on track to face pro-European Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu in run-off vote next month.
Iran to hold nuclear talks with France, Germany, UK
The meeting follows an IAEA resolution denouncing Iran for what it called a lack of cooperation.
EU member states must enact ICC arrest warrants, says foreign policy chief
The EU’s foreign policy chief has reminded member states of their obligation to implement the ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. Josep Borrell also flatly dismissed Israel’s assertion that the court’s decision was ‘anti-Semitic’.
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