A long-awaited offensive to seize back the Iraqi city of Mosul after two years of Isis control has begun, the country’s prime minister has announced. In an address on state television, Iraq’s Haider al-Abadi said: “We have been battling Isis for more than two years. We started fighting...

(theguardian)- A group of around 10 unaccompanied refugee children are expected to leave France for the the UK on Monday as part of the Home Office’s attempt to relocate children from the refugee camp in Calais before it is demolished. The 10 children follow an advance party of five –...

Montenegro said it had foiled a plot by a group of Serbs who were planning to seize the prime minister and parliament and proclaim victory for the opposition after Sunday's tinderbox election. News of the arrest of 20 Serbs ratcheted up tensions in the small ex-Yugoslav state which were...

Kuwait's emir ordered the dissolution of parliament on Sunday, opening the way to fresh elections, saying "security challenges" in the region could best be addressed by consulting the popular will. A ballot would be the seventh since 2006 in the Gulf Arab state, where political strains have...