David Blair's Blog, page 39

UK Foreign Office tackles Iranian government over woman imprisoned for watching volleyball

Exclusive: The UK Foreign Office has finally called a meeting with the family of a young British-Iranian woman, who has been imprisoned in Iran for nearly three months, after attending a men's volleyball match

80 days in Iranian prison for watching volleyball: 'Why isn't UK Foreign Office helping my little sister?'

After years of turmoil, Ukraine's EU agreement is a moment of history

Analysis: The approval of the EU deal by Ukraine's parliament was the pivotal moment when the country's leaders chose to face down Russia and join the European mainstream

'No time to lose' to combat threat of Islamic State as countries sign up to coalition

Coalition of 27 countries agree terror group must be tackled at conference in Paris hosted by French president François Hollande

Nato begins military exercises in Ukraine

For the first time one European country now contains both Nato troops and Russian combat units, although they are deployed at opposite ends of Ukraine about 700 miles apart

Another Man’s War by Barnaby Phillips, review, 'profoundly moving'

A heroic tale of survival from the Second World War

Russians are trying to 'eliminate' our country, says Ukrainian prime minister

Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that his nation stood in the path of Moscow's desire to reshape the global order

I'm optimistic about Ukraine peace deal, says Petro Poroshenko

Ukraine's president says war in the east can be negotiated, despite Yulia Tymoshenko warning there is "no guarantee" Russia will honour ceasefire

Majority of Russian troops have left Ukraine, says Petro Poroshenko

Ukraine ceasefire has "good prospect" of peace as president Petro Poroshenko says 70 per cent of Russian troops have left country

MH17 official report shows evidence of surface-to-air missile hit as EU 'blinks' on Russia sanctions

Cockpit of Malaysia Airlines flight riddled with "high energy objects", Dutch investigation finds, as coalition of EU countries prevents agreed sanctions against Kremlin from coming into force