The recent events in Venezuela have exposed the strategic risks of Cuba’s foreign entanglements.

The city-state wants to stamp out e-cigarettes with harsh penalties including caning and fines.

Ukraine's third largest city has come under sustained attack on its ports in a Russian bid to sap morale.

Junta chief Mamadi Doumbouya, set for a seven-year term, has to prove himself as a democratic leader.

Israel placed and later moved control markers in three areas, with some placed deeper inside Gaza than maps suggested.

Donald Trump's stand-off with the US central bank has recalled episodes in other countries - which ended badly for the economy.