US calls for ceasefire in Yemen within 30 days, sparking hopes of diplomatic breakthrough

The US has called for a ceasefire in Yemen within 30 days followed by UN-brokered peace talks, sparking guarded hopes for a breakthrough in the international effort to end the country’s disastrous three-year war.    Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, and Jim Mattis, the US defence secretary, both said on they wanted to…

EU recalls ambassador in protest at Tanzania’s threat to ‘hunt down homosexuals’

The European Union recalled its ambassador to Tanzania on Monday as police plans to hunt down and jail homosexuals in the country’s largest city prompted international outrage. A 17-member committee charged with identifying and locating gay men in Dar es Salaam is due to begin work this week after it began collecting names of possible…

"It’s true Steam Machines aren’t exactly flying off the shelves"

Valve has published an update on its range of Steam Machine branded third-party PCs, prompted by recent reports the initiative was dead in the water. To be fair, these reports were prompted by Valve itself – specifically, by the company’s recent, quiet removal of its Steam Machine category from Steam’s front page. Steam users were…

Head of gay rights group suffers broken nose in homophobic attack in Paris

The head of a French gay rights group suffered a broken nose and insults on a Paris street in what he called a shocking homophobic attack. Guillaume Melanie, president of the Urgence Homophobie association which helps victims of LGBT violence around the world, said he was attacked as he was leaving a restaurant with a group of…

Donald Trump says US will build up its nuclear arsenal

President Donald Trump warned the world on Monday that the United States intended to expand its nuclear arsenal if Russia and China continued to build up their own stockpiles. Speaking to reporters at the White House before leaving for a campaign rally in Nevada, Mr Trump repeated his accusation that Russia is violating the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear…

Watch God of War’s director discover how well critics responded

If you haven’t heard already, the new God of War is rather good. It received a Recommended stamp of approval here on Eurogamer and, according to Metacritic, is now the highest-rated PlayStation 4 exclusive released to date. Maybe the game’s creative director, Cory Barlog, had a suspicion reviews would be positive when he sat down…

Japan and China ties at ‘historic turning point’ though both sides remain wary

Japan’s relationship with China is at a “historic turning point” as the countries signed a series of agreements on Friday, although decades of historic tension still remain with Japan still critical of China’s human rights record. Shinzo Abe, the prime minister of Japan, is on his second day of a rare state visit to China, a trip he…