Diplomatic crisis looms over Litvinenko murder charge The man charged by Britain with murdering poisoned Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko continues to maintain his innocence. Andrei Lugovoi says he is 23/05/2007
Israel attacks more Hamas targets as Hamas and Fatah meet Israel continued with air strikes in Gaza on Wednesday morning, injuring several people. An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed that buildings 23/05/2007
Truce holds in Lebanon but people continue to flee A fragile truce between the Lebanese army and al Qaeda-inspired militants appears to be holding, after three days of clashes killed dozens of people 23/05/2007
European mobile operators to be forced to cut costs The European Parliament has voted in favour of a plan to reduce the cost of mobile phone calls across Europe. It would mean a limit on what mobile 23/05/2007
Guilty verdict in Djindjic trial The twelve men accused of killing Serbia’s first reformist Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic have been found guilty in a Belgrade court. Djindjic was 23/05/2007
Irish election is too close to call Ireland goes to the polls tomorrow for a general election set to be the country’s closest in years. Research suggests there’s been a last-minute 23/05/2007
Blast heightens tension in Turkey ahead of vote Turkey is gripped by new security fears in the run-up to its general election following a bomb explosion that killed up to six people. Around 80 23/05/2007
Russia unlikely to extradite Litvinenko suspect The man Britain wants to extradite over the fatal poisoning of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko has said he is innocent and claims the charges 23/05/2007
Sarkozy gathers momentum in Brussels The only way out of the European Union’s institutional impasse is a simplified treaty. That is French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s diagnosis. On his 23/05/2007
Thousands flee refugee camp in northern Lebanon Thousands of people have left the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon after an informal truce eased three days of fighting 23/05/2007
Serbian court to deliver Djindjic verdict More than four years after his death, a Serbian court will finally deliver its verdict in the Zoran Djindjic assassination case. The trial of the 23/05/2007
Kasparov demands protection of democracy in Russia Former chess champion turned political activist, Gary Kasparov, has called on the European Parliament to do everything it can to force a fully 23/05/2007
Good news for Europe's mobile phone "roamers" It has been a long battle for European travellers and business people shocked by the size of their mobile phone bills. But now relief is in sight. 23/05/2007
Palestinians flee beseiged refugee camp in Lebanon Thousands of Palestinians in Lebanon’s Nahr al-Bared camp have made their way to neighbouring camps after days of heavy fighting between the Lebanese 23/05/2007
Putin: US missile defence plans "absolutely counterproductive" Russian President Vladmir Putin has held talks with his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer in Vienna, a week after the failed Russia-EU summit. Putin 23/05/2007
Peugeot-Citroen's Streiff tries to boost flagging sales French carmaker PSA Peugeot-Citroen has revealed details of a major turnaround plan. Speaking before the annual shareholders’ meeting, Chief 23/05/2007
Irish to decide between change and continuity Around three million Irish voters are to decide between continuity and change. After ten years in power, Prime Minister Bertie Ahern and his 23/05/2007
Bertie Ahern's Fianna Fail odds-on favourite for third term As Ireland’s general election enters its traditional news black-out period, ahead of tomorrow’s vote, Prime Minister Bertie Ahern is looking likely 23/05/2007
12 convicted in Djindjic murder trial The 12 men accused of killing Serbia’s first reformist Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic have been convicted by a special court in Belgrade. The two main 23/05/2007
Sarkozy darkens Turkey's EU horizon After a new treaty for the EU is sorted out, there is Turkey… Ankara can hope not to hear the same opposition from the new French President to its 23/05/2007
The snappers snap as the stars pose at Cannes The Cannes Film Festival has been celebrating the moving picture for 60-years. But hundreds of photographers are out in force looking for the perfect 23/05/2007