French President Nicolas Sarkozy has a crisis on his hands. National intelligence has been involved, looking for who leaked details of a

The Eiffel Tower in Paris has been evacuated because of a bomb alert.   Some 2,000 people were forced to clear the monument shortly before 9pm local

Environmental lobbyists are urging further spending on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, saying it could be worth thirty billion euros in health-care

The French parliament has fully backed a ban on full-face Muslim veils being worn in public. Overwhelming support in the Senate followed approval

It is being dubbed the biggest mob haul ever. Italy has seized Mafia-linked assets worth around 1.5 billion euros. The probe centres on Sicilian

One of Spain’s most controversial bull runs has ended in the central town of Todesillas. The “Todo de la Vega” or “Bull of the Plain” festival is

In Belarus, a date has been set for the country’s presidential election. Parliament has agreed December 19 for the poll in which long-time leader

Iran has released a US woman who was accused of spying alongside two male companions. In May, all three Americans were briefly allowed to meet

He reputedly enjoys a good ride and the governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has been in Japan trying out East Japan Railway’s bullet train

Shoppers have been out in force in America over August, with retail sales racking up their biggest gain in five months. It is the second month in a

Club Méditerranée, which has been struggling in its bid to go upmarket, has reported third quarter sales up by 4.5 percent. At its top resorts

Daimler and Renault are expanding their cooperation in the electric vehicles business along with Nissan. Emission rules are tightening and the car

House prices in England and Wales suffered their sharpest one month fall since June 2004 in August, sliding from -8 to -32 on the Royal Institute of

In Istanbul and Ankara, rights demonstrators have marched to the courts demanding that former general Kenan Evran, the leader of the 1980 military

There has been condemnation from across the political spectrum in France over the use of intelligence services to track the source of a leak to

Europe’s largest dance parade drew more than 300.000 people to the streets of Lyon in eastern France last Sunday to mark the start of the Biennale de

Making everyday life easier, from clever coffee machines to touchscreens in the kitchen – that was the aim of manufacturers at this year’s IFA in

French director and Nouvelle Vague pioneer Claude Chabrol, who died earlier this month at the age of 80, leaves behind a rich collection of more than

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas have held “serious discussions” on the issues to be resolved for a

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas held on Tuesday what US envoy George Mitchell called “serious

The European Commission may take legal action against France, branding its expulsion of Roma migrants a disgrace.   It follows condemnation from Euro

Belarus will hold its presidential election on December 19 in which long-time leader Alexander Lukashenko is expected to run for a fourth term. All

The residents of Tehran staged a protest demonstration against desecration of Holy Koran in USA.

A man with a jetpack strapped to his back lifts off in Trafalgar Square to celebrate the launch of the video game Halo: Reach.

A major road that connects several regions in Thailand was washed out by a landslide after heavy rains hit the area.

In order to promote Muay Thai or Thai kick boxing, Thailand’s Senate staged a traditional kickboxing fight between two senior senators right outside

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday survived a party leadership vote challenge by fellow Democratic Party lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa. The two

USA Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak were first to meet ahead of the second round of crucial Middle East peace

World number one Rafael Nadal won the US Open title for the first time in his career on Monday, a victory which earned the 24-year-old Spaniard