A Wayne Rooney first half goal handed Manchester United a 1-0 win over Chelsea in their Champions league quarter final first leg at Stamford

Greece again ruled out restructuring its sovereign debt after experts from the EU and International Monetary Fund met with government officials to

Portugal’s Prime Minister Jose Socrates has confirmed his country will be asking for an EU bailout. The announcement came after his Finance

Without an agreement on a budget deal between Republican and Democratic negotiators, a partial shutdown of the US government would start on

Sudan is accusing Israel of attacking one its ports and killing two people. Foreign Minister, Ali Karti, said that Sudan reserves the right to react

Dozens were rescued but around 200 people are still missing after a boat carrying migrants from Libya sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa. The

On Wednesday, forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara stormed the presidential palace in an attempt to oust Laurent Gbagbo. The fighting lasted several

Japanese authorities on Wednesday stopped highly radioactive water leaking into the Pacific Ocean from a stricken nuclear plant.   They used liquid

An Africa expert at the Institute for International and Strategic Relations in Paris spoke to euronews about events in Ivory Coast. Laurence

After a cyber attack on a popular Russian blog, the Russian government is being accused of trying to silence political discussions ahead of

As Libyan rebels continue to battle with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s forces for control of Libya, the country is facing a chronic fuel shortage. The

Actress Angelina Jolie is appealing for more international aid to help people fleeing the violence in Libya.    In her role as a UN Goodwill

Late last year, the people of Ivory Coast hoped finally to turn their back on years of civil war and conflict and turn a new page via the ballot

There was a time when Laurent Gbagbo was the rebel.   In his twenties, the young history lecturer spent two years in jail after his teaching and

A budget battle on Capitol Hill is threatening to partially shut down the US government. Federal agencies like museums, national parks and passport

A post-Laurent Gbagbo recovery for Ivory Coast will be challenging both for security reasons and in terms of fixing the economy, according to an

Japan’s nuclear worries cast a shadow over the first day of school in Fukushima, where students from the evacuation zone have transferred to a new

Japanese search teams, joined by US police officers from New York, continued the task of locating bodies in Ofunato, a fishing town in Iwate

Australia has been defending its opposition to a takeover of the Sydney stock exchange by its counterpart in Singapore. Critics called it a

Portugal has just managed to sell one billion euros in short-term debt, but the yields – the amount of interest it had to offer investors – rose

The European Central Bank’s widely anticipated euro zone interest rate hike to fight inflation is set to cause more problems for businesses and

Commerzbank has unveiled a plan to repay the majority of state aid it received during the financial crisis by June. It intends to return 14.3

Fighting has reached the bunker of the presidential palace in Ivory Coast, as forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, attempt to force out Laurent Gbagbo

The Freedom Group in Libya has released a video showing Libyan air force Brigadier General Ali Atallah al-Obeidi who has apparently defected to

In his new film “Source Code” director Duncan Jones, steps out of his father David Bowie’s shadow, to cast an ensemble of A-list talent for the

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the latest in Avian robotics – SmartBird. Launched at the world’s biggest industrial fair at the Hannover

The premiere of Gaetano Donizetti’s opera Anna Bolena marked the start of the spring and summer Opera season in Vienna.

Repercussions in Morocco of social movements in the Arab world: King Mohammed VI is reforming the constitution, ready to cede some of his power and

Polish politicians are taking English lessons as part of preparations for their country’s first turn holding the European Union presidency, for the