2011-06-06

Crowds of happy people in the Yemeni capital Sanaa may be celebrating the fall of their president too soon, as the vice president announced today Ali

Portugal chose a new centre-right government in Sunday’s elections. The country is submerged in debt and knows that higher taxes, spending cuts and

German officials struggled on Monday to pinpoint the source of a deadly E. coli outbreak after initial tests on bean sprouts grown at a farm near

Confused reports are coming from the Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour on the Turkish border, where Syrian state television says 120 members of the

Former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a hotel maid in New York. His denial of charges including

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou gathered his cabinet for a pep rally on Monday, trying to persuade them to back yet more austerity measures

Calm reigns in the streets of Lisbon the day after the elections. No celebrations, no euphoria. It may be a reflection of the poor turnout and the

Take a look at just how far the internet has come in the last decade and try to imagine what the future of the net has in store. Spanish

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks set to win a third term as the country heads towards a June 12 general election. In power since

Hotel workers gathered outside the New York court where Dominique Strauss-Kahn was appearing, heckled the ex-IMF boss in a show of solidarity with

Portugal’s prime minister-elect Pedro Passos Coelho on Monday vowed to honour the terms of a 78 billion-euro bailout. In a deal struck last month

The Portuguese took a new political direction on Sunday. To analyse the result of the election we are joined from Lisbon by the associate editor of

The world’s airlines have more than halved their forecast for profits this year – to just two 2.7 billion euros The International Air Transport

The sex case involving Dominique Strauss-Kahn has sent shockwaves through the French political elite. Concerns have been raised of the alleged

Former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a hotel maid.   Strauss-Kahn arrived at court in New York to a

In Syria they have been burying demonstrators who were killed in clashes with Israeli troops in the disputed Golan Heights. Israel has accused

British Prime Minister David Cameron has backed proposals in a new report that says children should be protected from exposure to sexual imagery

German officials claim it is too early to say whether a farm in Lower Saxony is the source of the recent deadly E. coli outbreak. It had been

Europe-wide compensation for furious fruit and vegetable traders will come up for discussion this Tuesday in Luxembourg. A spokesman at the

Shares of Tokyo Electric Power fell to their lowest ever after the head of the Tokyo stock exchange said the operator of the quake-hit Fukushima

Japanese games company Nintendo has confirmed a hacking attack on its computers in the US, but says no consumer data or company information was

Italy’s Prada has set the indicative price for its initial public offering of shares in Hong Kong. They are to sell for a price that could raise as

June 7, 1982. Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley in Memphis, Tennessee, opens to the public for the first time. The colonial style mansion was

Tackling child labour remains one of the greatest challenges facing both the developed and developing worlds. It is estimated some 200 million

Teaching history holds many challenges for educators, especially among divided communities or those with a troubled past. They must be careful to

Whether we are born with it, or achieve it through inspiration and hard work, creativity is one of life’s great gifts. It is also a really important

French composer, producer and performer Jean Michel Jarre has just released a greatest hits album, Essentials and Rarities. A pioneer of electronic

Unlocking some of the mysteries of space; the nature of black holes, how ancient galaxies were formed, dark matter and even dark energy – these are

Rita is a singer with a hauntingly beautiful voice; Chico a brilliant avant-garde pianist. They embark on a tempestuous affair, chasing their musical