Pro-democracy protesters in Syria claim to have blocked the main road leading from the north of the country to Turkey. Footage filmed by activists

Standard&Poor’s credit rating agency has warned that almost all 17 Euro zone countries are now to be put on notice for possible downgrade according

Lionel Messi looks on track for a record equalling third straight Ballon d’Or after the Barcelona and Argentina forward was named in the three man

Several thousand protesters gathered in central Moscow calling for the end to Putin’s rule. They claim that Sundays election was fraudulent, and it

The West has signalled that Afghanistan can count on continued support after allied troops withdraw in 2014. International delegates met in the

Another nail has been driven into the coffin of the theory that if the rich became richer wealth would trickle down to the poor. Research by the

Mario Monti’s so-called ‘Save Italy’ emergency decree measures announced on Sunday have not been well received by the country’s unions. However

With United Russia’s support dented in the country’s parliamentary elections, questions are now being asked about whether the Putin-Medvedev

Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Monti has said the country would have suffered a crisis like Greece if a tough austerity package had not been

OKMedvedev: ‘Elections were fair, just and democratic’   President Dmitry Medvedev, met with members of United Russia following election results

The International Court of Justice has ruled Greece was wrong to veto Macedonian NATO membership after a row concerning the country’s name

Another year, another climate change conference. Like Copenhagen and Cancun before it, the talks in the South African city of Durban have been

The former president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, has appeared at a pre-trial hearing at the International Criminal Court at the Hague in the

Morocco is ending the year with the opening in Casablanca of Morocco Mall, the biggest shopping centre in Africa.

Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy have proposed a new EU-treaty aimed at solving the euro zone debt crisis. Following a working lunch in Paris they

In what could be the most expensive pile-up in history, crumpled Ferraris and other supercars littered a Japanese expressway after a huge crash on

A galaxy of stars were on display at the Marrakech International Film Festival over the weekend. The festival continues until December 10.

Greenpeace activists have caused a major embarrassment to the French government by breaking into several nuclear sites. They filmed themselves inside

The International Film Festival in Marrakech paid tribute to Shah Rukh Khan, one of the Indian film industry’s biggest superstars, with more than 70

December 6, 1921 marks the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the agreement between the British government and

Crisis-hit Franco-Belgian bank Dexia is getting temporary financing guarantees from Belgium, France and Luxembourg. That will enable it to keep

A court in Britain has ruled that Julian Assange, the founder of whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, can appeal an earlier decision allowing his

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party is set to take the most seats in the first democratic elections in Egypt for six decades. The

Britain’s financial regulator has fined HSBC a record 12.2 million euros for mis-selling investment plans to elderly customers. The products were

Afghan president Hamid Karzai says continued international support after foreign forces withdraw in 2014 will be crucial to the stability of his

The European monitoring group the OSCE has expressed concern about fairness of the Russian election. OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President, Petros

The Russian election has been marked by protests in Moscow and St Petersburg, with activists claiming the outcome was rigged by the Kremlin. The

Highly radioactive water has leaked into the sea from Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear reactor, according to TEPCO, the company that owns the

To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), 353 dogs took part in a record-breaking dog

Police detained members of opposition during protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as Russia was conducting parliamentary elections.