2012-01-03

Iran has ended a 10-day naval exercise in the Straits of Hormuz and has issued a warning to the US that it should no longer deploy an aircraft

Two men have been convicted of the killing of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, the landmark case which exposed institutional racism in London’s

The leader of Morocco’s new moderate Islamist government has named his cabinet – the first time it has not been chosen by the king. Abdelilah

British police have launched a murder inquiry after a woman’s body was found on the Queen’s Sandringham House estate in eastern England. The remains

A high turnout is expected among Republican voters in Iowa – the first US state to cast its choice over who will represent the Grand Old Party in the

The American troops who have left Iraq leave behind a sense of betrayal among Iraqis who worked with them. Many interpreters feel branded by a

Spaniards rang in the new year with traditional gusto in spite of the economic forecasts getting worse. On each of the 12 strokes of midnight they

World famous singer Youssou N’Dour is contemplating swapping the stage for the campaign rostrum after saying he will run for president in his native

The commander of Syria’s ‘Free Army’ — made up of deserters — has warned the regime his men are about to escalate their offensive against the regular

The European Central Bank has chosen Belgian Peter Praet as its chief economist. German born, the 62-year-old has worked previously at the

It has been calculated the world’s top economies have 5.8 trillion euros worth of borrowings they will have to pay back in 2012. That is the Group

A French nuclear safety watchdog says tens of billions of euros need to be spent to improve security at the country’s nuclear installations. It

Germany’s President Christian Wulff is facing growing calls to step down amid claims he tried to block newspaper reports about a home loan

The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s new constitution, only three days old, has EU officials in Brussels scrambling for a response. Critics

Paris Saint Germain ended months of speculation on Tuesday when they announced David Beckham will not move to the French capital club.   The

Contributions made by Italian portraiture to the history of art is the subject of an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. ‘The

Meryl Streep steps into the shoes of Margaret Thatcher in Phyllida Lloyd’s biopic feature The Iron Lady. An intimate portrait of Britain’s first

Germany continues to buck the European trend for unemployment. In contrast to alarming levels of joblessness in many European states, the region’s

France is calling on the EU to follow the US and harden its stance on Iran after the country tested a long-range missile on Monday. Iran also

January 4, 2010 Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building, is officially opened. Standing at 829.84 metres (2,723 feet) tall is rises

Round three of Egypt’s elections for the lower house of parliament has begun, and with another round to come next week there is little sign of voter

Greece will have to leave the eurozone if it fails to reach a deal on a second, 130 billion euro bailout with its international lenders. That

French champagne sales managed to weather the economic crisis in 2011 according to the champagne trade association — the Comite Interprofessionnel

BP says it wants contractor Halliburton to pay all the clean up costs and expenses from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill — that is around 32 billion

All over the world scientists are using nanotechnology to create new treatments for diabetes. For years, researchers and patients have been

At least two companies have admitted supplying products meant for industrial not medical use to the French firm at the centre of a health scare over

Can culture give sense to Europe? That is a question euronews put to Umberto Eco, the Italian intellectual, scholar and novelist. After addressing

Tension is rising in the Persian Gulf after Iran once again tested long-range missiles and a senior army officer warned the US to keep its aircraft

Twitter may be a great tool for giving and getting real time information from all over the world but it is also a dangerous machine for spreading

Picture a world where your jeans or coat can generate enough energy to charge the battery on your mobile phone or a future where the curtains in your