2012-03-08

Continental Airlines, and five individuals are back on trial over the catastrophic Air France Concorde crash that claimed 113 lives in June

There was an emotional farewell for the outgoing, disgraced German president but much of the sentiment was decidedly negative. Christian Wulff

It is back to the drawing board for animation filmmakers gathering in Lyon. The French city is hosting the annual Cartoon Movie event, where creators

FIFA inspectors landed in Brazil this week amid increasing tensions between football’s world governing body and the 2014 world cup hosts. There

A British and an Italian hostage kidnapped in Nigeria have been killed by their captors. The construction workers Christopher McManus and Italian

Officials in Greece said on Thursday they were hopeful of securing agreement from more than 75 per cent of private creditors for a bond exchange that

You might think 20 years after the demise of the Soviet Union the then-leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, would surely be relegated to the cast of political

Carrefour has cut it dividend payment to shareholders in half in anticipation of another tough year in its home market, France, and throughout

When Alexander Ankvab won presidential elections in 2011 after the death of his predecessor, Abkhazia was still recognised by only a few countries –

A group of Ukrainian activists marked International Women’s Day by staging a topless demonstration in Istanbul against domestic violence. Wearing

The Nile, one of the world’s longest rivers, irrigates much of Africa, from Uganda to Egypt. It has also been a source of conflict and tension. It

If Greece had not achieved its bond swap deal the eurozone’s financial system could have been destabilised and the euro undermined. So vital was

Women and War goes to Nepal this month, to meet Mina, Durga, and Laxmi, three women who are trying to rebuild their lives, shattered by a conflict

The world famous Japanese conductor, Seiji Ozawa has cancelled all performances for a year because of illness. The 76-year-old has been in poor

The Estonian and Latvian prime ministers, in talks with their Lithuanian counterpart, have agreed to the construction of a new nuclear power station

Nicholas Sarkozy said he will give up politics if he is not re-elected as he struggles to regain lost ground in France’s Presidential

Strikes in Germany have hit the world’s biggest computer fair, which is being held in Hanover. The organisers of Cebit had to lay on special shuttle

Deep in the Pacific Ocean, on coral reefs off the coast of Peru, scientists have found three rare types of starfish. Researchers, who were diving

Dubbed the queen of modern folk music, US musician Anais Mitchell has released her new album Young Man in America. Although it does not tell a

Almost a year after the explosion at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, the 1,000 or so residents of the nearby town of Futaba do not know when or even

With the UN having seen at first hand the effects of the military crackdown on rebels in Homs, pressure is mounting once again on the Syrian

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin will have to make democratic reforms in the face of opposition

BMW set new records in sales, revenues and profits last year. Net profit was just shy of five billion euros, a more than fifty percent increase

Announcing better than expected earnings for last year, aerospace group EADS is predicting a big jump in operating profit this year to 2.5 billion

In Greece, Thursday was deadline day for a bond swap offer to private creditors. If more than two-thirds accept the plan, it will lead to the release

Scientists are warning about a temporary disruption to essential power and communications networks from a strong geomagnetic storm that is racing

The Syrian government has suffered its highest ranking defection since the uprising against President Bashar Assad began a year ago. Deputy Oil

Swedish officials are trying to quell a public outcry after reports that state authorities have been secretly helping Saudi Arabia to build an

According to the United Nations, 115 million primary school-age children still are not in education. And 54% of those children are girls