2012-03-27

Three days of clashes in southern Libya that have killed dozens of people have spread to Sabha, the country’s fourth largest city. Hundreds of

Al Jazeera television has said it will not broadcast video footage showing the murders committed in southwest France by Mohamed Merah. President

Western nations cautiously welcomed Syria’s acceptance of a United Nations-Arab League peace plan on Tuesday. Germany’s ambassador to the UN Peter

The search is on for a new boss for SFR, France’s second largest mobile phone company, as a brutal price wars claimed its first victim. After

Senegal’s Macky Sall has been speaking to euronews about his future as the country’s new president. Official results confirm his win with 65

A 53 nation nuclear security summit wrapped up in South Korea on Tuesday with a warning by US President Barack Obama that the threat of nuclear

One year after Tunisia’s revolution, what has changed there? How is the work of the Constituent Assembly going? What future can be expected by the

The German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble is tipped to be the next president of the Eurogroup, according to several sources in Brussels and in

The oil giant Total says it may take six months to stop a gas leak on the abandoned Elgin rig in the North Sea off Scotland. Engineers are looking

There are medical claims that people who eat chocolate regularly tend to be thinner. Scientists believe that despite the high number of calories it

Rising fuel costs and austerity hit passengers have national flag carrier airlines under pressure. As a result, they are trying to muscle in on the

Syria’s President Bashar al Assad has been touring the flashpoint district of Baba Amr in Homs. Fighting between government troops and rebel forces

Lawyers for the former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn say there is no substance to accusations concerning his alleged involvement in a prostitution

Senegal has once again just shown that where Africa is concerned, it is a little bit different. It has just held a mostly peaceful and fraud-free

With more than 600 exhibitors, Britain’s Ideal Home Show has something for just about everybody, especially if you are looking for a hi-tech solution

Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia led a surge in the use of the death penalty last year, according to Amnesty International. More than three-quarters of

Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes are back in Wrath Of The Titans, a sequel to the 2010 film Clash Of The Titans. Ten years after his

Norman Zammitt’s giant red round greets visitors at the European debut of art exhibition Pacific Standard Time: Art in Los Angeles 1950 to 1980 in

Tzipi Livni is fighting to stay at the helm of Israel’s main opposition Kadima party. The former foreign minister is being challenged by

Metal workers have clashed with police over plans to close their aluminium plant on the Italian island of Sardinia. Angry workers from the Alcoa

Royal Bank of Scotland’s shares jumped 3.3 percent on Tuesday following reports that talks are underway about selling more than a third of the

Rio Tinto, the world’s third-largest miner, has signaled it wants out of the diamond business. Rio Tinto, which runs three gem mines in Australia

Eurozone finance ministers need to impress finance markets with the size of their rescue fund for indebted countries when they meet later this week

Syria has accepted a peace plan proposed by Kofi Annan and backed by the UN Security Council, according to the special envoy’s spokesman. But he

The head of Myanmar’s military has vowed to protect its political leadership role. In a speech to mark the annual armed forces day, Supreme

Breathing new life into the old, regenerating scrap and leading and teaching people to look at new ways of using waste. Those are some of the ideas

  The father of Mohammed Merah has threatened to sue French police over his death. Merah was shot dead last week after a dramatic siege at his home

A summit to tackle the threat of nuclear terrorism has ended with a call for vulnerable atomic material to be secured. US President Barack Obama

Some 200,000 people turned out to celebrate the Pope’s first mass in Cuba but not all were welcome. More than 150 anti-government protesters have

It is a bad day for air travellers in Germany with hundreds of flights cancelled amid a strike by baggage handlers and other ground staff. A pay