The Arab League meeting in Baghdad has called for a UN-backed peace plan on Syria to be put into action. The UN says Damascus has accepted the

Iran has rolled out the red carpet for visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, talking down recent tensions in bilateral

People on both sides of the argument protested outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, as nine top judges debated healthcare reform for the last

The uncertainty continues for thousands of workers at Opel and Vauxhall. US parent company General Motors — fed up with years of steep losses — is

Fancy shaping EU policy? Come April 1st, that should be possible under a new Brussels backed scheme. No, it’s no April Fool. Dubbed the European

В Україні існує лише 5 місць, де душевнохворі люди можуть проходити трудову реабілітацію, а також заробляти за це гроші. Одна з таких

Jerusalem’s Western or ‘Wailing’ Wall has been cleared of the many prayer notes and messages left by worshippers in the cracks between the

Opponents of pension reform in Poland are preparing to take their case to parliament ahead of Friday’s parliamentary vote on a possible

A Tibetan exile has died, two days after setting himself on fire in New Delhi to protest against Chinese rule in the Himalayan region. 27-year-old

Pope Benedict XVI’s last day in Cuba was marked with a public mass in Havana’s Revolution Square. Among the thousands who turned out were leading

Pope Benedict XVI is on a challenging visit to Cuba. The one-party island is one of the last bastions of Communism. Havana kept it officially atheist

Universal health care coverage is a dream that US President Barack Obama has gone to great pains to share with the nation, to turn it into reality

European scientists are sharing a sweet new solution to one of the bitter enemies of chocolate making. “We have developed technical solutions to

The King’s Speech was last year’s major cinematic success, winning many awards including seven BAFTAs and four Oscars. Colin Firth portrayed the

Three young Russian friends – Vladimir, Andrej and Mischa – move to Berlin just after the fall of the wall. Based on a best-selling German book

Thousands of teachers took to the streets of London over the government’s austerity measures that will affect their pensions. Members of National

The complete archives of the world renowned scientist Albert Einstein will soon be available online. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which

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The EU has Italy’s biggest and nastiest criminal gangs in its sights. Seen as Rome’s problem until a few years ago, the unprecedented shootings of

Portugal has just drawn praise from the so-called troika – the European Commission, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank – for its

They are no ordinary octogenarians.   And when Pope Benedict XVI, head of the Roman Catholic Church, sat down with Cuba’s revolutionary icon Fidel

Spanish unions hold their first general strike since 2010 on Thursday, and as with two years ago the reasons for downing tools are the same; the

Arab foreign ministers are meeting as the Arab League looks to add its backing to the six-point UN peace plan for Syria. Despite the League’s

Nafissatou Diallo, the New York hotel maid who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault last year, brings a civil case against the former

Italy’s prime minister Mario Monti says he believes the eurozone debt crisis is nearly over. Speaking on a visit to Tokyo Monti was trying to sell

Britain’s economy shrank more than previously thought at the end of last year. Updated numbers from the UK’s Office for National Statistics show

Russia is raising the equivalent of 5.24 billion euros by selling bonds redeemable in five, 10 and 30 years. Sources told Reuters the sale will

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in Tehran for talks on Iran’s nuclear programme. Bilateral relations have been strained

There is more bad news from the stricken Fukushima nuclear site in Japan, where a probe of the only one of the three destroyed reactors where access

A US domestic flight was forced to make an emergency landing after its captain started acting strangely and terrified passengers had to restrain