2012-04-29

A French journalist is missing after being injured in a shoot-out between Colombian security forces and members of the revolutionary guerrilla group

With just a week to go before the vote that decides who will be the next president of France, both candidates have been rallying their supporters

The Head of the UN ceasefire observers has arrived in Damascus. Norwegian Major General Robert Mood will be in charge of 30 observers initially

Residents of an upmarket apartment complex are up in arms after being informed that the army plans to install a surface-to-air missile battery on the

The body of a British aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan in January has been found. Sixty year old Khalil Dale was born in Yemen, but a

France has been hit hard by violent winds some as strong as 150km/h with nine of the country’s 95 departments affected mainly in central and eastern

Demonstrations have taken place in more than 50 towns and cities across Spain, as people vented their anger about austerity measures that will mean

Fifteen people have been killed in an attack on a lecture theatre used by Christian worshippers in Nigeria’s second largest city, Kano. Gunmen

A church in the Kenyan capital Nairobi has come under grenade attack. One worshipper died with 10 injured after the God House of Miracle Church was

Residents of Hong Kong and tourists flocked to an outlying island to celebrate the Cheung Chau Jiao Festival.

Two black bears at Xiaozhushan in East China’s Shandong Province receive sports training to entertain visitors during the May Day holiday.

UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon has arrived in Yangon to endorse Myanmar’s rehabilitation back into the international fold. Ban wants to encourage

Running the United States is a serious business, still President Barack Obama allowed his wit to flow at the celebrity studded White House

Long delays at Heathrow Airport are causing concern just three months before London hosts the Olympics. Passengers arriving from non-EU countries

High winds have brought down a beer tent in the US state of Missouri, killing one person and injuring up to 100 others. At least five victims were

Militant Irish nationalists have been blamed for planting two bombs that have been defused in Northern Ireland. One device in an abandoned van in

FARC rebels in Colombia say they are holding a French journalist, captured during an attack on an Colombian army unit.   Four Colombian soldiers in

Claims that Colonel Gaddafi agreed to finance the campaign that saw Nicolas Sarkozy become French President have rocked his hopes of keeping the

Cyclists have converged on three European cities to demand better road safety for those in the saddle. Thousands denounced the dangers they face in