Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to hand Portugal a 2-1 win over the Netherlands and a spot in the quarter-finals of Euro 2012. Rafael van der Vaart

Protesters staged a demonstration outside Frankfurt’s stock exchange, calling for the introduction of a financial transaction tax in Europe

The Socialists of President Francois Hollande have won an absolute majority in the National Assembly after round two of parliamentary

Greece’s future in the eurozone looks more secure, with parties committed to a bailout set to win a slim parliamentary majority after Sunday’s

Rodney King, the man whose treatment by the police sparked the LA riots, has been found dead. The 47-year-old was pulled from a swimming pool in

The International Olympic Committee is investigating allegations that some agents are selling tickets for the London 2012 games on the black market

Egyptians have been voting on the second day of the presidential run-off, amid the tumultuous aftershocks of the country’s revolution. Ahmed

Despite reports that many want neither of the candidates for running for Egyptian president, there are still queues of people waiting to vote on the

Opposition activists in Syria say Sunni Muslim districts of Homs have experienced intensified shelling by government forces. One linked the

Fear and panic. That is the atmosphere which many Greeks believe now pervades their country. Cash machines have been working overtime. Bankers

Sunday is the final round of voting in French parliamentary elections and Socialist president Francois Hollande is hoping his party wins a decisive

The results from the last Group A matches created the first surprise exit of the competition. In the match between Poland and Czech Republic

People in Greece have been going to the polls again in the full glare of the world’s eyes, amid warnings that the outcome of their general election

Cheered on by thousands of spectators, US tightrope walker Nik Wallenda has fulfilled his childhood dream. He becomes the first man to walk across

Some pollsters believe voters arriving at polling stations such were undecided almost till the last minute. It is thought that in towns and cities

On the eve of the G20 summit in Mexico, the country’s president has called on the world’s biggest economies to do more to contain the fallout from

A concert by Radiohead was cancelled in Toronto after a stage roof fell in during soundchecks and rehearsals. One man was killed and three others

Several wildfires have been raging in Greece amid hot dry weather. Strong winds caused one fire south of Athens to spread across a wide area

Thirteen prisoners have been killed in a fire at a jail at Sanliurfa in southeast Turkey. They died after an argument began among a group of

Egyptians are continuing to vote in the first free presidential election in their history, making what many find to be an unpalatable choice. The

The world is watching as Greece votes in a cliffhanger re-run election that could push it out of the eurozone and trigger turmoil in global financial

The stakes are high for new President François Hollande as France heads back to the polls today for the second round of its parliamentary