2012-06-29

Peter Madoff, the younger brother of swindler Bernard, has been arrested in connection with his sibling’s notorious Ponzi scheme. Detained by

The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was born. UNESCO – the United Nations Educational

It is all over for one of Hollywood’s most glamourous couples. Actress Katie Holmes has filed for divorce from her superstar husband Tom Cruise

Parts of northern Syria have been turned into virtual ghost towns as residents flee the violence from a 16-month old uprising. Footage obtained by

It was a moment crackling with emotion which many Egyptians could never have imagined. The first Islamist civilian president, Mohamed Mursi -who will

National debt risk must be distanced from banking debt risk, in hopes that dangerous contagion can be averted. This was the European Union’s

June 30, 1972. The ‘leap second’ is introduced for the first time simultaneously across the world, effectively stopping the world’s clocks for one

BlackBerry smartphone maker Research In Motion has suffered a devastating setback. In a move that has the markets questioning its ability to

There have been 20 summits since the euro crisis began, and for once, analysts say, leaders have exceeded – admittedly low –

Rarely have markets anticipated bad news for an entire week: another disappointment stemming from another EU crisis summit. But then – relief as

Two members of the Basque separatist group ETA have been arrested in London over alleged terrorist offences. Spain’s Interior Ministry confirmed that

Co-director of The Blair Witch Project Eduardo Sanchez sets out to terrify again with his latest movie Lovely Molly. Newcomer Gretchen Lodge stars

It is one of the iconic sounds of Africa – the djembe drum. And at the Gnaoua Music Festival in Morocco some of the best young drummers from West

The Euro 2012 party is over in Donetsk, the eastern Ukrainian town that hosted the semi final between Spain and Portugal on Wednesday. For European

Fourteen finalists gathered in Israel on Thursday night for a controversial beauty pageant called ‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’, which critics have

Against all the odds Italy reached the final of Euro 2012 following a 2-1 win over pre-tournament favourites Germany in the

At the end of a two-day summit, the eurozone has adopted a more flexible approach to tackling its crippling debt crisis. The bloc’s future

Angry shareholders of Bankia heckled bosses at the annual general meeting and demanded compensation for its share price slump. What they got was

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s biggest brewer, is to buy the half of Mexico’s Grupo Modelo it does not already own. The price is almost 16

Royal Bank of Scotland is reportedly set to be fined 186 million euros for the same Libor interbank interest rate rigging scandal that has hammered

Richard Aboulafia is VicePresident, Analysis of the Teal Group euronews: The crisis in the eurozone is in full development. IATA has announced that

France is scrapping its once groundbreaking Minitel service, complete with mushroom-coloured boxes, that blazed a trail for the World Wide

In this edition of U-talk, Jacqueline from the Netherlands asks: “Because of all the issues that are out there now: the euro is one of them

Italy and Spain meet in Warsaw in the final of the euro 2012 on Sunday. And both countries will be pleased with their performance in the political

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he is unlikely to give in to demands by British police that he leave Ecuador’s embassy in London. The

The ‘Arab Spring’ has changed several political regimes in the Middle East, shaping modern culture in the Arab World. With Turkey’s political

Several key transport routes in the UK remain blocked following a day of severe storms. The two rail routes from England to Scotland are still

Turkish troops and military vehicles have been deployed on the border with Syria, increasing pressure on Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad.

Italian soccer fans partied into the night on June 28 after Italy’s 2-1 victory over Germany in the Euro 2012 semi-final. The Azzurri will now take

Officials in Colorado have now confirmed the grim toll of one death and more than 340 homes destroyed, as the most devastating wildfire in the