2012-08-15

Several Arab countries are telling their citizens to leave Lebanon immediately following a spate of kidnappings of Sunni Muslims, as the tension from

Some of Spain’s worst wildfires in a decade have left a trail of destruction. They are still raging in places. In others, there is nothing left to

Many people are reported killed in an airstrike by Syrian government forces in the north of the country on Wednesday. The attack is said to have

United Nations human rights investigators say widespread war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed by Syrian government troops. In

Wildfires continue to rage across the western United States, destroying dozens of homes and forcing the evacuation of hundreds more. At least

It has been 100 days since François Hollande stepped onto the red conveyor belt of history and became President of the Republic of France. He

US industrial production expanded last month at the fastest pace since April. It increased by 0.6 percent, which was better than June’s 0.1 percent

Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from this year’s US Open due to injury. The Spanish world number three has not played since suffering a shock

Trains on Britain’s busy and profitable West Coast Mainline between London and Scotland are to be run by FirstGroup after the company outbid the

Britain’s Prince Philip has been taken to hospital in Scotland as a precautionary measure, according to Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Edinburgh

Spanish police say they have seized three tons of cocaine aboard a ship off the southwestern coast. The cargo is believed to have come from South

A suspected Nazi war criminal living in Australia has won a legal battle against extradition to his native Hungary, where he is accused of murdering

More than a dozen people are reported to have been wounded in a bomb attack in western Afghanistan. It happened in a market in the city of Herat.

Tropical storm Kai-Tak has brought a fresh deluge to the Philippines, which is already reeling after weeks of torrential rain. At least four people

There was some rare good news from the recession-hit UK economy as the number of Britons out of work fell to the lowest level in nearly a year in the

Wildfires are still raging across many parts of Spain, including La Gomera in the Canary Islands, but firefighters say that due to budget cuts of

A prayer has been read out in Catholic churches throughout France that includes words opposing same-sex marriages and euthanasia – reforms planned by

‘Blessed are the merciful’ the message read. Around 18 demonstrators mounted the steps of Moscow’s main cathedral and held up black cards with

The increasing vulnerability of civilians to armed violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has brought new calls for urgent regional

Holcim has said it will cut costs and raise the prices of its cement and other building materials to meet financial targets. The company – which is

British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Trains has been outbid by rival transport firm FirstGroup for the right to run trains on the UK’s most

It is elegant, it is passionate and it is the pride of Argentina – where the world’s biggest tango festival has just got underway. From beginners

Shares of Standard Chartered rose sharply in London on Wednesday after it reached a multi-million dollar deal with New York’s financial regulator

A truck bomb has exploded in the Syrian capital Damascus, near the Dama Rose Hotel used by UN observers, in a heavily fortified part of the city

The violence continues in Aleppo as pro-government forces try to dislodge the rebel Free Syrian Army using heavy artillery and air strikes. Accurate

An internet entrepreneur accused of costing media companies 400 million euros through piracy has revived plans for a new music venture online. Kim

The High Court in Australia has handed down a landmark ruling that forces tobacco companies to ditch branding on cigarette packets. From December

A bomb has exploded in the Syrian capital Damascus, near the Dama Rose hotel used by UN observers in a heavily fortified zone of the city. The

Historic tensions between South Korea and Japan have flared on the 67th anniversary of Tokyo’s defeat in World War Two. A member of the Japanese