2012-09-01

Protesters clashed with riot police in Belgium on Saturday outside a convent which is housing the ex-wife of Marc Dutroux. Police made several

Popular TV host Tawfiq Okasha attended a Cairo court to deny that he encouraged people to kill Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. He and his

Protests continue at Spanish hospitals as the government pushes forward with a wide-reaching austerity programme. A measure to ban undocumented

Up to 30 people are now believed to have drowned after a ferry capsized off the Guinean capital Conakry on Friday night. The boat was carrying

Thousands of people who stayed in California’s Yosemite National Park this summer may be at risk on contracting the deadly rodent-borne hantavirus

Jose Eduardo dos Santos looks set to continue ruling Angola after almost 33 years in power. With more than half the votes counted, dos Santos and his

Thousands of students in Hong Kong have begun a hunger strike over the Chinese government’s plans to introduce a “national education”

Austerity linked sales tax increases in Spain saw the rate on meat and fish increase from eight to ten percent. Shoppers have been complaining about

A wildfire that has wreaked havoc across Spain’s southern Costa del Sol since Thursday has finally been brought under control. The blaze had forced

Armenia has broken off diplomatic ties with Hungary over its decision to send home an Azeri army officer convicted of murdering an Armenian

The German firm which made thalidomide has issued an apology for the first time to victims of the drug. In the 1950s, thousands of children were

In Taiwan, people celebrate the annual Ghost Festival during which the gates of hell are supposed to open letting dead ancestors return to visit

A clothing store in India has caused controversy by being named after Adolf Hitler. The owner claims having named his shop after a friend’s father

Animal welfare groups in Manila protested outside the Japanese embassy to demand the end of dolphin hunting in Japan.

Tourists and Parisians gathered at a makeshift memorial near Paris’s Alma Bridge to mark the 15th anniversary of the death of Lady Diana, Princess of

The Taliban says it was behind a double suicide bombing that targeted a NATO base in eastern Afghanistan. At least eight civilians and four Afghan

The Atom Project aims to tell the tragic yet hopeful stories of survivors of nuclear testing in Kazakhstan. More than 450 nuclear tests were

Turkey is to renew its efforts to gain support for UN-backed safe zones inside Syria. It comes after a Security Council meeting this week failed to

The funeral has been held for the American astronaut Neil Armstrong who died last Saturday. Around 400 of the 82-year-old’s closest family and

A former US marine turned supermarket worker allegedly shot dead two colleagues on Friday, before killing himself. The 23-year-old man returned to

A Pakistani court has ordered a mentally handicapped Christian girl – accused of defaming Islam – to spend another two weeks in custody. The young

August 31 marked the 15th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death in a car crash in Paris. She was killed when the Mercedes carrying her and her

Ann Romney called Clint Eastwood “a unique guy” after his rambling, one-sided conversation with an imaginary Barack Obama at the Republican National

At least six people are said to have died after a double suicide attack on a key NATO base in central Afghanistan. A man wearing an explosive vest

Enrique Pena Nieto can now be sworn in as Mexico’s new president following a ruling by the country’s election tribunal. Seven judges decided that

US President Barack Obama has defended his foreign policy record after criticism from his presidential challenger Mitt Romney. Obama used a speech

US presidential candidate Mitt Romney has visited the state of Louisiana, after Hurricane Isaac left a trail of destruction. The trip came hours

Voting has closed in Angola’s third election since independence from Portugal in 1976. Election observers quoted by the Associated Press said there

Firefighters are continuing to battle huge fires on Spain’s Costa del Sol. They are being supported by at least 30 planes and helicopters, as well