2012-09-25

Ghana has promised to help investigate attacks in Ivory Coast that are being blamed on the supporters of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbago

The drive for greater autonomy in Catalonia has been given a boost with the announcement there will be snap elections on November 25. The ballot

It started as what organisers had said would be a peaceful protest outside the Spanish Parliament. Within hours clashes had broken out between

Six soldiers and one civilian have been killed in an attack on a military truck in eastern Turkey. Another vehicle packed with explosives is said

US President Barack Obama has told the United Nations General Assembly that America will do what it must to prevent Iran becoming a nuclear

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi have used speeches to the Federation of German Industries to urge

Jailed Russian punk band Pussy Riot has been nominated for the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov prize. Last month, the three group

Bank cards have been banned in restaurants across Portugal. It is cash only as part of a nationwide day-long protest at charges. An increase in

German automotive parts supplier Schaeffler has taken its debt restructuring a step further at the expense of its partner – Continental by selling

Where does life come from? Are we really just stardust? And is there life elsewhere than on this planet? A new form of science poses all these

Renowned Turkish folk singer Neşet Ertaş has died, aged 74. Known as a “halk ozanı,” which literally means “folk poet”, he was a master of the

In what could be seen as a show of force, China has put its first aircraft carrier into service at a time when tensions are running high with

Catalonia’s president Artur Mas has called early elections in Spain’s biggest region after failing to get more fiscal autonomy from the country’s

Hundreds of indignados, calling themselves the 25s group marched on Parliament in Madrid angry at how the government is managing the country’s

Going against the findings of a European body, Russia has praised Sunday’s election in Belarus, describing the ballot as “free, open, and conducted

Syrian children have told harrowing accounts of atrocities as they escape the 18-month old civil war, according to a British charity. Save the

Saving some of the best for last, the Milano Modo Donna fashion week ended with some exciting collections for next spring. Federico Piaggi and

The Erika oil tanker disaster had globalisation written all over it. The ship was registered in Malta. It had been certified as seaworthy by the

France’s highest court has upheld the conviction of oil giant Total in the Erika disaster, which left Brittany’s beaches covered with oil, and

The highest peaks in Venezuela are at the centre of an ambitious re-building programme. As part of an effort to reconstruct the country’s tourism

Drugmaker Sanofi is to scale back planned layoffs under pressure from the French government. Sanofi will now shed around 900 jobs in France over

The amount of interest that the Spanish government is having to offer to borrow money in the short term is again creeping up. That is because

Three former top bosses of Japanese camera and medical equipment maker Olympus have admitted involvement in one of Japan’s biggest corporate

A day of prayer and fasting is about to get under way across Israel as Jews celebrate Yom Kippur the holiest day in their religious calender. Total

France’s highest court has upheld the conviction of oil giant Total in the Erika disaster, which left Brittany’s beaches covered with oil, and

Severe floods across northeast India are thought to have killed more than 30 people, according to local officials. In Assam state alone, relentless

Cars which lock without using keys can be hacked into as easily as any other computerised device. Just as you lock it with your remote control, the

The South Korean military staged a rehearsal for the 64th Armed Forces Day celebration before South Korean Defence Minister Kim Kwan-jin on at

The head of an alumina plant in western Hungary has gone on trial charged with negligence following the country’s worst chemical disaster. Ten