2012-10-08

Less than a month before the US presidential election, Republican candidate Mitt Romney has promised to rein in Iran and rebuild ties with Israel in

“We pledge to God the great to be soldiers faithful to Allah and our homeland and to safeguard the values of the revolution.” The vow is made by a

Nine high profile supporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange have been ordered to pay more than a hundred thousand euros bail. The group pledged

There has been a breakthrough for a Scottish family that has been campaigning for the Spanish police to open an investigation into the death of an

Myanmar’s opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has said she is ready to serve as president if she receives public support. Speaking on her arrival

Riding high after the first presidential TV debate, US Republican candidate Mitt Romney has called for a change of course in the Middle

The slowdown in the global economy continues to weigh heavy on those who produce raw materials. The World Bank has cut its growth forecasts for the

Turkey has launched a retaliatory strike on Syria for the sixth consecutive day. The government said it was responding to another mortar bomb fired

The eurozone’s new bailout fund the European Stability Mechanism has been given the green light by finance ministers in Luxembourg. It is aimed at

Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo matched each other blow for blow as Barcelona were held to a 2-2 draw by Real Madrid at the

With time running out in merger talks to form the world’s biggest aerospace and defence firm, the main shareholder in one of the potential partners

French police are likely to make more arrests in connection with last weekend’s anti-terror operation. Interior Minister Manuel Valls has warned

An angry crowd greeted the arrival in court of a man accused of murdering a five-year-old girl who went missing in Wales last week. Mark Bridger

Friends of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya – murdered six years ago – continue to demand that the authorities uncover the truth in the unsolved

The second branch of the Nord Stream gas pipeline linking Germany with Russia has been put into service. The 1,200 kilometre pipe under the Baltic

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned that the “escalation” of violence spreading from the Syrian conflict along the Turkish border and

Vincent Castiglia literally bleeds for his work. The 30-year-old New York artist has been creating paintings using his own blood for the past 10

Ben Affleck’s latest movie “Argo” is based on the true story of a bold rescue during the Iran hostage crisis in 1979. The CIA and the Canadian

Residents of a village close to Moscow have declared their independence from Russia. They made the decision after a toll road was built there

The World Bank has revised its growth forecasts for Russia and China, saying the two economic giants will not grow as much as it had expected. The

Re-elected Venezuelan leader the unshrinking Hugo Chávez just last February was having cancer treatment in Cuba. He claimed to have cleared that

Georgia’s general election winner has included former AC Milan and Georgian international footballer Kakha Kaladze in his new government, as regional

The annual Oktoberfest drew to a close for the 179th time with the traditional gun salute after more than six million people drank 6.9 million litres

European investors were decidedly underwhelmed by the appearance of the European Stability Mechanism, with the indices of all bourses losing value of

Leading pasta-maker Barilla is bucking the economic trend in Italy by opening a new multi-million euro plant as other big industrial names are

Thousands of supporters of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez poured into the streets and surrounded the presidential palace to celebrate his

The Nobel Prize for Medicine has been shared between Britain’s John Gurdon and Japan’s Shinya Yamanaka. The pair were honoured for what the jury

The Nobel prize for medicine has been jointly awarded to Britain’s John Gurdon and Japan’s Shinya Yamanaka. The pair were honoured for what the

An unmanned, privately-owned Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo capsule blasted off from Cape Canaveral in the US at 02:35 CET on Monday. It is on a