Saucepans in hand, thousands of people demonstrated in Spain and Portugal on Saturday. It was part of the “Global Noise” day, a hoped-for

Rallies have been held in support of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who is fighting for her life in hospital after being shot by the

Saucepans in hand thousands of people have demonstrated in Spain and Portugal this Saturday making a noise. It is part of the “Global Noise” day, a

Secretary-General of the more than 70-nation Francophone French-speaking world, Abdou Diouf, has opened the 14th summit by demanding what he called

France’s Green party is facing a major embarrassment after one of its politicians was charged for her alleged role in one the country’s largest ever

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has backed down from a pledge to reassign the country’s Attorney General after Abdel Meguid Mahmoud refused to step

A demonstration in Colombia’s capital Bogota, to demand changes to the economic policies of President Juan Manuel Santos, turned violent when hooded

The Turks, through Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, have attacked the UN Security Council for its “inaction” over Syria. Erdogan said the

Hundreds more migrants have been rescued off the shores of Italy after their overloaded vessels began to sink. 304 people including 49 women and

At least 16 people were killed when a car bomb exploded at a market in northwest Pakistan on Saturday. Twenty-five others were injured in the blast

Egypt’s Prosecutor General is refusing to step down from his position after new President Mohamed Mursi reassigned him to the role of Vatican

Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, has been bombed by the regime, claimed activists who have uploaded two amateur videos online on Friday. Aleppo has

Clashes broke out between protesters in Cairo after chants against the new Islamist president. Activists called Friday’s protest to demand more

The 2012’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the EU for the successful struggle for peace and reconciliation and for democracy and human rights

Australian Mark Webber has snatched pole position from his Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel at the Korean Grand Prix. Webber beat the German by

Katrin Unterwurzacher of Austria defeated Di Cintio of France to win the women’s under 63 kilogramme gold medal on day two of the Abu Dhabi Judo

Europe’s answer to GPS took another step forward on Friday. A third and fourth Galileo satellite were launched onboard a Russian Soyuz rocket in

The retired space shuttle Endeavour has gone where it has never gone before. The NASA craft has started a two-day crawl through Los Angeles on

Argentinian officials plan to travel to Ghana to negotiate the release of a seized naval vessel. A Ghananian court ruled the Libertad ship could be

A young American mother has been given a 99 year jail sentence after admitting super-gluing her two-year-old daughter’s hands to a wall. A court in

If Bart de Wever becomes mayor of Antwerp, it will push the agenda of Flemish independence in Belgium. As well as losing 60 kilograms on a crash

Tensions between Turkey and Syria rose further on Friday after a Syrian military helicopter bombed the border town of Azmarin. Turkey sent two

The European Union’s Nobel Peace Prize win is an opportunity for further integration, EU figures said on Friday. Martin Schulz, the president of

The UN Security Council has called on African allies and the UN to present a specific plan for military intervention in Mali within 45 days. The

A suitcase belonging to Ghana’s King Otomfuo Osei Tutu II has been stolen from his country’s embassy in Oslo, Norweigan police and diplomatic sources