2012-12-20

The death toll from attacks on polio eradication campaign workers in Pakistan has risen to nine after a young student died from gunshot wounds. On

The 21-month old revolt against four decades of Assad family rule rumbles on in Syria. Violence has continued across the country including in

They may have held separate rallies but Yemeni men and women came out in support of major reforms of the military on Thursday. President Abd

Mikaela Shiffrin skied to her first world cup victory on Thursday after the American teenager won a slalom race in Are, Sweden. The 17-year-old

La Scala in Milan opened its new season with a production of Wagner’s Lohengrin, an opera the composer himself said was his saddest work. It is

The Spanish parliament has approved the 2013 budget with savings of 39 billion euros. The government says the tough cuts are needed to fix the public

Rodrigo Rato, the former IMF managing director and Spanish finance minister under the leadership of José María Aznar, has appeared before the High

Launching a rocket this week that could double as a ballistic missile was a North Korean demonstration of Communist military capability. It said

BNP Paribas, France’s biggest bank, has agreed to sell its Egyptian arm to Emirates NBD. The price is 377 million euros. Emirates NBD wants to

The grieving continues for 26 people shot dead at a American primary school last Friday. A fourth day of funerals has been held in and around

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has held the first major news conference of his third presidential term.   During the live, televised event, Putin

   It was a day for diplomacy and promises as South Korea’s President-elect Park Geun-hye met with the ambassadors of China, Japan, the United

It has become expected of French presidents that they visit Algeria, though in spite of the rhetoric, these visits have often proven disappointing

A big shake-up in the markets world with the planned sale of NYSE Euronext to IntercontinentalExchange. The deal means the 200-year-old New York

London fishmonger Muhammad Shahid Nazir’s ode to reasonably priced fish – One Pound Fish – was one of most unlikely hits in a long time becoming an

Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde star in thriller Deadfall, as brother and sister Addison and Liza, who split up after a casino heist goes horribly wrong

Last year’s Cairo International Film Festival was cancelled because of the violent demonstrations in Tahrir Square, close to where the films are

The thorny issues of energy supplies, human rights and immigration are high on the agenda at a two-day EU-Russia summit in Brussels. Since their

An International Bodyguards Competition took place in Ukraine on December 16-19. Teams from the state security bodies and private companies from

In Pakistan hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of another victim of the attacks on UN-backed polio eradication teams. The total number of

Greenpeace activists hung a giant banner on Thursday from the iconic Louvre Museum Pyramid in protest against plans by French authorities to build an

About 2,000 public healthcare workers demonstrate in front of the health ministry against the Madrid regional government’s plans to privatise the

Greek pensioners demonstrated outside the Finance Ministry in Athens on Thursday over plans by the government to cut their benefits and pensions.

Another wealthy French businessman is leaving the country, this time heading to London. Alain Afflelou owns a chain of opticians with 1,200 branches

Pope Benedict XVI has put one of his predecessors on the first step to sainthood. The pontiff signed a decree recognising the late Pope Paul VI’s

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is now being treated in Germany after suffering a stroke. The 79-year-old was first admitted to hospital in Iraq on

The time for Italy’s prime minister Mario Monti to step down is getting closer after the Senate voted through next year’s budget. The lower house

French authorities are appealing to ‘end of the world’ fanatics not to visit the tiny southwest village of Bugarach. Police have 150 officers

Members of the Algerian parliament knew not to expect a full apology from visiting French President Francois Hollande for his country’s past actions

General Motors and Peugeot Citroen have announced the revised terms of their joint venture. Plans to produce a mid-sized car have been scrapped