2013-03-07

The world’s top computer and IT fair is underway in Hanover Germany – but this year the CeBIT, as it’s known decided to dumb down by being more

A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden has been arrested and flown to the United States. Suleman Abu Ghaith was picked up in Turkey and flown to Jordan

The Philippines government has called for the immediate release of its 21 UN peacekeepers. The UN personal were taken hostage by a Syrian rebel group

Cardinals gathered in Rome waiting to begin the election process for a new pope have been briefed on the state of the Vatican’s finances. Amid

The UN security council has voted unanimously to tighten sanctions against North Korea after the latest nuclear tests. Even China, North Korea’s

Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons has backed an EU move to reduce the amount of plastic waste in Europe. Trashed, a new documentary produced by

Democratic Republic of Congo attending a trade and endangered species convention has called on Asian nations to send confiscated ivory back to its

Aleppo is a city of rubble little remains of one of the oldest inhabited sites in the world. Prior to the uprising to oust President Basher al-Assad

It is all shiny new cars and beaming smiles at the Geneva Motor Show, but what is the real state of play in the market in Europe and elsewhere? In

Perhaps never in history have the stakes been higher in the quest for a pope. New World churchmen especially have been pushing for transparency. The

While Venezuela mourns the death of its charismatic leader Hugo Chavez, questions are already being asked about how the country will move on. But

No public stages, no extra flags, no slogans… You won’t find anything like that in Rome before the conclave of cardinals who will choose a successor

Tennis is to introduce an athlete biological passport programme this year as part of a new anti-doping drive that players themselves have demanded

France has paid its respects to the former French Resistance fighter and author Stephane Hessel who died last week aged 95. Hessel’s “Time for

More violence in Bangladesh as protesters clashed with police and attacked a bus during demonstrations organised by the country’s main opposition

Holidays are high on the spending hit list in times of austerity and the travel industry is under pressure. For the third year running Europe’s

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to one year in jail over illegal wiretapping. The prosecution claimed Berlusconi

Italian police are investigating an apparent suicide of the spokesman for the world’s oldest bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena. It follows the

Wilko Johnson, the cult guitarist from Dr Feelgood, is performing a series of farewell concerts in the UK, having announced that he is dying of

Jack the Giant Slayer is a new take on an old tale. The film’s director, Bryan Singer, explained: “Well, the original story of Jack and the

The ranks of France’s jobless continue to swell. In the final three months of last year the total hit the highest level in more than 13

The European Central Bank has held off cutting the cost of borrowing in the eurozone – for now. For the eighth straight month the benchmark

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to one year in jail over illegal wiretapping. The prosecution accused the owner

There have been angry scenes outside the headquarters of the tyre maker Goodyear in France, over a factory that is being closed down. Staff clashed

Greek police have sent to the prosecutor’s office a video showing the extreme right-wing party Golden Dawn’s parliamentary candidate Alexandros

A mass of Hugo Chavez supporters has taken part in a parade to mourn Venezuela’s former leader who died of cancer on Tuesday. Hundreds of thousands

The British government plans a referendum in four years on whether the UK should remain in the European Union. The country is deeply divided with

It all started with a drunk basketball fan in 1980s New York. Then at the end of January 2013 a vlogger known as Filthy Frank posted his own version

Question from Olaf, Brussels: “I am a German citizen, residing in Belgium with my wife, a non-EU citizen. For our summer holidays we are planning

A dancer at the Bolshoi ballet has told a court in Moscow that although he wanted the theatre’s artistic director to be assaulted he never intended