Former British cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex wife Vicky Price have been sentenced to eight months in prison for perverting the course of

Four Syrians and a Turkish man have been arrested for a deadly bombing at a border crossing last month. Fourteen people were killed and dozens

The trial of seven suspected killers of a Dutch volunteer football referee began in a court in Lelystad on Monday with a pro-forma hearing. In an

The Roman Catholic Church is getting ready for the start of the Vatican conclave. Eight years after Joseph Ratzinger, who will soon walk out onto the

Who will the 115 cardinals choose, once the conclave convenes, to replace the man who has bowed out after eight years in the Catholic Church’s hot

Based on the Latin for a place that can be locked with a key, the 115 cardinals involved in the ‘conclave’ beginning on Tuesday will have the

In a vote that has been opposed by the EU, the US and human rights groups the Hungarian parliament on Monday adopted legislation that critics say

To the backing of the Italian national anthem centre-right parliamentarians protested outside a Milan court. They were demonstrating against Silvio

Spanish airline Iberia and its unions seem to be close to an agreement on mass job cuts. The idea did not find favour with some employees, who

Chris Huhne, the former British Energy Secretary and one of the Liberal Democrat party’s most senior figures has been sentenced to eight months in

UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has told EU foreign ministers to do all they can to bring about an end to the conflict in Syria. Speaking

America is under cyber attack, and Washington now believes there is evidence that China is officially sponsoring much of it. The source of much of

As 115 cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday for the start of the conclave – they will be choosing the man who will lead the Catholic

Protesters in Rome staged a demonstration aimed at the new pope. His identity remains a mystery, his dress code does not. Ermine fur will edge his

Syrian warplanes have bombed the shattered Baba Amr district of Homs, a day after rebels made a surprise push into their former bastion. Syria’s

Joseph Muscat has been sworn in as the new prime minister of Malta after leading the Labour party on the archipelago back to power following 15 years

A full ban on cosmetics that have been tested on animals entered into force across the EU on Monday. The ban, announced by the European Commission

Portugal is reportedly to get more time to cut its budget deficit. As part of Lisbon’s 78 billion euro bailout, inspectors from the ‘troika’ of

The games industry has come a long way since the 1980s. From a niche market, it has grown into a global industry – with Hollywood-size budgets and

A gas pipeline between Iran and neighbours Pakistan has been inaugurated – defying opposition from Washington. Dignitaries headed by the presidents

There are suspicions that the lead suspect in the Delhi bus gang-rape trial, driver Ram Singh, did not hang himself in his cell. Singh was found

There has been confirmation that Italy’s economy contracted by 0.9 percent in the final three months of last year from the previous quarter. That

Inflation in China’s is forecast to be around 3.0 percent this year, according to the country’s top economic planning agency, the National

There have been tough recommendations for reforming Britain’s banks from an influential panel of lawmakers. A report from the Parliamentary

The main prize for best creative documentary at the Film Festival and Forum for Human Rights in Geneva went to a German production, which mixed

Indian production ID has won the Grand Prix at the Asian Film Festival in Deauville. Director Kamal KM directed the movie, which was his second

Hundreds of Pakistani Christians have taken to the streets to demand better protection after an arson attack razed a Christian district in Lahore to

Surrounded by centuries of religious art, 115 cardinals hold the future of the world’s Roman Catholic Church in their hands. Tomorrow the doors of

EU foreign ministers met in Brussels on Monday to discuss ways to end the conflict in Syria. UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who also