2013-03-18

German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere German troops in Mali on Monday, who have been sent to support French soldiers fighting Islamist

Six men accused of raping a Swiss tourist in Madhya Pradesh, India appeared in court on March 18 before a local magistrate and were remanded in

After concluding its visit of Tokyo the International Olympic Committee on Monday began its inspection of Madrid’s venues for the city’s 2020 Olympic

Golfing great Tiger Woods and skiing speed queen Lindsey Vonn announced on Monday they are officially dating. 14-times major winner Woods confirmed

At 29-years-old and after 14 years on the World Cup circuit Tina Maze has just completed her most successful winter to date and she did so in record

Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez has asked the new pope to support Buenos Aires in a dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands, or

Anxious residents of Cyprus with money in the bank have been unable to take it out.Cash dispensers have dried up and bank doors are locked. The bank

“EU agriculture ministers are meeting in Brussels to seek a consensus on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. The aim is a greener, more

Following days of heated debate, British politicians reached an agreement on press regulation on Monday, March 18, unveiling a new code designed to

The United Nations has warned that human rights violations are widespread in occupied Palestinian territory. Speaking at a meeting of the UN Human

In the Somali capital Mogadishu, a suicide car bomber has killed at least ten people near the presidential palace. Islamist militant group al

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning that tuberculosis is quickly developing resistance to several of the drugs used to treat it. The

A village in Italy has been drawn out of obscurity by its ties with Pope Francis. Portacomaro Stazione, population 275, most of them farmers and

A group of Palestinians in Bethlehem in the West Bank showed disdain for President Obama’s forthcoming visit. He is due at the Nativity church

Syrian air force jets fired four rockets at an uninhabited section of the border with Lebanon on March 18, according to security sources. The

In the European capital Brussels there is nervousness over the Cypriot deposit seizure. Fears of social unrest and a run on the banks focused

Moscow has reacted angrily to the levy on bank accounts in Cyprus. President Vladimir Putin says it is “unfair and sets a dangerous precedent,” and

Scientists in the UK have been developing specially ‘conductive’ paints to be printed onto building materials, where they can then generate their own

China has become the fifth largest exporter of major conventional weapons worldwide, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research

In Israel, they are getting ready for an official visit by the US president Barack Obama. He has already said he will not be bringing any new

Syria’s main opposition coalition has started a push to form an interim government to provide support and services to people living in rebel

Underlining how big a deal this was, the presidential palace in Paris was the venue for the signing of a contract by Indonesia’s Lion Air for 234

Hungary’s right-wing government, headed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has given out awards to controversial far-right journalists to mark the

Analyst, philosopher, psychoanalyst, Julia Kristeva is one of the few figures of the French intelligensia widely recognised throughout the world. Of

Ministers in Cyprus are rushing to revise a plan to seize money from private bank deposits as part of a 10 billion euro EU bailout. The shock

The sun is glistening on the snow and the skies are blue. It’s a perfect day to hit the slopes, but this isn’t Aspen, Whistler or Klosters…. This is

The US president, Barack Obama, is preparing for his first official trip to the middle east this week. But the whistlestop tour of Israel, the West

Aurora Borealis filmed over Alaska. Also known as the northern lights, it is a natural light display limited to Arctic and Antarctic latitudes. This

Pedro Almodóvar’s new film – ‘I’m So Excited’ – is a far cry from his last directorial outing. Whilst “The Skin I Live In” was a Hitchcockian