2013-03-21

Scenes of devastation were described by locals after violent clashes involving hundreds of people erupted in a small town in central Myanmar. Ten

At least 42 people have been killed in an explosion at a Mosque in Damascus and 84 wounded the Syrian health ministry has said. The dead includes

Speaking at the Climate Parliament assembly in Brussels, the President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, has called for further

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned Israel the Islamic Republic would take military action if its nuclear infrastructure came

Panic, anger and fear surround the Cypriot parliament – as protesters took to the streets to keep up the pressure on their politicians. The

With Latvia set to join the euro single currency soon, euronews went to talk to the Baltic country’s Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, in Riga. He

FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted on Thursday that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will go ahead in June and July as planned despite ongoing

In all its years of clashes with the Kurds, Turkey has finally decided that political efforts may be more effective than its military advantage. The

The remains of two of the earliest rocket engines used to propel astronauts to the moon have been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean floor. The

Justin Welby has been confirmed as the new head of the Church of England at a ceremony in Canterbury Cathedral. As the Archbishop of Canterbury

A pilot has been killed four people injured in a collision involving two helicopters in Germany. The aircraft were taking part in a police

Amid springtime celebrations in Istanbul, Turks reacted to the call by rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan for Kurdish PKK fighters to lay down their

In Italy the outgoing government of technocrat prime minister Mario Monti has revealed it is going to pump 40 billion euros into the recession-hit

Cypriots were almost holding their breath, their banking system like a house of cards on Thursday. They felt on the edge of a precipice, many said

Italy’s parties remain split over how to form a new government, as the President Giorgio Napolitano struggles to pull together a workable coalition

Russian Prime Minster Dmitry Medvedev has called for all interested parties to be involved in a deal for Cyprus. He made that statement as

In Olympus Has Fallen, a thriller about a terrorist attack on the White House, Gerard Butler plays a disgraced former guard who finds himself trapped

TIckets to the David Bowie exhibition at the V&A in London are selling like hot cakes. There are around 300 items on display, tracing Bowie’s career

As the Scottish debate whether or not changes to the law might allow Jedis to perform legal marriage ceremonies, in San Francisco a group of Star

Former 200 metre Olympic champion Pietro Mennea has died in a Rome clinic at the age of 60. No cause of death has so far been announced. The

The Cypriot government is scrambling to find a new way to raise 5.8 billion euros to secure a10 billion euro bailout from the European Union and the

A cloudy outlook for Suntech, one of the world’s leading solar panel makers. In the face of falling prices due to oversupply, the Chinese

The European Space Agency has proudly unveiled what it says is the most accurate map yet of the universe’s origins. It has already led to new

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles’ first album ‘Please Please Me’. This first record, consisting of 14 tracks, was

Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has called for a ceasefire, telling PKK fighters to lay down their arms and leave Turkey. An estimated

Hermes has posted record profit for last year. Robust demand for the French luxury group’s super-expensive hand-crafted leather goods and printed

Growth in China’s vast manufacturing sector picked up in March after a dip during the long Lunar New Year holiday. Preliminary surveys of factory

The eurozone’s economic downturn deepened this month, even before Cyprus’ bailout troubles, according to first results from surveys of thousand of

If a picture paints a thousand words then Yoko Ono’s contribution to America’s gun law debate will be difficult for the firearms lobby to