2013-03-25

Cyprus’ banks will now remain shut until Thursday, following the island’s controversial bailout deal. Most of them had been expected to re-open

Heralding the beginning of the bailout, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades addressed a nation braced for traumatic changes. The deal struck in

China’s presidential couple are on their first foreign tour since Xi Jinping’s recent confirmation in office. First stop was Russia, to highlight the

The deal Cyprus has agreed with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund to secure a 10 billion euro bailout loan includes major

The streets of Nicosia appear calm as the bailout fallout begins to hit home in Cyprus. Facing massive job losses and economic turmoil under the new

Officials from the prosecutors office and tax police have raided the Moscow headquarters of Amnesty International. It is one of a number of raids

More than a hundred firefighters battled to save artefacts in a museum in south east London after a fire broke out at a neighbouring library

Boris Berezovsky’s self-imposed exile in London and the south of France since 2000 was his way of escaping Russian court prosecutors. In his last

After rejecting desperate pleas from Cyprus last week, President Vladimir Putin finally agreed to ease the terms of a 2.5 billion euros loan from

Nine-times Olympic gold medallist Carl Lewis said this week he hoped Japan would win the right to host the 2020 Olympics. Widely regarded as the

Authorities in Russia have searched the headquarters of Amnesty International in Moscow. Sergei Nikitin, head of Amnesty International in Russia

The US military has handed over the last prison under its control in Afghanistan. The transfer of Parwan Detention Facility to the Afghan

The International Olympic Committee continued their visit of Istanbul this week as the Turkish city bids to host the 2020 Olympic games. The city

We have all heard the warnings about screens being bad for children – but now a French study from the influential Academy of Sciences claims that

Rebels wander through the presidential complex in the capital city of Bangui after taking control in the Central African Republic. Known as the

At the Ria de Aveiro Lagoon in Portugal the day starts early for European scientists as they set out to gather samples. The lagoon offers a rich

Shares in nationalised Spanish lender Bankia went into free fall on Monday after the country’s bank restructuring fund valued them at just one euro

Today is normally a day of joyful celebration in Greece, remembering the push for independence from Turkey in 1821, with military parades and a

Cyprus had no choice but to accept the latest 10 billion euro bailout deal according to Foreign Minister Ioannis Kassoulides. Speaking at a

The British government last year received 4.0 billion pounds ( 4.7 billion euros) of the money used to bail out lenders Northern Rock and Bradford &

Dell has said it has received alternative buyout proposals that could be superior to $24.4 billion (18.9 billion euro) offer from founder Michael

Dutch delivery firm TNT Express is to cut 4,000 jobs – six percent of its work-force – and focus on Europe after a failed takeover bid by United

Clashes are expected to erupt across the globe next week, with thousands set to take to the streets as police look on passively. But with the

The notoriously strict airport security in the United States is about to get a little easier. Starting in April, small knives and previously banned

“I don’t like politics,” says one of Cuban punk rock band Porno para Ricardo’s most popular songs. The group was formed in 1998 by Gorki Aguila, a

An Indian advertising agency, JWP, used by car manufacturer Ford has apologised for releasing images of women bound and gagged in the boot of a Ford

In The Host, the Earth has been taken over by the ‘Souls’, a parasitic alien race. Melanie Stryder (played by Saoirse Ronan) is one of the last free

Four days after the 10-year anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War, US Secretary of State John Kerry’s unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday is a

A leader of the Seleka rebel coalition has named himself as president of the Central African Republic, according to a spokesman for the group