2013-03-29

Former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is likely to spend the weekend in hospital although he is said to be making

The Bosnian War Crimes Court has sentenced a former Serb paramilitary commander to 45 years in prison. Vesslin Vlahovic was found guilty on more

Syria rebels claim to have taken control of the key city of Dael in Daraa province in the south of the country. Unverified amateur video is said

There has been a major rescue effort in the Baltic Sea to save more than 220 people who were stranded on ice floes that had drifted away from the

There was high tension between Palestinian protesters and Israeli troops in the West Bank on the eve of ‘Land Day’. Near the southern West Bank

Finally Cypriots could get into their banks, after two weeks of locked doors. When they reopened, in spite of anger over feelings that their accounts

In Kiev, a group of senior citizens have found a form of underground entertainment that has sparked their own kind of Saturday Night Fever. With no

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is holding urgent talks with all relevant parties in order to fathom a way out of the country’s political

Thousands of North Koreans have turned out for a mass rally in Pyongyang, in support of their leaders’ call to arms.

Italian musician Franco Battiato is in the midst of a mini European tour to mark the release of his 28th album, Apriti Sesamo. Battiato, 68

The ongoing uncertainty over the bailout of the Cypriot banking system dominated the headlines again this week. Euronews took a look at how

President Vladimir Putin has been watching Russian military manoeuvres in the Black Sea region just hours after he ordered the snap

President Francois Hollande has pleaded with the French people to give him more time to get the country out of its economic mess, but it mostly fell

After two years of violence and bloodshed in Syria, countless lives have been lost and many families displaced. Fierce fighting between rebel and

Soldiers have joined a mass rally in the North Korean capital Pyongyang, after leader Kim Jong-un stepped up threats against the US. He has signed

Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf has won a legal victory in a Karachi court which means he cannot be immediately arrested on charges of

A drunken Chinese man climbed on high voltage wires in northern China and dangled for 15 minutes before falling onto a giant inflatable cushion set

The former South African president Nelson Mandela, is in good spirits and making steady progress in hospital according to the latest official

In a clinic in Ukraine surrogate mothers carry babies for couples who otherwise would be childless. It is legal but not without controversy with some

The Cypriot banking system may be in turmoil, but customers appear to be remaining calm in Nicosia. The island’s banks reopened on Thursday after

He may be in only his third year in office, but North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has already shown he is willing to match and even out-do the

Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.

The United States has added to mounting international criticism of the Kremlin’s continuing programme of inspecting the offices of non-governmental

Syrian refugees threw stones and damaged administrative buildings during clashes at a camp in southeastern Turkey. Police used tear gas and water

Two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut have travelled to the International Space Station in record time. They arrived at the research

Thousands of North Koreans have turned out for a mass rally in Pyongyang, in support of their leaders’ call to arms. Soldiers and students chanted

One of the oldest forms of body art, tattoos are booming business. In France, around 20 per cent of 25 to 35 year olds have one, the figures are

While US rapper 50 Cent visited Berlin for the premiere of his film All Things Fall Apart, Tom Cruise was in Argentina for the screening of his sci-

Troop movement at North Korea’s missile units has been detected just hours after the country’s leader ordered rocket units to be ready to attack

Hopes of reaching global agreement for a landmark Arms Trade Treaty to regulate the multi-billion-euro weapons industry faded on Thursday at the