2013-05-27

Crowds of ethnic Albanians have taken to the streets of Pristina. They are angry that the EU law mission, known as EULEX, has arrested five former

Up to a thousand supporters of the far-right English Defence League have been protesting over the murder of a British solider in London last

Nearly 80 people have been killed and hundreds more hurt in a series of bombings across the Iraqi capital amid worsening sectarian violence. More

“Blue is the warmest colour” may just have won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, the first-ever winner of the grand prize to have been based on a graphic

Portugal has been promised continued bailout support by the head of the eurozone finance ministers. Speaking after meeting Portuguese political

Syria has passed another milestone of destructive potential: the Lebanese Hezbollah have abandoned their policy of denying that they are supporting

The Americans and the UN have not yet been able to tell who may have used sarin gas in Syria. They have tried to get reliable evidence whether

Italy’s long-running political stalemate appears to have been replicated in the contest for the mayor of Rome. The election was widely seen as a

On his first visit to Europe, China’s new prime minister has found he has a lot of support in a trade row between Brussels and Beijing over solar

A wave of bomb attacks seemingly designed to attack the Shi’ite community has killed more than 50 people across Baghdad. All the bombs targeted busy

From Moscow to the eastern borders of China, the world’s longest railway line – the Trans-Siberian, stretches for more than 9,000 kilometres; a truly

One of the largest bridges ever to be built across the Danube has been completed and will be opened officially next month. Crossing between Bulgaria

Limiting personal freedoms and mistreating suspects may worsen the problem of terrorism, according to the United Nations human rights

Supporters of the late Yugoslav strongman Marshal Tito have founded a new Communist party in Croatia at Tito’s birthplace. Every year to celebrate

Indian police had to break up a demonstration in Kashmir by government workers as a crowd tried to march on the Civil Secretariat building. Chanting

A construction site crane fell on to an apartment building in the Russian city of Kirov, damaging balconies and seven vehicles which were parked

The Japanese company, Fujitsu, has developed a piece of next-generation user interface technology which enables intuitive, at-your-fingertips

The longstanding claims one or both sides in the Syrian conflict have been using chemical weapons gained traction on Monday after the opposition

France and Britain are urging their fellow EU members to lift an arms embargo on Syria’s opposition. Yet many states, such as Austria, oppose a

Former Italian politicians, policemen and gangsters have gone on trial in Sicily accused of making secret deals following a series of bomb attacks in

A new Egyptian movement is gathering support over its call to oust President Mohammed Morsi. “Rebel” was set-up a month ago by young activists who

Club Med’s top shareholders want to buy all of the holiday village operator. Chinese investor Fosun International and AXA Private Equity currently

The European Commission is investigating whether Apple is using anti-competitive iPhone sales tactics and technical restrictions to keep other

Famous for assimilating the trappings of industrial rock, punk and metal into their propulsive house beats, French duo Justice have released their

As the smoke cleared in Paris, following the violence of the anti-gay marriage protests that marred this weekend, at Cannes, stars of the landmark

The rockets that fell on Hezbollah-controlled southern Beirut appear to be the first targeted attack on the Lebanese Shi’ite militia since the start

As part of the Memorial Day weekend celebrations, thousands of leather-clad bikers descended on Washington DC to pay homage to US war veterans in the

A 13-year-old boy trapped under a river dike was rescued in Jiangkou County of southwest China’s Guizhou Province.