2013-06-23

Judges in a Milan court have retired to consider their verdict on Silvio Berlusconi in the ‘Rubygate’ trial, where the former Italian prime minister

The man responsible for the biggest security leak in American history, Edward Snowden, has fled Hong Kong and is now in a transit zone at an airport

This final edition of Azerbaijan Life takes us to the city of Sheki, nestling in the foothills of the Caucasus mountains. For centuries, it has

The parliamentary election in Albania is in full swing with Prime Minister Sali Berisha seeking a third term in office, but facing a strong challenge

After a pilot program that was first conducted at the Club World Cup in 2011, FIFA has officially introduced biological profiling to test athletes

An international forum organised by Euromed has been taking in Morocco this weekend with researchers and activists discussing women’s rights after

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has accepted the resignation of his Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah, an academic with no previous political

Chinese Astronauts on the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft have manually docked with the Tiangong 1 spacelab. A successful automatic docking was carried out

Multinational coffee giant Starbucks has made its first corporation tax payment in the UK since 2008. The British treasury’s coffers benefited to the

At the Vatican’s railway station, Pope Francis has welcomed a train carrying several hundred disadvantaged children. The ‘Children’s Train’ which is

Cape Finisterre, west coast of Spain, was a perfect place to enjoy a wonderful sunset over the sea.

10 people including nine foreign tourists have been killed by gunmen in the remote region of Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan. The visitors were

The man on the top of the USA’s most wanted list, whistleblower Edward Snowden, has fled to Moscow, with reports that an ongoing flight to Cuba and

An Albanian opposition activist has been killed and a ruling party parliamentary candidate wounded in a shootout as polls opened in tense elections

Edward Snowden, the former United States National Security Agency contractor, has left Hong Kong and is en route to Moscow, according to the South

New Barcelona signing Neymar scored his third goal in three games at the Confederations Cup to hand Brazil a thrilling 4-2 win over Italy in

Danish driver Allan Simonsen has died following a crash during the Le Mans race in France. According to reports, the 34-year-old, who finished

A smoke haze from fires in Indonesia continues to cause havoc in Malaysia and Singapore. Two areas in the southern Malaysian state of Johor have

The Russian NGO ‘For Human Rights’ has been forcibly evicted from its Moscow offices, for alleged rent arrears, and staff have been holding a small

The South African authorities have revealed that the ambulance that transported Nelson Mandela to hospital two weeks ago broke down on its way, and

The Bulgarian capital Sofia has again seen protests, with crowds gathering in front of parliament calling for the resignation of the new prime

11 people including nine foreign tourists have been killed by gunmen in a hotel in a remote region of Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan. The

New clashes have broken out in Brazil despite President Dilma Rousseff’s address to the nation in which she responded to the protesters demands.

A 22 year old Palestinian communications student has won the popular TV singing contest “Arab Idol.” Mohammed Assaf, who grew up in a refugee camp

Western and Arab countries opposed to President Assad’s rule, have agreed they will arm rebels. At a meeting in Qatar, foreign ministers said that

A week of calm in Istanbul has come to an end after police clashed with protesters on Saturday night, using water canons to disperse them. In

A new political party has been launched in South Africa. The Agang party, meaning ‘let’s build’ in Sesotho, is led by anti-apartheid era activist