The scene is set in Portugal’s capital Lisbon for a general strike, which has been called by the country’s two largest labour unions. The

A French appeals court has upheld the life sentence of Carlos the Jackal, the Marxist militant once one of the world’s most wanted criminals. The

At least one person has been killed and scores injured in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura in Egypt – during clashes between supporters and opponents

The World Trade Organisation (WTO), was set up 20 years ago with the aim of creating a prosperous and unified global trading block. That has not

Hong Kong, Moscow, Quito, Havana… The United States’ most-wanted whistleblower, Edward Snowden, has either been in these places long-associated with

There were celebrations outside the Supreme Court in Washington after what has been called a landmark ruling for gay rights activists. Judges ruled

The EU has agreed wholesale changes to the bloc’s agricultural policy that will slash subsidies to the largest farms. The tentative deal between

Italian MEP Raffaele Baldassere didn’t take kindly to a reporter from Netherlands’ Geenstijl TV asking him why he had signed the attendance list – to

In the e-reader war, the biggest US bookseller, Barnes & Noble, is losing and has conceded it cannot compete head-to-head with tablets and

Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al Assad have taken control of the town of Tel Kalakh, close to the Lebanese border. The recapture of Tel

Playing spectacular football and filling the trophy cabinet have always been the top requirements for any coach at Real Madrid and Carlo Ancelotti

The countdown for the UEFA Euro 2016 has officially begun with the unveiling in Paris of the logo for the European soccer championship. Two-time

The floods in Northern India, triggered by heavy monsoon rains more than 10 days ago, have killed at least 822 people in the Himalayan state of

Japanese scientists have unveiled a pair of robots. One of them, called ‘Kibo’, is destined to travel on missions to space. In Tokyo the robot

US economic growth in the first three months of this year was not as good as previously thought. The latest revised figures show GDP was held held

Australia and Japan will debate the right to hunt whales for scientific research in the Southern ocean in the International Court of Justice during

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been ousted by her own party, just months before a general election. An emotional Gillard told a news

Several leading South African figures and family members have been visiting the hospital in Pretoria where Nelson Mandela remains in a critical

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a central portion of a federal law that restricted the definition of marriage to opposite-sex couples

The man who was known as the ‘King of Oil’ has died. Billionaire Marc Rich, who invented oil trading in the 1970s, suffered a stroke at the age of

Organ transplants have been a lifesaving development and one of the shining success stories of modern medicine. But the shortage of organs for

Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy have teamed up to take on the male-dominated buddy cop film genre in The Heat, directed by Paul Feig of

On the streets of Paris, there’s a new addition to the urban environment: pianos, free to use for professionals and amateurs alike. The project

Italian fashion house Etro is roping in inspiration from the horse-riding arenas of Mexico for its Charreria-inspired Spring/Summer 2014 men’s

Two men are suing the mayor of a French village for refusing to marry them, in the first reported legal action over same-sex marriage since it was

The Eiffel Tower, Paris’ most iconic landmark, has been closed for two consecutive days by a strike over working conditions. There was been talk of

The French unit of Switzerland’s UBS has been fined 10 million euros by the French banking regulator ACP. The penalty is for UBS having delayed

The price of gold continues to tumble. It is down to its lowest in almost three years and is on course for a record loss in the past three

More than 10,000 asteroids and comets that can pass near Earth have now been discovered. The 10,000th near-Earth object, asteroid 2013 MZ5, was first