2013-07-03

Abdul Fatah Khalil al-Sisi, head of the Egyptian armed forces has announced that Egypt’s constitution has been suspended. In his statement

Real Madrid’s new signing Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez – more commonly known as Isco – was presented to the fans and media on Wednesday. After

Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid – the three candidate cities to host the 2020 Olympic Games – presented the technical aspects of their bids to the

Portugal’s coalition government is unravelling after Paulo Portas, the leader of the CDS-PP party resigned as foreign minister. He quit in protest

Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas has finally picked up the Sakharov prize that he won in 2010. Cuban authorities denied the journalist an exit

King Albert II of Belgium has abdicated in favour of his son Crown Prince Philippe. The monarch, crowned in 1993, is 79 years old and explained in

Portugal’s embattled Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho has vowed to overcome the difficulties which have rocked the country’s government. His

Britain’s Mark Cavendish notched up his 24th career Tour de France stage win and first of this edition courtesy of a devastating sprint finish in

Belgium’s King Albert II said on Wednesday he would abdicate and leave the throne to his son Philippe on July 21, explaining that he now felt too old

They’re 15-24-year-old Europeans increasingly seen as a new ‘lost generation’. EU leaders meeting in Berlin have been discussing what sort of a

Mario Goetze was officially presented to the media on Wednesday as Bayern Munich showed off their 37 million euro summer signing. Goetze joined the

A Turkish court has cancelled a project to redevelop Istanbul’s central Taksim square, a copy of the court’s decision showed, ruling in a dispute

Egypt’s economy is struggling and that is seen by many as a big factor in the latest political upheaval. Tourist numbers slumped when the

Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi’s national security adviser is reported as saying “a military coup” is taking place in Cairo and one media source

General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has run Egypt’s defence ministry since President Mursi put him in the job in August last year. a 58-year-old admirer of

Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas has collected the EU’s Sakharov human rights prize – two and a half years after he won it. Raising his fist

While UNESCO has given the Italian government six months to report on the conservation progress of the troubled Pompeii archaeological site, lesser

A bloody start to July in Iraq as Shi’ite mourners begin to bury their dead following Tuesday’s violence in Baghdad. The first two days of July

The deepening political crisis in Portugal slammed the country’s financial markets on Wednesday. At one stage the main stock market index lost six

Moldova’s Orthodox Church says it has banned government officials from taking Holy Communion because of their stance on gay rights. The church said

Christian Dior’s Raf Simons sent the Paris fashion house on a journey around the globe with collection for couture week. From Asia to the Americas

Turbo was just an ordinary garden snail, but a snail with a dream – to become the fastest snail in the world – and thanks to a freak accident his

Margot Woelk spent the last few years of World War Two eating lavish meals and fearing that every mouthful could mean death. The former food taster

A second police officer has been named as a suspect in a controversial Ukrainian rape case, in which another policeman and a taxi driver have already

A radio-controlled Superman plane is flown by designer Otto Dieffenbach, during a test in San Diego, California. Otto and business partner Ed Hanley

Every now and then you read a story that you wish was true but that you know probably isn’t. This is one of them, although until it has been

Portuguese stocks tumbled further on Wednesday in response to the political crisis gripping the cash-strapped country. The market reaction follows

Bolivian President Evo Morales has been given clearance by Spain, France and Italy to fly over their territories today after his plane was inspected

On Wednesday Bulgarians staged an anti-government protest for a sixth day in a row. At the demo in front of the Parliament building in Sofia

The annual Swamp Soccer World Cup has taken place in Blairmore on the west coast of Scotland, It’s a dirty sport but somebody’s got to play it.