2013-07-06

Tour de France favourite Chris Froome lived up to expectations on Saturday, outclassing his main rivals to claim stage 8 and snatch the leader’s

Buddhists have been offering up prayers for the Dali Lama’s seventy eighth birthday. Born in nineteen thirty five he is recognised as the

They may not be man’s best friend, but grey wolves have certainly become good companions for the Selekh family in Belarus. Encouraged by the

Spain’s most well known fiesta, San Fermin, got off to a later than expected start on Saturday. A giant basque flag was hung from the town hall

July 6, 1942. This marks the first day that Anne Frank and her family took refuge in their Secret Annexe in Amsterdam to escape deportation at the

Trapped inside a Moscow airport, one of America’s most wanted whistleblowers Edward Snowden may finally be able to book his flight to freedom

Municipality police are striking in Athens amid fears of job losses. They are concerned that government talks with the troika over reforming

Russia and China are undertaking a joint naval drill. The fleets have gathered in the far-eastern port of Vladivostock. The operation named ‘Joint

Around forty supporters of deposed president Mohamed Mursi have been injured by gunfire from Egyptian soldiers. The shooting occurred outside a

The morning after the Muslim Brotherhood’s “Friday of Rage”, Egypt counts its dead following bitter clashes between supporters and opponents of

Members of the General Confederation of Workers of Peru clashed with police as they marched towards the National Congress in Lima to protest against

The hunters become the hunted as Greenpeace activists took to the water to protest against fin whaling in the port of Hamburg on Friday. The ship

As clashes between pro and anti-Mursi protesters in Egypt leave dozens dead, the Muslim Brotherhood called for new peaceful demonstrations on

According to CIA’s official statistics, Bulgaria’s death rate is the 8th highest in the world. Afghanistan, war-torn for decades, is seventh. Somalia

Four weeks after he was admitted to a Pretoria clinic, what has become known as “the wall” bursting with tributes to Nelson Mandela, is testament to

Venezuela’s president says he will offer asylum to US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden. The fugitive, former spy agency contractor is thought to

At least 12 people have reportedly been killed in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, as tensions continue to boil over the removal of President Mohamed

Thousands of Mohamed Mursi supporters were out on the streets of Cairo on Friday, calling for the ousted president to be reinstated. The clashes

Portugal’s prime minister, Pedro Passos Coelho, has reached a deal with his junior coalition partner, over a rift that has been threatening the