2013-08-23

A suicide bomber has killed 25 people and wounded more than 50 near the city of Ramadi 100 km west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The device was

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has said it is reviewing its working conditions following the death of a German intern. Moritz Erhardt from south

Security camera footage captured the moment a bomb blast hit the al-Salam mosque in northern Lebanon as friday prayers were ending. It was one of

There were protests in Cairo on Friday but not on the scale the Muslim Brotherhood had called for. A week after a violent crackdown by the military

The authorities in Russia’s Far East – already under pressure from record floods – are expecting a further rise in water levels over the

Doctors and hospital staff in Greece have been on strike in protest at their government’s plans to close hospitals and lay off staff. The Greek

Swiss television station, RSI brings a report from Spain where the economic crisis has forced 27% of Spanish children below the poverty line. Many

Former American football player Aaron Hernandez was indicted on Thursday by a grand jury in Massachusetts on a charge of first-degree murder. The

The financial storms that in recent years gathered over advanced economies seem to have changed course this summer. Emerging markets, especially

Tunisian rapper Weld El 15 claims he was beaten by the police after a concert. His lawyer stated that police said he should be taken to court over

There is something fishy going on in Brazil. Ten tons of dead fish have been found floating in a Rio de Janeiro lake. Biologists said it was

Hollywood actor and Oscar winning director Ben Affleck is to be the new Batman. He is the eighth actor to take on the role of the caped crusader but

Ukraine’s President Victor Yanukovych have been in Kharkiv to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the city from the Nazis. The

In a surprise move, Microsoft’s Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has said he is to retire. It comes just weeks after he announced a massive

What makes parents and students prefer one school to the other? Good teaching is obviously a basic requirement, but what other qualities make a

“We have been very clear to the Assad regime and also to other players on the ground that a red line for us is : we start seeing a whole bunch of

Twin car bomb blasts have hit the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli killing at least 42 people and injuring over 500. The explosions happened

Brazil is the latest country to have to launch drastic measures to shore up its national currency. After the currency – the real – slipped to near

The number of children who have fled the conflict has now topped the one million mark. That according to the United Nations is half the total of

Microsoft Corp said on Friday that Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer would retire within the next 12 months, once it has selected a successor

Martin Luther King’s iconic “I have a dream” speech 50 years ago acted as a catalyst for the civil rights movement in the United States, a movement

The waiting game continues for UN inspectors in Damascus, though the pressure is mounting on Syria’s president to allow them to go and investigate an

At least 29 people are reported to have been killed and more than 350 injured in two bomb blasts in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, according

The German economy expanded strongly between April and June, thanks to broad-based domestic demand and solid exports. A 0.7 percent quarterly rise

Britain’s economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter of the year. Gross domestic product expanded 0.7 percent from the previous three

Police in Mumbai have launched a major manhunt after a 23-year-old photojournalist was gang-raped by five men. The woman was on assignment with a

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will return to court on Sunday to face charges of corruption and complicity in the killing of demonstrators

The trial of one of China’s leading politicians enters a second day following a dramatic opening, during which Bo Xilai denied all charges levelled

The number of children who have been forced to flee the conflict in Syria has topped the one million mark, according to the United Nations. The