A bitter blow for Germany’s liberal party the FDP. Based on exit polls they have failed to reach the five percent needed to get seats in

France cruised to their first major basketball title on Sunday after thrashing three-time champions Lithuania to win the European Championships in

The death toll from an attack by terrorists on a Nairobi shopping mall on Saturday afternoon has reached 68. Kenya’s Red Cross says another nine

The new Iranian president says Tehran is ready for negotiations with Western powers provided they set no pre-conditions.  Hassan

Switzerland has voted to keep its mandatory military service. 73 percent of people were in favour of keeping it, despite a campaign to make

Thousands of Romanians have formed a human chain around Parliament to protest against plans by a Canadian firm to set up Europe’s biggest open-cast

Kenya’s president has said he believes that security forces will soon be able to “neutralise the terrorists” who have taken over a Nairobi shopping

A Chinese court has sentenced ousted former rising star in the ruling Communist Party Bo Xilai to life in prison. He was convicted of corruption

Sebastian Vettel steered himself closer to a fourth world title on Sunday by winning the Singapore Grand Prix for a third consecutive season. Under

Two suicide bombers have killed at least 56 people and left 100 wounded outside a church in Pakistan. It happened in the north-western city of

Dutch rider Joost Wichman kept his composure to clinch the mountain biking Four Cross World Championship in Austria on Saturday. In front of 5,000

Angela Merkel’s conservatives look set to fall just short of an historic absolute majority – despite their strongest performance in a German national

Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, has cast her vote in the country’s national elections. She is widely expected to win a third term, although

At least 59 people have died and 175 people have been injured after armed gunmen faced off with Kenyan police and soldiers inside an upscale Nairobi

Over 61.8 million people are eligible to vote in Germany’s parliamentary elections, with polls stations open until 8pm tonight. Chancellor Angela

A Chinese court has sentenced former rising star in the ruling Communist Party Bo Xilai to life in prison. He was convicted of corruption

The funerals of some of the over 70 people killed in a double suicide bomb attack in Baghdad on Saturday have begun to take place. The victims

France will get another crack at winning their first major basketball title on Sunday when they take on Lithuania in the final of the European

Freezing waters, electric wires and lots of mud were on the menu for some 3 000 brave men and women who this weekend took part in the inaugural ‘Mud

Polls have opened in Germany’s parliamentary elections and will close at 8pm tonight. 62 million people are eligible to vote in the European Union’s

A Chinese court has sentenced ousted senior politician Bo Xilai to life in prison. He was found guilty of corruption, embezzlement and abuse of

Kenyan security forces are locked in a standoff with gunmen who launched an assault on a Nairobi shopping centre, killing at least 39

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has condemned the perpetrators of an attack at a Nairobi shopping centre. He said some of his relatives were among