The EU has formally called on the Ukranian president to pardon his jailed opponent, Yulia Tymoshenko. The move is an attempt to end the stalemate

At least four people have been killed and a church set on fire during riots in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa. Riot police fired gunshots and

Divers looking for bodies, after a boat packed with Somali and Eritrean migrants capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, have called off their

Reports say at least five people have been killed in Egypt as supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi took to the streets to demand the end of

A Vietnamese general famous for masterminding victories against France and the US, has died at the age of 102. Vo Nguyen Giap defeated French

In the same week that Silvio Berlusconi was forced into a humiliating climbdown after failing to topple Italy’s government, the former prime

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned Turkey that it will pay a heavy price for backing the rebels fighting to topple his leadership

Nobody knows what is happening to the Labour market in the US. The US budget deadlock and the shutdown of government offices includes those that

FIFA has announced it is to begin a consultation process to discuss alternative dates for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. There are fears the severe

A mob in Madagascar has burnt two Europeans to death amid claims they were involved in organ trafficking for witchcraft. An angry crowd hunted down

Education around the world is changing and flourishing. From some of the best academic institutions with worldwide reputations to the smallest and

The architect of Vietnam’s military victories over the United States and France has died, aged 102, family members said. General Vo Nguyen Giap

The Netherlands has begun legal action against Russia after it seized a Greenpeace crew and their ship at gunpoint. The group were staging a

Pope Francis arrived in Assisi on Friday. He greeted sick and disabled people in the Italian hillside town where his namesake, Saint Francis

A supporter of Egypt’s deposed President Mohamed Mursi and his Muslim Brotherhood died of a gunshot wound in clashes near central Cairo, medical

Many Italians and people around the world were deeply shocked at the latest drowning deaths of illegal migrants off the coast of the island of

Divers are continuing their search for bodies after a boat packed with African migrants capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa. More than 100

Samsung continues to pull ahead in the highly competitive smartphone market. The South Korean tech giant is on track to post its second

Get ready for the next big social networking share sale. Twitter says it want to make its stock market debut to raise $1 billion – the equivalent

A Brazilian labour tribunal ordered construction at The Curitiba Stadium to be suspended on Tuesday following concerns over safety breaches. In her

Ridley Scott is the latest director to tackle American author Cormac McCarthy, whose ‘No Country for Old Men’, ‘The Road’, ‘Child of Men’ and ‘All

The assassination of the 35th President of the United States John Fitzgerald Kennedy in 1963 was one of the most dramatic and traumatic events in

THEY travelled thousands of miles to pay their respects, but their efforts could be in vain. Americans in France to visit a D-Day cemetery were

Thursday’s deadly boat disaster off Lampedusa has renewed pressure from Italy for more help from the European Union to combat the longstanding

In the quarter-century since Roddy Doyle wrote ‘The Commitments’, his hit first novel, it has been filmed and televised. Now it is a musical, adapted

Russian cinema has chosen ‘Stalingrad’ to be its first feature-length 3D movie; an appropriate choice for such an historic occasion, and helmed by

More than six years after the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, British police hope mobile phone records may trigger a breakthrough in their