2013-10-26

The Czech election has left a rather fragmented result. With all the ballots in, the Social Democrats are ahead with 20 percent, not enough to govern

Student protesters clashed with police in the Turkish capital Ankara during a demonstration against urban development. Riot police used smoke

Thousands of demonstrators have been protesting across Portugal against salary cuts and public sector reforms imposed by the government under the

Switzerland’s Lara Gut kept her composure to clinch the opening race of the World Cup skiing season at the women’s giant slalom in Soelden, Austria

The Italian coastguard has released a video of its night-time rescue of more than 130 migrants off the coast of Sicily early on October 26. Those

One-time Yugoslav First Lady Jovanka Broz has been given a state burial in Belgrade. The widow of former Communist leader Josip Broz Tito, she died

Mount Etna has erupted again, creating a plume of ash visible throughout much of eastern Sicily. Authorities said the nearby airspace was briefly

Armed gunmen, believed to be rebels from the Renamo opposition movement, staged another attack in Mozambique on Saturday October 26. The assault

Several Saudi women risked arrest by taking part in a protest against a ban on females driving on October 26. They got behind the wheel and posted

France has released images from Mali of a joint operation between its forces, together with UN and Malian troops. The French Ministry of Defence

Early exit polls for the Czech elections see the left-wing Social Democrats party in the lead with 22.78 percent of the votes. If victorious

The Eiffel Tower was briefly closed to the public on Saturday morning – after a Greenpeace demonstrator suspended himself from the second tier of the

After three months without a proper administration, opinion polls suggest that the Czech Republic will vote the left-wing Social Democrats into

In the same week UN experts called for greater transparency on US drone strikes, it has been revealed that top Pakistani officials have been secretly

In Georgia presidential candidates have held their final rallies ahead of the run-off on Sunday. The election marks the end of the nine-year rule

Fighting has erupted in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between M23 rebels and the army. It comes after peace talks broke down following two

Vote-counting has begun in Madagascar’s first presidential election since the 2009 military-backed takeover. The country hopes it will encourage

The Caucasus republic of Georgia turns a political page this Sunday with a presidential election that will mark the end of a chapter under outgoing

Further protests have flared up in Brazil following an announcement about a new transport plan for its largest city. Masked protesters attacked up

Can trust be restored? This was the question European leaders were asking in Brussels as one allegation of US spying after another was revealed this

Tsunami warnings have been lifted in Fukushima and the surrounding coastal region after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck 320km off the coast of

As voting draws to an end in the Czech Republic, polls point to a swing to the left. Leader of the Social Democrats Bohuslav Sobotka will be buoyed

Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 young children and six adults were killed last year in one of America’s worst ever school shootings, is being

If Saudi women defy a ban to get behind the wheel on Saturday, they will be punished, the government has warned. Though laws do not explicitly