2013-11-18

Gibraltar will become UEFA’s youngest and smallest member when they take on Slovakia in a friendly on Tuesday. The rocky territory, which was

French police have launched a manhunt for the suspect in a shooting at the Paris headquarters of newspaper Libération – and another outside bank

The civil war in the family of former vice president Dick Cheney between his two daughters, quietly building over the summer, has escalated into a

Google and Microsoft have formed a rare alliance to fight child pornography. The American Internet giants have joined together to prevent Internet

A German court has temporarily dropped an investigation into a Roman Catholic cleric known as the ‘Luxury Bishop.’ The inquiry was based on

French police detained, then released, four dental students on Monday after they sparked a terror alert at a hospital in Nice. The group were

The European Commission has pledged an extra seven million euros in humanitarian aid to help those hit by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

The German Chancellor has said that reports of US spying are straining transatlantic relations and putting a US-EU trade deal to the test. Angela

Amnesty International has urged world football’s governing body FIFA to put an end to the exploitation of migrant workers employed to build the

It was a positive start to the week for Chinese markets on the back of Beijing’s reform programme which includes the easing of the country’s one

French police have released images of the suspect they believe was responsible for two shootings in the capital city on November 18. A lone gunman

A series of tornadoes has ripped across the US Midwest, killing at least six people in the state of Illinois. Municipal authorities in Washington

One of the Greenpeace Arctic 30 detainees has been granted bail following a pre-trial hearing in St Petersburg. Russian Yekaterina Zaspa, served as

Chile’s presidential favourite Michelle Bachelet faces a run-off against her rival and childhood friend Evelyn Matthei next month. The left-wing

Hollywood has been honouring four of its brightest lights at the Governors Awards, an annual ceremony held ahead of the Oscars. Actress Angelina

Rock band Black Sabbath were the big winners of this year’s Classic Rock awards in London. The legendary band picked up three prizes including the

“Fatherland” is a controversial documentary that explores the fine line between patriotism and racism at the Kommandokorps or KK camps, South

Tensions in a row at Uralkali the world’s largest potash miner over the collapse of a sales cartel have eased. Russian tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov has

Sales have been impressive on the opening day of the Dubai Air Show. US giant Boeing leads the way with orders topping the 95 billion dollar mark

The trial has begun in London, with the swearing-in of the jury, of two young British-born converted Muslims accused of murder. They are accused of

The EU has postponed any decision on a planned trade deal with Ukraine, foreign ministers from the 28-member bloc said on Monday. Ministers had

More than two dozen people, mostly wedding guests, have been killed in Egypt as a goods train, a minibus and a truck collided in the desert in the

A German football club is testing special new sensors, that are placed on the players with the aim of collecting actionable data during

The UN says getting relief supplies to the millions affected by the Philippines typhoon is a “logistical nightmare” admitting that some areas have

Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who was hospitalised for nearly three months earlier this year with a lung infection, remains in

French President François Holland continued his tour of the Middle East on Monday morning by spending it with the Palestinian President Mahmoud

People watch Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s tallest and most active volcano, spewing lava as it erupts on the southern island of Sicily. It is the 16th