China’s supreme court has issued a document saying officials must no longer use torture to extract confessions from suspects. It specified that

Technology giant Samsung must pay rival Apple €215 million in damages, a US jury has ruled. The verdict was announced after a federal court retrial

Opposition MPs in Ukraine are up in arms over the suspension of negotiations on a trade pact with the European Union, just a week before it was due

Four people died and dozens have been left trapped after a supermarket roof collapsed in Latvia, rescuers said. It happened at a Maxima supermarket

Several major environmental groups, including Greenpeace and WWF, have walked out of UN climate talks in Warsaw. They say there is too little

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made it clear that a minimum wage is likely to be introduced. Although Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) have

The last contender in the big console battle enters the fray at midnight in Europe as Microsoft launches its Xbox One. The next-generation console

Engineers at Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant have removed the first of the site’s fuel rods. The delicate and risky work will take around

Monty Python are not dead they are just restin’ – but not anymore. The cult comedy troupe are to make their much anticipated return to the stage

A massive Boeing Dreamlifter cargo plane has mistakenly landed at a tiny Kansas airport. The aircraft was due to land at the McConnell air force

The chances of Ukraine signing a trade pact with Brussels next week are over, according to EU envoy Aleksander Kwasniewski. “The accord will not

After two months of being held in a Russian jail, 26 of the so-called ‘Arctic 30’ Greenpeace protesters have been released on bail. One other has

Amid tight security Afghan tribal elders are Kabul to attend the Loya Jirga to debate a key post-2014 security pact. If the general assembly

Opposition MPs in Ukraine are up in arms over the suspension of negotiations on a trade pact with the European Union, just a week before it was due

Less than a week after the International Olympic Committee revealed it was re-testing samples from the 2006 Torino Games, their president Thomas Bach

A man in Saudi Arabia has been arrested for giving out ‘free hugs’ in the capital, Riyadh. Abdulrahman al-Khayyal and his friend, who have since

The Greek government has unveiled a new 2014 budget which predicts a bigger-than-expected primary surplus and lower unemployment. In a revised

Protesters have gathered outside an Istanbul court in a rally for justice for Mehmet Ayvalitas. The 20-year-old was killed when a vehicle rammed

The artistic dialogue between Persia and Europe is at the heart of a new exhibition in the Swiss city of Zurich. It explores the way Europe and

Three women were held as slaves in London for more than 30 years, police say. The trio – a 69-year-old Malaysian woman, a 57-year-old Irish woman

Japan has a new island after a volcano erupted under the ocean, pushing a mass of earth above the surface. The event which happened far to the

The Cologne Fine Art Fair is one of Europe’s biggest events of the kind, showcasing ancient, modern and decorative art. It’s an opportunity for

Keanu Reeves is back as a samurai in “47 Ronin”, a movie inspired by a classic Japanese folktale. Based on the true story of a group of samurais

The University of Nicosia (UNic) in Cyprus is the first educational institution worldwide to accept tuition fees payment in bitcoins. Speaking

A court in Milan has released a document proving that former Italy prime minister Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex with dancer Karima El Mahroug, known

The French government has called on farmers to lift road blockades immediately after two separate accidents which killed a fireman and left six

After half of century of military dictatorship, is Myanmar really on the road to democracy? The country, also known as Burma, has started opening

Ukraine has suspended negotiations with the European Union on a landmark trade association agreement that Brussels had hoped would be signed next