MEPs from Poland, Germany and Spain have visited Kyiv to show their support for the pro-EU protests. The visits come amid fresh demonstrations

Sunday is a day of prayer in South Africa as the country enters a week of mourning ahead of the state funeral and burial of Nelson Mandela. The

French film director and screenwriter Edouard Molinaro has died, aged 85. Best-known for his comedies, Molinaro was nominated for an Academy Award

If you are Hungarian and facing a meagre Christmas then pop along to the Santa Factory in central Budapest where for the last nine years a charity

A rare video has emerged showing one of Nelson’s Mandela’s friends and former prison mates speaking publicly about his last days. Anti-apartheid

French giants Marseille have sacked manager Elie Baup following their disappointing 1-0 home defeat to Nantes on Friday. The 52-year-old, who was

An appeals court in Egypt has overturned sentences given to 21 women, accused of taking part in a protest in support of deposed President Mohamed

The American actress Hayden Panettiere has appeared alongside her Ukrainian fiancée, the boxer Vladimir Klitschko, to deliver a message of support to

North Korea has released American war veteran Merill E. Newman after more than a month’s detention in the country. Newman had been visiting North

More than 300 people are now known to have died in the outbreak of violence in the Central African Republic, which the French and African Union are

Both Russian and Ukrainian governments say Moscow and Kyiv have not signed an agreement when the two countries’ presidents met on Friday. The

In front of the modest brick house of his childhood, people in the small village of Nelson Mandela’s formative years have been paying tribute. In

The Kremlin says Moscow and Kyiv have not signed an agreement on reducing Russian gas prices, and did not discuss Ukraine’s possible membership of a

Its chief Roberto Azevedo calls it a deal to put the “world” back in World Trade Organisation. There were cheers in the conference hall as the

A Fender Stratocaster guitar once strummed by Bob Dylan has been sold at auction for almost one million euros. It marked a moment in his musical

In Mexico police have detained six men suspected of stealing a truck carrying medical equipment, which included a radioactive element. They are all

Denmark and Norway have offered naval boats to transport chemical weapons out of Syria. It is part of an international deal which will see the

People in South Africa are gearing up for a week of events to mark the passing of the man considered to be the father of the nation. Outside Nelson

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reached an historic deal on global commerce. The agreement confirmed in Bali, Indonesia, reduces barriers to

As the dark nights draw in, the French city of Lyon provides a little light relief. The annual Fête des Lumières held over four days in December is

A demonstration to mark the fifth anniversary of the killing of a teenager turned violent in Greece, after clashes broke out between police and