The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill that eliminates the threat of a government shutdown through

Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah won stage ten of the Dakar Rally on Wednesday following a 631-kilometre special from Iquique to Antofagasta in

Voting in Egypt has ended in the second and final day of the referendum on the constitution. It’s the first vote in Egypt since the military ousted

It became one of the most iconic images of last year’s anti-government protests in Turkey’s Gezi Park. Now the police officer responsible for tear

In Nigeria at least 29 people have been killed when a car bomb exploded at a market in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday. Islamist

The key message from French President Francois Hollande may have been clouded by allegations in his personal life. But on Wednesday the economic

Despite calling for his private life to remain so, French President Francois Hollande’s alleged affair with actress and producer Julie Gayet remains

Skiers who like to go way, way off piste might like to consider hitting the slopes at the Masik Pass. What makes this resort stand-out as a skiing

If you find yourself a tad nauseated by the festival of backing-slapping and self-congratulation that is the Hollywood awards season, then the

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a celebrated resort in the German Alps that has played host to many elite international winter sports events. But

Opposition deputies threw buckwheat at deputy Viktor Pylypyshyn who they accuse of pandering for votes by giving pensioners “food sets” of buckwheat

Berthold Hinrichs from Northern Norway said he collided with a Humpback whale in his kayak on a daily trip in Gryllefjord at Senja last week. The

Britain’s finance minister George Osborne says European Union treaties have to be changed to protect member states like the UK that do not use the

Around 60 African migrants risked life and limb to scale the fence separating Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Melilla as dawn broke on Wednesday

They came in their thousands and queued for hours in freezing temperatures outside the Kazan Cathedral of the Novodevichy Convent in St. Petersburg

Britain has warned the EU must reform itself or slide into irrelevance in the face of emerging powers such as China and India. British Finance

The World Bank has raised its forecast for global growth this year, its first upgrade in three years. The poverty-fighting institution also

At least 17 children have been killed when their school bus collided with a truck in Pakistan. The children, aged between 10 and 16, had been

It could be any Turkish pop video, but the music of the band FiRock is rather different because lead singer Ahmet Muhsin Tuzer is an Islamic

The US National Security Agency has embedded spying software in 100,000 computers around the world to carry out surveillance on friend and foe alike

A raft of new anti-terrorism laws have been submitted to the Russian parliament – the Duma. State security services have been heavily involved in

Two senior al Qaeda suspects have been captured by Turkish police. The announcement comes after raids were carried out across six provinces on

Syrian refugees seem set for a boost in aid as countries have pledged more money to the United Nations to ease the humanitarian crisis. On

British tennis player Ross Hutchins has played many matches on the tennis courts, but last year he faced a different kind of battle, a battle for his

On the day that Mary Barra became the first ever female boss of a global carmaker, General Motors announced it will pay the first quarterly dividend

Germany’s economic growth was weaker than expected last year. GDP expanded by just 0.4 percent compared with 2012. That was its worst

Greece’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has defended his country taking over the EU presidency as it continues to grapple its ongoing debt

Police in Delhi have launched an investigation into an alleged gang rape of a Danish tourist. The 51-year-old woman was attacked after she lost her

Italy’s fashion titan Giorgio Armani set the scene for the upcoming Autumn-Winter collections with his Emporio Armani menswear show in Milan