2014-01-24

The Syrian government and opposition have agreed to discuss a possible deal this weekend to provide humanitarian access to the besieged city of Homs

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is considering only partially freezing a bill designed to restructure the Turkish court

The impending arrival by sea of Syrian chemical weapons has led to widespread protests in southern Italy. The toxic cargo is due to be transfered

AS Monaco has paid fifty million euros to the French Football Federation to end a tax dispute. The club plays in the French league, but as Monaco

In a big week in sport for Russia, Fabio Capello has committed to coaching their national football team until the end of the 2018 World Cup. In a

The big news of the week in the financial world was that the International Monetary Fund has raised its forecast for the global economy. It says

What started in Kyiv is quickly spreading. A wave of government administration buildings have been seized by protesters in mainly pro-European Union

As the World Economic Forum neared its conclusion in Davos Switzerland, the business, political and academic participants remained mostly cautious

The UN mediator for the Syrian peace talks Lakhdar Brahimi is encouraged by the discussions he has had so far with the Syrian government and the

The Ukrainian president says concessions are on the cards. After a meeting today with the EU’s Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele earlier

Thousands of anti-government demonstrators remain on the streets of the Ukraine capital, Kyiv, in the wake of the widely perceived failure of crisis

In South Sudan’s humanitarian crisis, almost half a million people have fled their homes, according to the United Nations. Around 17,000 people are

Davos is not only home of the super rich this week, there is also a strong contingent of humanitarian organisations. Their representatives rub

In alpine skiing, Germany’s Maria Höfl-Riesch has extended her World Cup lead with a downhill win at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. The German started

Three years ago, on 25 January, 2011, angry Egyptians demanded their ruler of 30 years step down. For 18 days, they demonstrated in central Cairo for

In Syria the fighting continues.Unverified images – released on the internet and said to have been shot in Aleppo and Damascus – seem to show rebel

In this edition of Learning World we see how three approaches are making the daily handling of money and financial affairs a core subject in

Paris Fashion Week has come to a close in the French capital. Among the final shows, the Armani Privé‘s metallic ‘One Night Only’ collection lit

Whether they will get lucky with their catchy single remains to be seen on Sunday – French electro duo Daft Punk are among the frontrunners for this

2014 looks set to be a great year for family outings to the cinema. Coming out in February ‘The Lego movie’ is the first-ever full-length Lego

It was 30 years ago that Steve Jobs launched the Apple Mac, taking it out of its canvas bag at the Flint Center auditorium in Silicon Valley’s

As thousands of anti-government protesters take to the streets of Kiev, one Ukrainian student has started a demonstration of her own. Victoria says

Argentina’s government has said it is to loosen strict foreign exchange controls. The announcement came one day after the country’s peso currency

An al-Qaeda-inspired militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis claims that it has carried out a deadly bomb attack on police headquarters in Cairo. The

In Geneva, Syrian peace talks are on the verge of collapse before they begin. The talks are aimed at stopping a conflict that has killed more than

The French president has visited Pope Francis at the Vatican. Francois Hollande has visited Rome several times since his election, but this was his

Samsung has posted its first quarterly profit decline in two years .. The world’s biggest smartphone maker suffered slowing sales of those

Microsoft made a bigger-than-expected quarterly profit on strong sales of its software and services for businesses, plus a solid holiday season for

An art exhibition that charts Greece’s ever-evolving relationship with the sea has opened in Brussels. Nautilus: Navigating Greece features