Dozens were injured as clashes in the Bosnian town of Tuzla ran into a second day on Thursday. Sparked by the closure of factories and firms in the

It is a deal that has divided Hungary. As parliament backed controversial plans to expand the country’s only nuclear power plant, opposition Green

Israeli police have clashed with ultra-Orthodox Jews angry at cuts in funding to their theological schools and a crackdown on those trying to avoid

He was happy to join in the festive spirit for the Games by running along dressed in a colourful tracksuit at an Olympic parade in Sochi. But the

The 64th Berlin Film Festival opened with a muted fanfare on Thursday, with the gala overshadowed by the death this week of celebrated US actor

MEPs have asked EU governments to prepare sanctions against members of the Ukrainian government. The non-binding motion calls for travels bans, as

Twitter’s shares swooped sharply lower after the social media darling reported a big slowdown in user growth. Its first quarterly results as a

Hospitals in northern and central Portugal are being inundated with flu cases. Many sufferers are needing to be admitted for treatment and

It is designed to be faster than the speed of sound and undetectable by radar. Britain’s unmanned Taranis stealth drone, which is being developed

He is known as Japan’s Beethoven but iconic composer Mamoru Samuragochi, who claims he is deaf, has admitted that his work is not his own. He says

A Harley-Davidson given to Pope Francis and bearing his signature has gone under the hammer in Paris for 241,500 euros. The price at auction was

The Spanish cargo ship smashed into pieces on the southwestern French coast symbolises Europe’s extreme weather, with more storms, floods and snow

Scientists at the Riken Centre for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan, have developed a new way of producing stem cells by exposing blood cells to

The Netherlands must leave the European Union to boost its economy and stop the flow of immigrants into the country, says outspoken Dutch MP Geert

The European Central Bank has left interest rates at a record low at 0.25 percent, but said it remained ready to act in the face of risks to the

A vote in Turkey’s parliament to tighten government control over the internet has sparked condemnation at home and abroad. It will mean that

Robocop is back, revamped and ready for action. This time the story is set in Detroit, in the year 2028. The film was premiered in London, with

Retromobile is a car show in Paris dedicated to vintage motors, and this year the spotlight is on cars once owned by Indian Maharajahs. For one

MEPs have told European Union governments to come up with a stronger plans to save failed banks in Europe. A backstop of 55 billion euros has been

At least seven people have drowned when a group of 200 migrants tried swimming from the Moroccan mainland to Morocco’s Spanish enclave of

A Swedish man has designed a coffin with built-in speakers linked to a music playlist that can be updated by the living. Music and video equipment

To the surprise of many, the Latin-language Twitter account of Pope Francis @Pontifex_ln is growing fast, having attracted more than 210,000

Big names in the electronics and transport world are making major job cuts. Sony is reducing its payroll by 5,000 – just over three percent of

As the World Food Programme flies vital supplies from Iraq into war-torn Syria, a deal may finally have been reached to allow aid into the besieged

The Olympic torch has been taking a tour around Sochi ahead of the Winter Games official opening on Friday. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

In the final sprint before the Sochi winter Olympics begin, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned sexual discrimination and attacks on