Russia mobilised around 150,000 troops for military exercises on Monday close to St Petersburg. Officials said the exercise was to “check the

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 77, who suffered a stroke last year, has officially declared his candidature for the April presidential

Seventy-five days after a transplant of the world’s first artificial heart, the Carmat, the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris has announced

Two Egyptian policemen have been jailed for 10 years for beating a blogger to death in Alexandria in 2010, one of the trigger events for the uprising

Welcome to the Corner. Our look at the weekends top football matches from across the European continent. Wembley, London, England is our first

The European Socialists picked Martin Schulz on Saturday to be their preferred candidate to become the next president of the European

Ukraine’s economy has been taken hostage by the security situation. That is the message from Ukraine’s prime minister to around 1,000 business

Pro-Russian protesters in Ukraine have occupied the regional government building in the eastern city of Donetsk. They stormed the building on

EU is keeping the threat of sanctions over Russia, if it fails to take actions to de-escalate the situation in Ukraine. At a meeting of foreign

For the first time Belgium is adopting a scheme that’s been tried elsewhere when a new prison has been built; inviting justice system professionals

At last some good news for struggling French car company PSA Peugeot Citroen. The makers say its sleek, elegant with every last detail designed to

There are more of them, amounts are higher, they come from a greater number of countries and if you want to join them in the top 20you will need a

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has not issued an ultimatum to Ukrainian forces in Crimea to surrender by 5 a.m. on Tuesday or face an assault, Interfax

Russia has denied it has any plans to launch an assault on Ukranian military bases in Crimea. Earlier, news agency Interfax reported that the

So-called security cameras recorded commandos slipping into the Crimean parliament building in Simferopol unopposed, last Thursday. This is the

“Hromadske TV” — this means public, socially responsible TV in Ukrainian. The channel launched several days before the end of November when central

Russian gas – a weapon of strength or of weakness in the Ukraine crisis? Gazrpom has indicated it may raise prices for Kyiv in the next quarter

Anti-government protests in Thailand have moved to a central Bangkok park, allowing traffic to circulate freely after a month-long blockade shut down

At least eleven people have been killed after gunmen burst into a court before detonating two bombs in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. It threatened

Iran is complying with demands to reduce its nuclear stocks, but much work remains to be done – that is the view of the UN’s nuclear watchdog chief

An exhibition showing the lives of every day Belgians under the German occupation during WW1 has opened in Brussels. It marks the centenary of the

Japanese giant Sony unveiled its new Xperia Z2 smartphone at the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Its latest innovation provides

Political turmoil has sent shock waves across the Russian economy. Moscow stock markets opened on Monday with the country’s benchmark index recording

In Geneva, during talks with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has firmly defended the Kremlin’s policy in

The city of Kunming in the south of China, close to Vietnam is still reeling from a violent knife attack on the city’s train station which left at

NASA congratulates everyone involved with producing the movie “Gravity” for all of the Oscar wins, especially Alfonso Cuarón for winning “Best

Britain’s Foreign Minister William Hague called for a strong international response to Russia’s de facto control of Ukraine’s Crimea region

In Crimea, Russia’s grip of the region shows no signs of ending any time soon. For the moment the standoff with Ukrainian troops remains peaceful