As many as 95.5 percent of the electorate in Crimea have voted to join Russia. That comes after 50 percent of votes had been counted. According

Party time in Simferopol. The polls had hardly closed in Crimea’s capital and the streets were filled with music and national flags. Voters, families

German Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday. Although teammate Lewis Hamilton made a stuttery start

Alexsander Vucic’s centre right Progessive Party has won an estimated 50 percent of votes cast in Serbia’s snap election, according to exit

For the first time in 12 years, Austria celebrated a double victory in the Alpine Skiing World Cup thanks to Marcel Hirscher and Anna Fenninger who

Pro-Kremlin protesters have taken control of the prosecutors office in the eastern Ukranian city of Donetsk. In addition demonstrators have

Pro-Russian protests in Donetsk and Kharkiv.have handed Ukraine’s interim government a fresh headache. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Interim Prime Minister

A Russian military operation that raised tension with Ukraine has in part led to what is being called, “a truce” between the two countries in Crimea

In Paris, pollution has reached such hazardous levels the French government has restricted car use. From Monday, only vehicles with specific

The hunt for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has widened and become more difficult, Malaysia’s defence and acting transport minister Hishammuddin

Yevpatoria, a resort town 60 kilometers from Crimea’s capital Simferopol, is very much split over the referendum. Ethnic Tatars have called for a

Poacher turned gamekeeper – Alexsander Vucic has cast his vote in Serbia’s snap parliamentary elections. Polls suggest the one time ultra-nationalist

The hunt for missing flight MH370 has widened and become more difficult, Malaysia’s transport minister has said. At a news conference, Minister

95,5% of Crimean voters backed union with Russia during referendum condemned as illegal by US and EU

Gunmen killed more than 100 people in an attack on three villages in central Nigeria, an area where longstanding disputes over land, religion and

In Crimea, voting is underway in a controversial referendum that will decide whether the peninsula rejoins Russia, or stays in Ukraine. The Black

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right National Front party, has said the rise of Greece’s far-right party Golden Dawn is a result of the

Brian O’Driscoll ended his international career on a title-winning note when Ireland beat France 22-20 in the final round of matches to win the Six

The EU and US have both refused to recognise the referendum in Crimea, but the outcome, ‘Yes’ to joining Russia, seems a mere formality. Despite

Amid fresh clashes in Caracas, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has warned anti-government protesters that he could send security forces in to

He was the favourite going into Slovakia’s presidential poll and he has come out on top but Prime Minister Robert Fico’s lead over his chief rival

As a refocused search continues for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, now officially thought to have been deliberately diverted, the mystery

Pro-Russia demonstrators have stormed the local headquarters of Ukraine’s security service in the eastern city of Donetsk. They urged police to