2014-04-09

Manchester United are out of the Champions League after being beaten 3-1 on the night by Bayern Munich in Bavaria. United took the lead after

After a year and a half of inconclusive and controversial hearings, Democrats in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday demanded an end to a

Two car bombs have ripped through the besieged central Syrian city of Homs, killing at least 21 people, including women and children. More than 100

Arab foreign ministers have held an emergency meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. They called on the US to step up their efforts to

Day one of stage four of the 28th edition of the Marathon Des Sables the 37 kilometres between Oued Moungarf and Ba Hallou in Morocco. The stage

Next year should, if all goes well, see the first round-the-world flight by a plane that uses no fuel whatsoever. Solar Impulse 2 is the new

At his murder trial, Oscar Pistorius has been forced to look at a forensic photo of his dead girlfriend’s head after it was hit by one of the bullets

An appeal to identify a man found suffering from amnesia in a snowdrift near Oslo has drawn some “interesting leads”, say police. The man

International authorities are closely involved in the outbreak of the ebola virus in Guinea, West Africa, which was officially announced on February

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has informed several European leaders about the “critical situation” over Ukraine’s natural gas debt and about a

German industry will still be exempt from bearing most of the costs of the country’s switch to renewable energy under a deal with the EU. Germany

Russia could face punishment at the Council of Europe on Thursday over its annexation of Crimea. Europe’s top human rights watchdog will decide

Talks in Vienna between world powers and Iran have ended amid mixed messages. The two days of meetings were aimed at paving the way towards a

International financial markets are watching closely as Greece’s government tests the water by borrowing up to 2.5 billion euros. It does not need

Scientists have quashed internet suggestions a strange light picked up on Mars is a UFO. NASA’s rover, Curiosity, captured images of a bright

Britain’s Imperial War Museum is launching its first major exhibition to mark the centenary of World War One. Entitled ‘From Street to Trench:

North Korea’s newly-selected parliament met for the first time on Wednesday in Pyongyang. It was the first time that North Korea has reassembled its

World wine production rose sharply last year, even as global consumption stagnated. South Africa, Chile, New Zealand and Spain increased their

Greece is to issue its first sovereign bonds in four years on Thursday, as the country seeks to send a message to the financial world that it is

Russian paratroopers have landed on a drifting ice floe in the Arctic Ocean. Never before in modern times have the Russian military exercised

A 16-year-old boy is suspected of going on a stabbing rampage at a high school in Pennsylvania. Armed with two knives it appears he walked down

Culture Secretary Maria Miller has resigned in the latest row over parliamentary expenses to hit British politics. The minister’s contested

Belgium has become the latest country to destroy its stockpile of illegal ivory, sending a message to smugglers who kill elephants for their tusks

In a first for Romania, a television station dedicated exclusively to the Roma community has been launched. Available online now, the plan is for

Prosecutors have urged long prison sentences for a mother and her lover who stand accused of drowning a toddler in a bucket. Norwegian Yasmin

German imports climbed in February. Adjusted for seasonal factors like weather, imports were up by 0.4 percent at 77.6 billion euros. That took

Six Japanese banks are suing Olympus over the camera and medical equipment maker huge accounting scandal. They want 27.9 billion yen (198 million