2014-04-20

Former US professional boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter, who spent nearly 20 years behind bars, wrongly convicted of murder, has died aged

Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah has extended his lead in the Afghan presidential race, according to the latest tally although half of the

Rescuers have called off the search for three sherpa guides who remain missing after the deadliest ever accident on Nepal’s Mount Everest killed at

After a 36 hour journey, the Dragon cargo ship has made an Easter Sunday delivery of food, science experiments and supplies to the crew aboard the

Air strikes on a training camp in southern Yemen have killed up to 30 suspected al Qaeda fighters, in the second such operation in the country in two

In this week’s edition of ‘Speed’ David Martin takes us through the thrills and spills of Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix – where 2008 world champion

The funeral has taken place of a teacher hailed a hero as the number confirmed dead in South Korea’s ferry disaster rose to 58, with 244 people still

Pope Francis has used his Easter address to denounce the “immense wastefulness” in the world while many go hungry. A crowd of at least 150,000

It is no ordinary Easter for Ukraine’s Orthodox Christians. The country’s crisis is felt particularly at St Michael’s Cathedral in Kyiv, where

With China now the world’s largest car market, the Beijing’s annual automobile show has become an unmissable event for car makers. US car giant

In what could be a big blow to Ukraine’s Easter truce, Russian state media says five people have been killed in a gun attack on a pro-Russian

Four French journalists held hostage in Syria for more than 10 months have returned home. Freshly shaved and beaming, Nicolas Henin, Pierre Torres

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent day four of their Australian tour in Queensland, visiting a Royal Australian Air Force Base and attending a

Relatives of the missing passengers of the ship that sank off South Korea’s coast prayed on Saturday at Paengmok Port, the main rescue operation port.

Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have spent some of their fifth day of their Australian tour at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. After taking part in a

Australia has revealed images of a robotic submarine that’s taking part in the search for the missing Malaysia airliner as the hunt enters its 44th

There appears to have been a failure in the Easter truce in Ukraine. Russian state television is reporting that five people have been killed in an

This year’s season-ending World Cup dressage and show jumping finals have returned to France for the first time in over 22 years with Lyon replacing

Every year on the evening before Orthodox Easter, the sky above Greek island Chios lights up with hundreds of celebratory rockets fired between two

South Korean divers retrieved a further thirteen bodies from inside a sunken ferry on Sunday, bringing the official death toll to 49. Each body was

“The 33rd Istanbul Film Festival came to an end after 15 days of movies, film makers and cinema,” said Euronews correspondent Wolfgang

Russian Orthodox Easter is being celebrated throughout Russia and at tens of thousands of churches across the

A prominent television talk show host is in hospital after being shot and injured in Pakistan. Hamid Mir works for Geo television and was in a