Ukraine Tymoshenko: 'only US and EU can stop Russian aggression in Ukraine' Yulia Tymoshenko, running for president in Ukraine’s election next month, has told euronews in an exclusive interview that her country needs Western 26/04/2014
Ukraine Russia offers to help free OSCE observers held by separatists in Ukraine Germany has welcomed a Russian offer to help efforts to free a group of European military observers in eastern Ukraine where they are being held by 26/04/2014
Sport Tributes to Tito Vilanova Tributes continue to flood in for former Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova who on Friday died aged 45 following a long battle with cancer. Flags have 26/04/2014
United Kingdom Dying British teenager raises over 3 million euros for cancer charity Just 19 and terminally ill, Stephen Sutton has raised over 3 million euros for teenage cancer care, smashing all records on a fundraising website 26/04/2014
Netherlands 'Queen's Day' for the Dutch becomes 'King's Day' The new monarch in the Netherlands, Willem- Alexander, took centre stage in ‘King’s Day’ celebrations on Saturday to mark his birthday. The change 26/04/2014
Germany Far-right NPD party forced to abandon Berlin march A march by Germany’s far-right NPD party in Berlin has been thwarted by counter demonstrators. Some 4,000 people turned out to block the rally 26/04/2014
Vatican Catholics not put off by bad weather forecast for popes' canonisation Hundreds of thousands of Catholics have been arriving in Rome ahead of Sunday’s historic canonisation of two former popes, John Paul II and John 26/04/2014
Senegal Former President Abdouleye Wade returns to Senegal Abdoulaye Wade is back – two years after losing Senegal’s presidency and leaving for France. Well-wishers in Dakar gave a rapturous reception to 26/04/2014
Poland From young priest to saint: Poland remembers Pope John Paul II Sunday’s canonisation of Pope John Paul II will carry a particular resonance in his native Poland – and especially in his hometown of 26/04/2014
Afghanistan NATO troops killed in UK helicopter crash in Afghanistan Five members of NATO’s forces in Afghanistan have been killed in a helicopter crash in the south of the country. The UK Ministry of Defence has 26/04/2014
Ukraine European observers detained in Ukraine are branded 'Nato spies' Pro-Russian activists say a group of European military observers seized by separatists in eastern Ukraine are ‘NATO spies’. In the separatist 26/04/2014
Korea Obama pursues Asian tour in Malaysia After South Korea, Malaysia…another stop on Barack Obama’s high stakes Asian tour. He hopes it will reassure regional allies about Washington’s 26/04/2014
Russia Google is a 'CIA project' says President Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged people not to use the Google search engine, saying that it is a CIA project. He was speaking at a media 26/04/2014
Argentina Shantytown residents in Buenos Aires go on hunger strike Representatives from 17 shantytowns in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires have begun a hunger strike. They are calling for improvements to their 26/04/2014
Ukraine Remembering the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 28 years on Ukrainians have been marking the 28th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the world’s worst nuclear accident. At around 1.26 am, the exact time 26/04/2014
Vatican Faithful flock to Rome ahead of double canonisation of popes Tourists and pilgrims have been flocking to St. Peter’s Square in Rome ahead of Sunday’s historic double canonisation of Popes John Paul II and John 26/04/2014
Ukraine Explosion at airport in eastern Ukraine blamed on pro-Russian separatists An airport in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine was attacked on Friday. An explosion at Kramatorsk airport destroyed a military helicopter and 26/04/2014
Ukraine Washington threatens new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine Germany and the United States have accused Russia of not respecting last week’s Geneva deal aimed at calming tensions in Ukraine. German Chancellor 26/04/2014