2014-04-30

Protests took place in the Nigerian capital on Wednesday, with demonstrators calling on security forces to search harder for 200 abducted

Atletico Madrid have reached the final of Europe’s top club competition for the first time in 40 years after beating Chelsea 3-1 in the Champions

Iraq held a democratic vote to choose a leader with no foreign troops present for the first time on Wednesday as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sought

Polls have closed in Iraq’s first national election since US forces withdrew in 2011. Prime minister Nuri al-Maliki was among the first to vote

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte threatened to take his country out of the eurozone. His stance was two years ago over planned reforms which were

Austerity is one of the hot topics in the European elections because of the serious social impact it has had on countries rescued by the Troika

Ukraine’s interim president, Oleksandr Turchynov, says the country’s armed forces have been put on full military alert, in case of a Russian

Thousands of people in Athens and other Greek cities received free food from market traders. Many had waited for hours and jostled and pushed to grab

General Electric remains the favourite to take over the energy business of French engineering group Alstom, but Germany’s Siemens is still in the

The team who are building the world’s fastest car have unveiled a new set of instruments and shown the cockpit of their vehicle for the very first

Ten years ago when Hungary celebrated joining the European Union, many people saw it as a fountain of good luck. Yes, membership offered great

Nuri al Maliki has been described by either supporters or detractors as boring and humble and politically hard and aggressive. In spite of his

British actor Bob Hoskins has died. A family statement said he died peacefully at hospital following a bout of pneumonia. He was 71. Hoskins

Eating kebabs cooked on outdoor grills in a popular pastime in China. But the smoky barbecues have been banned in Beijing. Food stalls have in the

EU institutions have marked the 10th anniversary of the bloc’s biggest enlargement in recent history. On the 1st of May 2004, 10 new countries

Jared Leto and his band '30 Seconds to Mars' are touring to promote their album ‘Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams’. Leto’s profile got a huge boost

New French heist flick ‘The Last Diamond’ stars Bérénice Bejo, who shot to fame in ‘The Artist’, and Yvan Attal, best known for his role in Steven

The German town of Goerlitz has a secret. Its picture post card looks, the neat and tidy buildings, the clean streets are in part down to one

The cast for Star Wars VII, to be directed by JJ Abrams, has been announced and fans of the force will breath a sigh of relief to hear original cast

The US economy barely grew in the first three months of this year, but that is being blamed on harsh winter weather, which hit everything from

Some 50,000 polling stations are operating across the country with 22 million Iraqis registered to vote. But the process is overshadowed by

A Canadian couple born in 1986 decided to spend one year with their young family living back in the year of their birth. No computers, Internet or

Iraq goes to the polls in the first election since US forces pulled out of the country three years ago. Security is extremely tight as Iraq is

It is claimed Americans soon won’t be able to boast “We’re number one” about their economy. The World Bank has said China could pass the United

Slowing momentum at Twitter has slammed its share price and revived investors’ concerns about its value and ability to grow its subscriber base

The International Monetary Fund has cut its growth forecast for Russia. The Fund’s mission chief to Moscow Antonio Spilimbergo said they expect the

British actor Bob Hoskins, who rose to fame for his performance in the film “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” and dozens of others, has died after a bout of

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s call for the extradition of Fetullah Gulen from the US has met with criticism. According to a treaty

Thailand’s prime minister and the country’s Election Commission agreed on Wednesday to hold an election in July despite the opposition’s reluctance