The remains of unidentified victims of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York have been taken to Ground Zero ahead of the opening of a memorial museum

In a show of anger, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan heckled the head of the country’s bar association on Saturday, May 10. Erdogan

The driver of Hélène Pastor, the 77 year old head of one of Monaco’s wealthiest families, has died in hospital as a result of his injuries. The

Two firefighters have died after attempting to save a swan in the River Ourthe, in the southern Belgian region of Walloon. The first man got into

Gillian Backhouse from Australia has won the Chengdu World Cup triathlon in China. South African Wian Sullwald was the best of the men and

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Eurovision supporters, gathered in the 2014 host city of Copenhagen, have been predicting how the countries will vote in Saturday evening’s grand

Chinese Premier Li Keying is rounding off his first African tour in Nairobi, holding a series with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. The two leaders

Polling stations are being prepared across Donetsk for a referendum on Sunday, May 11. It has been called by the electoral commission of

France and Germany have warned Russia of further consequences if Ukraine’s presidential election on May 25 is cancelled. Both Chancellor Angela

An angry Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan heckled the head of the country’s bar association on Saturday, accusing him of rudeness for speaking

The international community is building pressure on the government of Nigeria to intensify efforts to locate the more than 250 schoolgirls kidnapped

Supporters of Yingluck Shinawatra have gathered in Bangkok to protest against her dismissal as prime minister for negligence. The supporters of

Greece’s Lailapas football club and Karsiyaka from Turkey have scheduled to meet on Saturday 10th of May, to play a game that started 84 years ago

The United Nations has joined the chorus of international outrage at the kidnapping of over 250 girls in Nigeria. The Security Council said it is

Tens of thousands of students protested in Chile in the first march demanding education reform since President Michelle Bachelet took power on

The Baku Grand Slam in Judo has kicked off with the world champion Munkhbat Urantsetseg from Mongolia taking gold in the under 48 kg class. She saw

Descendants of Chinese immigrant labourers who helped build America’s first transcontinental railway have seen them belatedly, but officially

Eleven former executives from Spain’s state-owned railway administrator Adif have been recalled as official suspects over last summer’s train crash

The African National Congress has been confirmed as the winner of South Africa’s election with 62.16 percent of the vote. The electoral commission

Italy’s highest court has upheld the mafia collusion conviction of a longtime adviser to former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Marcello

Sarajevo’s iconic City Hall has been re-opened, more than 20 years after being burnt down during the Bosnian war. Reconstruction of the building

A ceasefire deal has been signed between the South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel commander Riek Machar, after much international

Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest final is promising the usual mix of glitz and kitsch, with some controversy thrown in too. Bearded drag queen

Ukraine’s interior minister Arsen Avakov has said around 20 “terrorists” and one policeman were killed as armed pro-Russian separatists tried to