2014-05-21

Three journalists, including a Briton, have been detained in Ukraine. The British Foreign Office confirmed freelance reporter, Graham Phillips

The National September 11 Memorial Museum has opened its doors to the public in New York. Located at the spot that became known as Ground Zero

Racism in football has reared its ugly head again in Italy. AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli has been racially abused by a fan as he was training

As some 600,000 fans get ready to travel to Brazil for the World Cup, two Brazilians are making plans to leave the country and relive a World Cup

In east Ukraine, government officials have accused pro-Russian separatists of seizing election commission offices in a bid to derail Sunday’s

It is almost make-your-mind up time in the Netherlands and Britain. Both vote this Thursday in European Parliament elections, leading the way for

Despite construction delays and spiralling hosting costs which has led to several and often violent protests there was some good news for World Cup

The International Criminal Court in The Hague has rejected Libya’s bid to prosecute Saif al-Islam Gaddafi on home turf. The son of former Libyan

Britain’s Prince Charles has landed himself in hot water after he reportedly compared Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler over Russia’s annexation of

Tiffany’s shares sparkled as brightly as its diamonds as the jewelry chain raised its full-year profit forecast and reported better-than-expected

Some 20,000 thousand police offers and military troops are to be deployed in Rio De Janeiro to bolster security for the fast-approaching World

A group of young Iranians arrested for posting a homemade tribute to Pharrell Williams’ hit song ‘Happy’ have reportedly been released on bail

Just weeks ahead of kick-off at the World Cup homeless demonstrators in Sao Paulo set buses alight in the latest wave of protests against the high

Dubbed the ‘Chocolate King’, he looks set to become Ukraine’s next president. But Petro Poroshenko’s likely triumph and Sunday’s election itself

The Bulgarian government is expected to face a tough test in this Sunday’s European Parliament elections with a poor result for the ruling coalition

The influential travel and dining review website TripAdvisor is under scrutiny in Italy following complaints from consumers as well as hotel and

In terms of scale, the European elections rival those in the US or India: 380 million people called upon to vote for a continent’s new

Netflix is to launch its online movie and TV subscription service later this year in more European countries. The US company’s major push into new

EBay has asked users to change their passwords following a cyberattack that compromised one of its databases. The US firm said the database was

Weather conditions in the Balkans may have stabilised, but flooding is creating its own problems. Following the heaviest rainfall since records

The grand Opera House in Damascus was built to stage the best artists in the Arab world, but the civil war that has engulfed Syria since 2011 has

They were the New Romantics of British pop, who seduced fans around the world in the 1980s with enduring hits like ‘True’ and ‘Gold’. Now Spandau

When you think of the Cannes Film Festival, you think of those red carpet movies everyone is talking about. But the event is also an opportunity

China’s Lenovo has announced its net profit grew 29 percent for the business year that just ended, to the equivalent of 597.5 million euros

Yet another recall by General Motors – the 29th so far this year. Drivers of nearly 2.5 million vehicles worldwide will have to take them in to

Kenyan riot police on Tuesday clashed with university students in Nairobi after demonstrations over a proposed increase in student fees turned

People in Thailand remained calm on Tuesday, following the army’s imposition of martial law in a surprise move it said was aimed at keeping the

China and Russia have signed an important natural gas supply deal estimated to be worth over 290 billion euros. Russian President Vladimir Putin