The Queen and French President Francois Hollande laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris on Thursday to mark the 70th anniversary

On June 6, 1944, around 160,000 Allied troops crossed the English Channel and stormed the beaches of Normandy. German soldiers, tricked into

French President Francois Hollande has hosted separate dinners with his US and Russian counterparts. The meals were planned to avoid a direct

Simona Halep has secured her spot in the French Open final after seeing off Germany’s Andrea Petkovic 6-2 7-6. The fourth-seed Romanian player will

With the start of the World Cup less than a week away (June 12), the eyes of much of the global football community are upon… the United

German chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian president-elect Petro Poroshenko gave a joint statement ahead of their meeting in Berlin on Thursday

A regional politician in India has claimed rape is a social crime that is “sometimes right, sometimes wrong”. Babulal Gaur’s comments come amid a

Royal Canadian Mounted Police have intensified a manhunt after three officers were shot dead and two injured in a rare case of gun violence in the

Famous boxer and leader of the UDAR party Vitali Klychko has been sworn in as Mayor of Kyiv. The ceremony was held in one of the government

Mexico has one of the highest deforestation rates in the world. It loses about 330,000 hectares of forest per year due to illegal logging and

The first commemorations to mark D-Day have taken place in Normandy on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Allied invasion of occupied

‘Cartoonists, Foot Soldiers of Democracy’ looks at the work of political cartoonists, mainly through the eyes of Plantu, who works for France’s Le

After threatening Moscow with further sanctions over the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, the G7 leaders will come face to face with Russian President

‘Korengal’ is a second documentary from the maker of the 2010 film ‘Restrepo’. The setting is again the war in Afghanistan and the same valley

Maria Sharapova has reached the final of the French Open for the third successive year after overcoming Eugenie Bouchard in a hard-fought semi-final

What’s the best way to show the world how dedicated you are to your country? According to Brazil fanatic Nelson Paviotti it involves wearing nothing

There are now an estimated 2.5 million Syrian refugees scattered across neighbouring countries, including many artists. Rabee Kiwan is one of

Medhi Nemmouche, a French national suspected of shooting dead three people in the Brussels Jewish Museum, is formally opposing extradition to

Barcelona City Hall will cede the use of the disputed Can Vies building for the next two years or more. Under the district’s urban plan the land

A police operation in Italy has seen 31 people arrested on suspicion of murder, mafia conspiracy, racketeering and drugs and arms

Italy, Latvia and the United Kingdom are among Europe’s worst for long-term drug use, according to a new study. One-in-ten adults in Italy are

The United States remain optimistic of making it through to the group stages despite being drawn alongside Germany, Portugal and Ghana. With

Japan may lack the muscle of Group C favourites Colombia but the Asian side managed by Alberto Zaccheroni will hope that an attacking 4-2-3-1

In a move that has surprised many, British Conservative MEPs, who form the backbone of the Eurosceptic European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)

They may have a new unity government but it didn’t prevent simmering tensions between Palestinian factions erupting into scuffles in Gaza. It came

When the tides of Normandy are out, something emerges that looks like the wreck of a giant train. It lies within sight of the shore. Without this

Sergio Moirano was just three days shy of his 20th birthday when he landed on Utah beach in Normandy on the 6th of June, 1944. This Chicago-born

Like many American GIs who took part in D-Day, Sergio Moraino, an Italian-American, had no idea where the landing to liberate an occupied Europe

Leslie Garrett, was only 17 years old when he was a gunner on the HMS Diadem which was one of the first ships to reach France on the 6th of June