Portugal’s Banco Espirito Santo – the country’s third biggest bank has posted a massive first-half loss of 3.5 billion euros. It said to be due

The Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Catalunya president Artur Mas came away from talks in Madrid on Wednesday saying no deal had been

An entire village has been buried under a massive mudslide. Torrential rains in rural western India have triggered the landslide that killed 17

Rafael Nadal has been forced to withdraw from two US Open warm-up events because of a wrist injury. The Spaniard sustained the injury during

In Gaza it seems there is no safe place to hide, as the families sheltering at the UN-run school in the Jabaliya refugee camp discovered. The

Argentine Football Association president Julio Humberto Grondona died in hospital on Wednesday at the age of 82, media reports said. Grondona, who

Israeli strikes near a market in the eastern Gaza Strip killed 19 Palestinians on Wednesday, the local health ministry said. Residents said that

The European Union has passed tough sanctions on Russia targeting the country’s banks, energy and defence sectors. Russia said the measures will

Ukraine’s economic decline is accelerating. The government says GDP contracted by 4.7 percent in the second quarter from the same period last

Usain Bolt has denied a British newspaper report that he attacked the Commonwealth Games. The Times is standing by its story which claims the

Protesters clashed with police in the province of Alessandria in Italy at a demo against the construction of a high-speed railway line. Three

Marking the 15th anniversary of his accession to the Moroccan throne, King Mohammed VI gave a televised address at a celebration in his honour. He

“A woman should not laugh in front of everyone. She should protect her honour.” These were the words which landed Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister

Thousands have flocked to a mysterious crop circle which appeared in a field in Raisting last week. Some noted that it is no coincidence that the

At least 19 Palestinians who were sheltering in a UN-run school in Gaza have been killed after it was shelled on Wednesday. More than 90 people

A pro-Russian rebel shouts ‘get back’ as independent investigators attempted to gain access to the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine. The members

EU sanctions against Russia will “backfire”, Vladimir Chizhov, the Russian ambassador to the European Union, said on Wednesday. Chizhov told

The new coach of the Los Angeles Lakers Byron Scott has pledged to make defence his top priority as he bids to revive the flagging fortunes of one of

Argentina is in a race against time to head off its second debt default to its international creditors in 12 years. Underscoring the seriousness of

Roads have turned into rivers in Romania as flash floods hit the country. Two people have lost their lives and 300 people were evacuated from three

The US economy has posted a much bigger than expected jump in growth in the second quarter. Gross domestic product rose by 4.0 percent according to

Rome is celebrating 2,000 years since the death of the first emperor this summer with a variety events. Augustus, also known as Octavian, was the

Knut the polar bear, once the most famous of his specis in the world, has been honored in death at the Berlin Natural History Museum. Knut died in

The summer movie menu is out and the boys in green are back in a remake of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’. The film stars Megan Fox as a

Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, the last surviving member of the Enola Gay plane that dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is holding talks with the Catalunya President Artur Mas in Madrid on Wednesday. Their meeting is seen as the

Russia has remained defiant following the announcement of tough new sanctions from Brussels and Washington. In return, Moscow announced a ban on

Allied Irish Banks has announced it was back in profit in the first half of the year as fewer businesses customers defaulted on their loans. It is

Twitter’s shares have soared after it scored by tweaking its tweets service to capitalise on interest in the World Cup, including more prominent