Employees at Italy’s largest stainless steel plant blocked the motorway between Milan and Naples for several hours on Thursday. The A1 is the most

Switzerland may vote again on ties with the European Union. The non-EU nation borders four EU member states. Swiss voters in February approved a

A team of Dutch and Australian experts has finally reached the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine. It’s the first time

France is the latest country to pull its embassy staff out of Libya after heavy fighting between armed groups in Tripoli. A battle to control

Algerian goalkeeper Rais Mbolhi has signed a three-year deal to join Major League Soccer club Philadelphia Union from Bulgaria’s CSKA Sofia. The

Ivory Coast have appointed Herve Renard as their new coach on a two year deal. The Frenchman’s first task will be to lead Ivory Coast to qualify

A Greek court decided to acquit farm workers who shot 28 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers on Wednesday. The owner of the farm in Manolada and a

Residents of Baghdad could be seen inspecting the damage inflicted by two car bombs in two Shiite neighbourhoods. The blasts killed 23 people and

At least 30 people, most of them children, have been wounded after Israeli tanks shelled an area close to an UN-run school in Beit Lahiya in northern

Left wing Italian newspaper L’Unita is to close on Friday. Increasing debt and plunging sales are reportedly to blame. Shareholders failed to

The French president and German Vice-Chancellor have attended a ceremony in Paris to pay tribute to the founder of France’s Socialist Party. Jean

The jobless rate in Europe is down. The percentage of people looking for work fell to 11.5 percent in June, down from 11.6 percent the previous

The EU has formally adopted fresh sanctions against Russia. It follows a decision by EU ambassadors on Tuesday. The bloc made the move over

Space history is being made in our solar system this summer as ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft catches up with a comet and begins to orbit around it for the

The Ukrainian Parliament rejected Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s resignation and approved laws to boost military spending. He offered his

July 31, 2014 marks one year since NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was granted political asylum in Russia. The former National Security Agency

Israel’s Prime Minister has vowed to continue the offensive in Gaza despite international calls for an end to the violence. The Israeli army said

South Korean businessman Cho Yang-ho has been named as the new president of the organising committee for the 2018 Winter Games. He led

The Israel Defense Force has released a video that claims to show Hamas rockets being fired from populated areas. The 40-second clip with the

Space history is being made in our solar system this summer as ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft catches up with a comet and begins to orbit around it for the

Welcome to the “Fukuro no Mise,” in downtown Tokyo, which translates to “Owl Store”. The cafe has anywhere from 20 to 30 owls at any given point for

Incoming European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker says he wants to get more women into top jobs at the EU executive. He wants at least ten

Steven Gerrard told Luis Suarez he was “too good” for Arsenal when the north London club tried to sign him last year. The Liverpool captain is

The blame game has started over Argentina’s technical default on its debt. A top politician – Cabinet chief Jorge Capitanich – insisted the

Turkish citizens living abroad have begun voting in the Turkish presidential election. It is the first time that Turks have been able to vote

Charlie Simpson’s second album, ‘Long Road Home’ is ready three years after his first offering, ‘Young Pilgrim.’ The single from the collection is