2014-08-02

A large plume of black smoke bellowed out over the Libyan capital Tripoli on Saturday as fighting rages on. One of the city’s main fuel depots near

In Germany’s capital voters are out in droves, but their ballot won’t resonate in Berlin – the election is to decide the next President of

Five people have reportedly been detained after a deadly explosion at a factory in China is thought to have left at least 68 people dead. The blast

French authorities have detained a police officer suspected of stealing around 52 kg of cocaine. The drugs, with an estimated worth of 2 million

A massive landslide in northeast Nepal has killed at least eight people and injured dozens more. Officials are warning of possible flash floods in

Another bloody day of fighting between Israel and Hamas has seen Rafah, in Gaza, bear much of the cost. With heavy shelling reported in the area

Israeli forces continued to pound Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 55 Palestinians according to local sources who say mosques, homes and the

Eight-time PGA Tour winner Dustin Johnson announced on Friday that he was taking a leave of absence to seek help for what he called ‘‘personal

It does not make headlines but the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has seen fierce fighting in recent days between Azeri government forces and

A six-month-old baby called Gammy has been left in the arms of his surrogate mother in Thailand, after his natural parents, an Australian couple

An investigation into the death of Tour de France winner Marco Pantani has been reopened, according to Italian media reports. Family members of the

The group ‘Europe versus Facebook’ led by Austrian law student Max Schrems has filed a case in Vienna against the social media giant Facebook for not

Thailand’s railway authority has relaunched carriages for women and children only following the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl on a night

Already reduced to rubble, Gaza was pounded again on Saturday morning by Israel’s military, still seeking the return of a missing soldier Hamas now

As the world marks 100 years since the start of World War I, euronews reporter Rudolph Herbert has been visiting Hartmann Hill in Alsace. The hill

A sea lion spreads water onto the pavement in Tokyo – a traditional way for the Japanese to keep the heat down in the summer months.

Woodstock it is not… No drink, no drugs and a distinctly Christian message are features of the CrossSound music festival – Hungary’s first such

Exceptional measures are being implemented in Liberia amid warnings that the spread of Ebola in West Africa is spiralling out of control.

At least 40 people have been injured after a freight train slammed into a passenger train in the German city of Mannheim on Friday. A fire

An explosion at a factory in eastern China early on Saturday (September 2) has killed at least 65 people and injured more than 100 others according

Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the opening of a monument to World War I in Moscow on Friday (August 1). The ceremony was one of the

Israeli air strikes have been lighting up the sky over the Gaza Strip early on Saturday morning. The 72 hour ceasefire which began on Friday broke

Thousands of people took to the streets of the Jordanian capital Amman on Friday to protest against the ongoing Israeli operation in the Gaza

In Ukraine’s volatile eastern region, locals are continuing to flee ongoing fighting between Ukrainian forces and rebels. Luhansk, the smaller of

Russia has banned Polish fruit and vegetable imports into the country as of August 1. The move came following the European Union’s decision to