2014-08-20

A new underwater sport is sweeping Europe this summer. Pulled along by a speed boat on a hand held carbon fibre fin with two wings Subwing as its

Amid the air strikes and rocket attacks – raging again now that the latest Gaza truce is over – a war of words has broken out between leaders of

President Obama has paid tribute to the murdered US journalist James Foley – beheaded by the Islamic State in a propaganda video. He praised the

The Iranian parliament has sacked the country’s science minister Reza Faraji Dana because of his stance during the 2009 anti-government

Martin Odegaard is just fifteen and has had tongues wagging for some time. Now he is set to make football history in Norway. The teenager has been

The legalisation of marijuana in parts of the United States is creating big business opportunities. There has been an explosion in the number of

Anti-government protesters in Pakistan are pursuing efforts to blockade parliament and force the prime minister to quit. For days, they have been

Twitter says it is suspending accounts of those that post disturbing photos from the video showing the beheading of American journalist James Foley

Barcelona’s summer signing Luis Suarez, Belgium defender Thomas Vermaelen, France defender Jeremy Mathieu and Croatia midfielder Ivan Rakitic. could

Authorities in the pro-Russian bastion of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine say 34 civilians were killed in a 24-hour period, with another 29 injured –

Guinness have declared a new ‘world’s oldest man’ after the previous holder of the record, an American, passed away in June. 111-year-old Sakari

Rescue teams fighting a wildfire near California’s Yosemite National Park say they’ve reduced its size. About 1,000 residents of the town of

Planes were prevented from landing at Frankfurt Airport while the controlled explosion of a Second World War bomb took place on a road nearby. The

With the filmed murder of American journalist James Foley, Islamic State has burst onto the international stage. Established over ten years ago

Tourists are turning away from Africa in their droves after the Ebola outbreak and are cancelling trips including those to destinations thousands of

Ahead of a visit by US Attorney General Eric Holder, nearly 50 people were arrested in Ferguson, Missouri, on another night of protests over the

Germany is to send weapons to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State extremists in northern Iraq, effectively pushing aside a post-World War II ban on

Pope Francis has greeted players and officials from the South American football team San Lorenzo. The pontiff has, according to reports been an avid

Argentina’s latest moves in its debt and default dilemma demonstrate defiance to the US court which has ruled on the matter but don’t move anyone any

Poland has 677,000 tonnes of apples which, under normal trading conditions, would have made their way to Russia. But because of Moscow’s

The two sides in the Gaza conflict have picked up where they left off, amid rocket fire from Gaza and Israeli air strikes – leaving a 10-day period

Ten years after hosting the Olympic Games, Greece is in the spotlight again. While some believe the capital Athens benefitted from the Games

Uefa says it is to launch disciplinary proceedings against Carlo Tavecchio, president of the Italian soccer federation (FIGC), into alleged racist

A Mexican company has made a takeover bid for Espirito Santo Saude, the health business owned by Portugal’s indebted Espirito Santo

Japanese car parts makers are the latest to fall foul of Chinese competition regulators for alleged price-fixing. A dozen Japanese companies have

Carlsberg has warned that its operating profit this year is set to decline compared with 2013. It blamed that on deteriorating conditions in

Brazil’s presidential candidates have launched radio and TV advertising campaigns ahead of October’s vote. What was seen a battle between incumbent

British Prime Minister David Cameron has cut his holiday short following the release of a propaganda video from Islamic State (IS), purportedly

The risk to air travel around Europe has escalated. Iceland has just raised its risk level for an eruption of its Bardarbunga volcano to orange, the

Liberian troops have been ordered to enforce a night-time curfew, beginning on Wednesday, as the Ebola virus continues to spread throughout the