2014-11-18

Police in Colombia are still searching for 23 escaped prisoners from an juvenile detention centre in Bogota. In all 43 minors fled during the

Iran has said it would resist Western pressure to make what it considered to be excessive concessions in nuclear talks in Vienna. Negotiators from

The Rosetta probe has managed to detect organic molecules in the comet’s atmosphere, before it ran out of power. The Philae lander instruments

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to respond to Tuesday’s killings. Speaking after the deadly attacks he vowed to react with a

The most lucrative deal in US professional sport was made this week when Baseball’s Giancarlo Stanton agreed an jaw-dropping contract extension worth

Senior officials at French first division club Marseille including current President Vincent Labrune have been questioned over alleged illegal

Qatari sports officials were once again cheering and celebrating after Doha was awarded the hosting rights for the 2019 World Athletic’s

The German Foreign Minister has said there are no grounds for optimism in the stand-off between Ukraine and Russia. Walter Steinmeir made the

The first footage of a mafia swearing-in ceremony has been captured in Italy, police say. The unprecedented images, showing an initiation ritual

The barricades are coming down in Hong Kong. They were close to the government headquarters near Citic Tower and had left parts of the street

Colombian army General Ruben Dario Alzate, an other officer and a civilian are being held by FARC rebels. The group confirmed on Tuesday it abducted

In Burkino Faso the country’s former Foreign Minister Michel Kafando has been sworn in as transitional president. He is set to lead the West

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday criticised increased Russian military activity inside Ukraine and urged Moscow to pull its troops

A California start-up company has gone back to the future to ensure the hoverboard is no longer just the stuff of science fiction. Arx Pax have

British health officials have begun killing 6,000 ducks at a breeding farm in East Yorkshire after an outbreak of bird flu. The strain of the virus

US campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the police in the Democratic Republic of Congo of executing 51 people and being responsible

Sven-Goran Eriksson has stayed in China for the next chapter of his managerial career. The Former England boss from Sweden has been unveiled as the

Nokia has launched a new android powered tablet. The N1 is due to go on sale in China next year before being rolled out in other countries. Nokia

Israeli forces have stormed the Jabal Mukaber neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to respond

Olive oil production has fallen in the key growing areas of Spain, Portugal and Italy. A hotter than normal spring, a cool summer and lots of rain

In Toronto, Canada, the snow and the decreasing temperatures made Da Mao, one of the two pandas in the city zoo, very happy. He played in the snow in

As the days grow shorter, what better way to spend them than in a darkened cinema theatre? Welcome to the Black Nights Film Festival in the

Premiering in Morocco, Visa For Music is a new fair aimed at promoting music from Africa and the Middle East. Some 60 exhibitors took part in the

A cloud: a visible mass of condensed water vapour floating in the atmosphere. That was in the 20th century. Today, a cloud is a large group of

US Secretary of State John Kerry joined with his host in London the British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond in condemnation of the deadly attack on