2014-11-26

‘Money, Money, Money’, a Swedish group once sang. But when it comes to counterfeit cash, suspected fraudsters in Italy are being blamed for 90

French President François Hollande has called for Egypt to continue what he called its “democratic transition process” as he welcomed President Abdel

The controversial awarding of double points for the final race of the Formula one season will be dropped for the 2015 campaign. Standing starts

Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato has resigned after a judge said she had “personally profited” from crimes allegedly committed by her ex-husband

Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have regrouped and laid fresh claim to a protest site cleared by police, refusing to give up on their dream of

They do not normally carry weapons but terrorism fears in Norway ahead of Christmas mean that police on patrol will be armed for the next four weeks

Restoration work is underway at Rome’s Colosseum after a Russian tourist carved a 25 centimetre high ‘K’ onto a wall of the amphitheatre. The

Spanish police say they have broken up a human trafficking ring smuggling people fleeing the Syrian conflict into Europe. At least 18 arrests were

The leading boats in the Volvo Ocean Race have reached the half-way point of the second leg from Cape town to Abu Dhabi. After one week of racing

President of the European Commission (EC) Jean-Claude Juncker has unveiled details of a 315 billion-euro investment plan to kick-start Europe’s

The Russian air force has sent 14 fighter jets to Crimea, the territory it annexed from Ukraine in March. As they landed in Belbek, a senior

Latvia has expressed concern over a deal deepening cooperation between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region. During a visit to the

The French city of Grenoble is banning billboard advertising. It will instead open community spaces and plant trees. City authorities say they have

Angelina Jolie was joined by members of the British Armed Forces on the red carpet in London for the premiere of the film “Unbroken” which she

The cognoscenti of art in Azerbaijan were at the Museum of Modern Art in Baku for a trip back to the stone age. One of the country’s leading

Denis Mukwege, has been awarded the 2014 European Parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. For 15 years, the gynaecologist has treated

ISIL insurgents clashed with Kurdish peshmerga forces south of Iraq’s strategic oil city of Kirkuk late on Tuesday (November 25) and continuing into

The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has arrived in France for a two-day visit which looks set to be dominated by security issues concerning

Alpine ski resorts say they are expecting a significant decline in the number of Russian tourists due to the Ukraine crisis and a weak Russian

Russian passengers hoping to leave the small city of Igarka in the Krasnoyarsk Krai region of Siberia had to push their plane so it could take off

Hundreds of Kenyans took to the street in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday (November 25) protesting against government inaction in the face of rising

An eight-year-old Palestinian girl is opposing the Israeli occupation of her West Bank village – with a mobile telephone. Jana Tamimi makes news