The first image of a Colombian general and two other hostages released by FARC has been shared by the Colombian government on social media. The

The annual congress of France’s far-right National Front party has drawn to a close in Lyon. Over the weekend, the party

Deportivo supporter Francisco Romero has died following violent clashes between rival fans ahead of Sunday’s La Liga clash between Atletico Madrid

The former governor general of Canada has been chosen as the next head of the international organisation of Francophone nations (OIF) Michaelle

FARC rebels released a Colombian general on Sunday leading to hopes that stalled peace talks in Cuba can be resumed. The Marxist rebels captured

The funeral of the Lebanese singer, actress and entertainer Sabah has been held in Beirut, with hundreds of family, friends and fans celebrating her

An integrated Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem has been vandalised by suspected Jewish extremists who set fire to a classroom. It happened late on

Kurdish officials are accusing Turkey of allowing ISIL fighters to attack the Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey. A video released by the

Team Vestas Wind crew were rescued in the small hours of Sunday morning after the Danish team’s Volvo Ocean Race boat was grounded on a reef in the

Switzerland appears to have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to limit immigration to 0.2 percent of the population. Initial projections indicate

Moldovans are heading to the polls in an election which is being seen as a contest between pro-EU and pro-Russian parties. At the moment, the three

Officials in the Netherlands said on Sunday that another case of bird flu has been found on a poultry farm, the fourth in recent weeks. The

On the last day of his visit to Turkey, Pope Francis held a joint service in Istanbul together with Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of

Two people have been killed and several others injured as protesters reacted furiously to a court’s decision to drop charges against former President

Austria’s Eva-Maria Brem held her nerve to earn her first World Cup giant slalom victory in Aspen on Saturday. The 26-year-old turned in a nearly

Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud won the season-opening men’s World Cup downhill event at Lake Louise on Saturday. In the absence of the injured reigning

Italy’s Arianna Errigo produced a superb display to clinch the women’s foil Grand Prix in Turin on Saturday. The two-time World champion

Japan’s Noriaki Kasai and Switzerland’s Simon Ammann kept their composure to share victory in the second event of the FIS Ski jumping World Cup in

Moldova goes to the polls on Sunday in what is being seen as a broad choice between closer ties with the EU or with Russia. The similar identity

“Amid heavy security and curious looks Pope Francis visited the Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia. Later he visited Patriarch Bartholomew I. With

Marine Le Pen has been unanimously re-elected as the leader of France’s far-right National Front with 100 percent of the vote at its annual

Darren Wilson has resigned from the Ferguson police department. The officer who shot dead unarmed black teen Michael Brown, told reporters in St

Moldovans are heading to the polls on Sunday in parliamentary elections which pit pro-European parties against pro-Russian ones. The former Soviet