2014-12-09

The last French hostage to be held anywhere in the world has begun his journey home. Serge Lazarevic thanked the president of Niger for being an intermediary in arranging his freedom from al Qaeda.

Liverpool’s first run in the Champions League after a four-year absence ended at the group stage. The Reds drew 1-1 with Basel in their final Group

A storm of shelling reportedly shatters the calm in eastern Ukraine as a 'Day of Silence' is brought to an abrupt end.

From inmate to pastry chef, a cooperative in Padua has opened Italy’s only bakery behind bars. Those serving time are serving up 70,000 Pannetonni

The New York Cosmos signalled their intent on a return to topflight Major League Soccer after unveiling former Real Madrid star Raul as their newest

Power struggle in Zimbabwe? Robert Mugabe fires deputy Joice Mujuru and some of her allies amid accusations of corruption and allegations of a plot to kill the president.

Ineffective and brutal, those were the findings of the Senate Intelligence Committee into the CIA’s detention and interrogation programme following

Wednesday night’s champions league action sees a three-way battle to finish runners up in Group E. Roma host Manchester City in the final group match

[UPDATE-1] The International Olympic Committee (IOC) overwhelmingly voted on Monday to reform their movement by approving its president’s 40-point

More than seven years after British girl Madeleine McCann vanished at a holiday resort in Portugal, police there are questioning eleven people seen

The Senate Intelligence Committee report details CIA failings in counter-terror programme and enhanced interrogation techniques following 9/11 attacks.

Urging a radical shift to greener economies, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told governments at UN talks in Peru’s capital Lima on

Innovation, culture and education are the focus as leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal meet in Mexico at the Ibero-American Summit. Among

There are just a few days to go before 2014 comes to an end, and this is also the year that America lost its over 140 year dominance as the world’s

Any notion of super-power invulnerability in Americans’ minds fell away on September 11th, 2001. Those in the business of protecting the nation

Brazil’s footballing legend Pele was discharged from a hospital in Sao Paulo on Tuesday. The 74-year-old three-time World Cup winner was admitted a

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In a gamble to end nationwide political uncertainty, the ruling coalition party in Greece has announced a snap presidential election will be held on

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The risk of early parliamentary elections in Greece, possibly as soon as January following Prime Minister Samara’s decision to dash for an early

The US Senate Intelligence Committee revealed the findings of its report into post 9/11 terror suspect interrogation techniques in Washington.

Spanish prosecutors say the king’s sister Princess Cristina should be cleared of criminal wrongdoing in a corruption probe. But they want her husband

Brazilian soccer star Neymar swapped his Barcelona kit for Rally overalls for a day as he teamed up with world champion Sebastien Ogier to become the

A number of EU energy minister have held talks in Brussels after Russia’s move to cancel the South Stream gas pipeline. Officials from eight

Kosovo on Tuesday gained full membership of the International Olympic Committee and therefore will be eligible to compete at the 2016 Rio Games

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected President of the Christian Democrat CDU Party for an eighth two-year term.

After eight months of a conflict that has claimed more than 4,300 lives, a 'Day of Silence' ceasefire appears to be holding in eastern Ukraine.

Reese Witherspoon is generating Oscar buzz in her latest role as a woman who goes on a solo thousand-mile hiking journey after her life starts

Originally a celebration of the Catholic faith, the Festival of Lights born in the French city of Lyon has today grown into a world-renowned cultural