16 January 2015 | Euronews
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Israel ICC opens inquiry into Israeli-Palestinian conflict The International Criminal Court has launched an inquiry into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories. Prosecutors say they will examine -
Pakistan Anti-Charlie protests turn violent in Niger, Pakistan and Algeria Hundreds join demos across the Muslim world against Charlie Hebdo cartoons -
Iceland The Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland: A masterpiece of Mother Nature Something extraordinary is happening in Iceland… Lava just keeps on flowing from the Bardarbunga volcano. It started to erupt in August last year -
Sport Al-Attiyah and Coma on track for Dakar titles Qatari driver Nasser Al-Alttiyah is one stage away from a second Dakar Rally title following a fourth-placed finish in the penultimate stage 12 that -
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Sport Kvitova warms up for Australian Open with Sydney win Petra Kvitova tuned up nicely for next weeks Australian Open by winning the Sydney International on Friday. The world No.4 and second seed was pushed -
Sport Figure skater Kostner banned Olympic bronze medallist Carolina Kostner of Italy has been banned from competition for 16 months for allegedly helping her former boyfriend cover up -
USA Obama urges Congress not to trigger new sanctions against Iran President Obama says new Iran sanctions could upset diplomatic talks -
My Europe Series Europe Weekly: Europe hit by terror attacks In this edition of Europe Weekly: French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo sells out across France and beyond; Belgian police conduct raids across the -
Saudi Arabia Saudis to review flogging case in Supreme Court It is reported Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court is to re-examine the case of a blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes. Raif Badawi was flogged 50 times last -
Europe News Tough measures on terror not always effective, expert says Tough anti-terror measures may have the opposite effect and backfire, a top Belgian criminologist said on Friday. Vincent Seron of the Unversity of -
United Kingdom The Beagle has landed - Britain's missing spacecraft found on Mars Beagle 2 was part of the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission -
Ukraine Fighting at Donetsk airport escalates The battle for the international airport in Donetsk has escalated. A Ukrainian military spokesman said six of his troops were killed in attacks by -
World "ISIL is the baby of George W Bush" German journalist and author Jürgen Todenhöfer is perhaps best known for supposedly being the first Westerner to have embedded with Islamic State -
Hungary Hungary's Orban warns economic migration endangers Europeans First he marched in Paris for free speech. Millions of French people and world leaders were supporting inter-cultural unity. Then Hungarian Prime -
Sport Janka back to winning ways Carlo Janka ended a four-year-victory drought by winning a World Cup super-combined event in front of a jubilant home crowd in Wengen, Switzerland -
Sport Former Spurs player David Ginola to run for FIFA presidency Suited and booted and ready to run for President of FIFA. Former Tottenham, Newcastle and France international midfielder David Ginola has announced -
France Farewell for "Charb" the last of the funerals of Charlie Hebdo attack The last of the funerals of the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack were held on Friday. The anthem, The Internationale was the background to the -
Sport Fanchini celebrates first World Cup win in over nine year Italy’s Elena Fanchini upset the odds for a surprise World Cup downhill victory on home snow at Cortina d’Ampezzo. The 29-year-old bombed down the -
France French police arrest 12 in Paris terror attacks probe In a series of raids in the Paris region, police have detained 12 people suspected of helping those behind last week’s Islamist attacks in the French -
World Don't worry, be happy: learning to conquer fears and anxieties -
World Charlie Hebdo still alive Millions of people in the streets of France’s cities to say ‘I am Charlie’. The previous week’s terrorist attacks triggered a surge in national -
World News Seven unexpected consequences of falling oil prices The fall in oil prices is having consequences around the world, some more obvious than others -
France John Kerry visits Paris to show solidarity with terror-hit France He had said he wanted to give “a big hug” to the people of France. And in Paris City Hall on Friday, US Secretary of State John Kerry honoured those -
Cinema 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' and 'Birdman' dominate 2015 Oscar nominations ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ by Wes Anderson as well as Alejandro González Iñarritu’s ‘Birdman’ both dominated the 2015 Oscar nominations ceremony -
Belgium Belgium seeks to tighten anti-terror laws Belgium’s government will speed up the introduction of new anti-terror laws after Thursday’s police raid in the east of the country, Prime Minister -
Pakistan Pakistan: Violence flares in protest over Charlie Hebdo cartoon Some 200 protesters have clashed with police outside France’s consulate in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi after a demonstration against -
Belgium 'Belgian jihadists wanted to kill police,' officers say Two jihadists killed by Belgian police were planning a “major” attack to kill members of the country’s security services, prosecutors said on Friday -
World Lost Mars probe Beagle 2 found on the red planet -
France Francois Hollande: more needs to be done to get terrorists off the web Action against terrorism must now be collective and coordinated, says French President -
My Europe Series Words as weapons: what's Europe doing to tackle hate on the net? This week Utalk answers a question from Caroline in Avignon, France on the issue of hate content on the internet: “Lots of hate comments are being -
Culture news Controversial play about Princess Di's death opens in London's West End ‘Truth, Lies, Diana’ is a controversial West End show that promises to reveal “sensational new information about the death of Princess Diana” -
Culture news New York exhibition marks 50 years since Martin Luther King historic march Stephen Somerstein was just 24 years old when he photographed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the five-day, 54-mile Selma to Montgomery March in -
Germany Terror suspects arrested in Berlin Berlin is the latest European city to see police raids with the arrests of terror suspects. Two Turkish men were detained on Friday morning suspected -
Italy Italian hostages freed in Syria welcomed home by ministers Two aid workers taken hostage in northern Syria arrive in Rome after release -
Philippines After "expect a punch" comment, Pope highlights Philippines corruption The Pope has called on the Philippines government to do more to tackle corruption -
Lithuania Lithuanians advised to keep calm in new "war manual" Lithuania is publishing a manual to advise citizens on how to respond to threats amid fears Russia’s intervention in Ukraine could spread to the -
World News Ebola "slowing" in West Africa The Ebola outbreak in West Africa appears to be slowing down, according to the UN special envoy on the virus, but he added the battle was far from -
France Body of kidnapped French tourist found in Algeria Algerian special forces have found the body of French tourist Herve Gourdel who was kidnapped and beheaded by Islamist militants while hiking in -
USA Google Glass discontinued to make way for new product There’s bad news for technophiles as sales of Google Glass eyewear have been halted. The internet giant said they were still committed to a consumer -
Belgium Belgium on high alert after two die in police anti-terror raid Two suspected jihadists have been killed in the Belgian city of Verviers in an anti-terror raid as similar operations continued overnight in Brussels -
Cuba US eases sanctions on Cuba for trade, travel and banking The US is rolling back decades of sanctions on Cuba starting on Friday opening up the Communist-ruled island to expanded travel, trade and financial