2015-02-12

Ahead of a general election in May, the opposition Labour party has 36 percent of voter support - according to the latest opinion poll.

It's unanimous: the UN Security Council votes 'yes' to cutting off sources of funding for ISIL's terror campaign.

US president Barack Obama appears fairly un-presidential in a new video produced by Buzzfeed to encourage Americans to enrol in an Obamacare health

A security official in Yemen says more than 20 US embassy vehicles were seized after the ambassador and diplomats left the capital Sana’a. The

It’s a truly global circumnavigation – 11 ports in 11 different countries. It started in Europe and by it’s conclusion will have reached Africa

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has thanked the European Union for its support to end armed hostilities in eastern Ukraine.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan presents plans to possibly build a mosque in mainly Roman Catholic Cuba.

As the ceasefire was announced in Minsk members of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic held a rally in front of the rebel administration

Samsung has changed the privacy policy on its smart TVs after claims it was similar to lines in George Orwell’s novel 1984, which had themes of mass

Three people were injured in an explosion at a chemical plant in northern Spain on Thursday. Authorities advised residents of several small towns

Released on bail, but the case against Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed will continue on February 23.

France’s Total is the latest energy firm to say it is cutting investment and the number of people working for it because of weak oil prices. The

From summer 2015, Britons will be joined on the roads by driverless cars. The UK government gave the go-ahead for the vehicles to be tested on public

Striking police officers brought much of the Italian capital Rome to a standstill as part of protests about working conditions and cutbacks.

A picture of two gay lovers in St Petersburg has won the World Press Photo of the Year. Photographer Mads Nissen wanted to highlight the legal and

There was little optimism in the Ukranian capital as people gave their reactions to the ceasefire agreed in Minsk.

Place Vendôme in Paris is home to countless luxury jewellers and designers, including names like Dior and Chanel. Now, one Parisian jeweller is

'Fifty Shades of Grey', the movie adaptation of E.L. James' bestseller, gets mixed reactions at Berlin Film Festival.

Industrial production in the eurozone failed to rise as expected in December and Ireland was the culprit. Irish factory output slipped by 12.4

Turkey president Tayyip Erdogan has proposed building a mosque in Cuba amid his belief Muslims discovered the Americas, it’s emerged. Erdogan made

Irish singer-songwriter Hozier expresses frustration at Catholic Church's stance against homosexuality in viral hit 'Take Me To Church'.

Credit Suisse has unveiled a range of cost cutting measures to tackle the effects of the surge in the value of the Swiss franc. They include the

Shock moves from Sweden’s central bank to battle falling prices. It has unexpectedly cut its main interest rate below zero and launched a small

Human language has a tendency to be slanted towards happy words, according to a new study. And Spanish was found to be the world’s happiest

With more than 5,000 killed in its revolution and ensuing civil war, you may have thought Ukraine has had its fill of violence. Apparently not

After the exhausting overnight talks Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko emerged and gave an outline of how the ceasefire is expected to take shape