world news US downplays reports that ISIL leader was wounded in airstrike The Pentagon said on Tuesday it had no reason to believe that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State militant group, was seriously 21/04/2015
world news Saudi-led airstrikes halted in Yemen, replaced with operation "restoring hope" Saudi Arabia has announced an end to its military campaign in Yemen 21/04/2015
Sport Bayern and Barcelona through to Champions League semi-finals German giants Bayern Munich booked their place in the semi-finals of the Champions League with an emphatic 6-1 win over FC Porto at the Allianz Arena 21/04/2015
Belgium Grim centenary of first ever chemical weapons attack It is the most solemn of centenaries….exactly 100 years since the first large-scale use of chemical weapons. Victims from World War One were 21/04/2015
South Africa Soldiers brought in to help South African police deal with anti-immigrant attacks Seven people have been killed in the past three weeks in Durban and Johannesburg 21/04/2015
Libya Migrant ship captain accused of multiple homicide over shipwreck The captain of the migrant ship involved in Sunday’s disaster off Libya has been detained in Sicily, alongside a crew member – both suspected of 21/04/2015
Sport IOC must choose between clean-up and cover-up: SportAccord chief SportAccord President Marius Vizer fiercely criticised the International Olympic Committee for a lack of transparency on Monday, sending shock waves 21/04/2015
When Alexis met Alexei for energy talks in Greece... The head of the Russian gas giant Gazprom Alexei Miller has been meeting in Athens with the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for talks on an 21/04/2015
Yemen Saudi Arabia announces end to military campaign in Yemen Saudi Arabia says it has achieved its goals against Houthi rebels in Yemen 21/04/2015
Germany Auschwitz accountant 'morally guilty' for his work at Nazi death camp A 93-year-old former bookkeeper at Auschwitz has told a German court that he felt morally guilty for his work at the Nazi death camp. Oskar Groening 21/04/2015
Cyprus Remembering Gallipoli, the grinding WWI battle to take the Dardanelles Soldiers’ descendants have come to commemorate the British allied forces in WWI landing in Gallipoli, Turkey, 100 years ago. The 25th April is known 21/04/2015
brussels bureau Juncker "in perfect health" The European Commission has been forced to deny rumours that its president, Jean-Claude Juncker, is unwell and often absent from work. 21/04/2015
Turkey Turkish PM offers his 'deep respect' to Ottoman Armenians The prime minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoğlu has offered his deep respect to Ottoman Armenians who lost their lives during what he described as “the 21/04/2015
Italy Fears that 30,000 migrants could die crossing Mediterranean in 2015 A dire warning has been issued as survivors of Sunday’s shipwreck arrived in Sicily, after a disaster that left up to 900 people dead. It is feared 21/04/2015
world news Refugee NGOs take apart EU's 10-point plan on migrants crisis The deaths of up to 900 migrants in the Mediterranean over the weekend sparked the EU into action. After an emergency meeting of foreign ministers 21/04/2015
Egypt 20-year jail term in Egypt for Muslim Brotherhood leader Mursi Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Mursi has been jailed for 20 years without parole 21/04/2015
no comment Cat-astrophe averted for purr-fect white tiger Feline family ties proved essential at a zoo in Japan after a newly born white tiger cub fell into a pool of water, and had to get his brothers to 21/04/2015
Chinese and US investors buy Canada's Cirque du Soleil Canada’s Cirque du Soleil has sold a majority stake to Chinese and American investors. The buyers are US private equity firm TPG Capital and 21/04/2015
brussels bureau EU set to charge Gazprom in antitrust case European regulators will formally charge Russia’s state-run energy giant Gazprom with anti-competitive practices, say sources in Brussels. 21/04/2015
world news Libya, hazardous pathway for African migrants streaming to Europe Libya has been the main launch pad for African migrants heading for Europe since the downfall — assisted by NATO countries’ bombers — of Muammar 21/04/2015
Wonga posts profit loss as fewer lenders ask for loans Wonga, the British payday loan firm, has reported a loss of around 55 million euros. The short-term lender recorded a profit of the same amount in 21/04/2015
Russia counts the cost of taking over Crimea as GDP falls Russia’s economy has contracted by around two percent in the first quarter but Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says the economic situation is 21/04/2015
Morocco Many injured as coach carrying Morocco footballers crashes Players from a major Moroccan football club are reportedly among 29 people injured, some seriously, in a head-on crash between their team bus and a 21/04/2015
France Dozens hurt as train derails in Paris region Around 30 people have been injured in France, two seriously, in a collision between a train and a tractor-trailer at a level crossing in the Paris 21/04/2015
Credit Suisse beats earnings expectations Credit Suisse has reported better than expected quarterly results of some 1.1billion euros. The bank’s wealth management performance is seen as the 21/04/2015
Investor confidence in Germany weakens A new report suggests investor confidence in Germany has unexpectedly dropped for the first time in six months. The Mannheim-based ZEW Center for 21/04/2015
Netherlands Man held over British Embassy fire in The Hague A 32-year-old man has been detained in connection with a fire at the British Embassy in the Hague. Emergency services in the Netherlands say no-one 21/04/2015
Germany 'Accountant of Auschwitz' Holocaust trial begins in Germany A former Auschwitz concentration camp guard has admitted to being “morally guilty” but says he committed no crime. Oskar Groening, 93, is before a 21/04/2015
world news The migrants tragedy in the Mediterranean sparks creative satirical response The magnitude of the latest migrant tragedies in the Mediterranean has prompted a global reaction. Cartoonists and NGOs have published powerful 21/04/2015
le mag Hungary's Eurovision hopeful Boggie brings peace song to contest The time for the annual Eurovision Song Contest is nearly upon us again. With preparations underway for the May bash in Vienna, the spotlight is 21/04/2015