Greece Greece deals with sudden influx of new migrants As several boats carrying at least 300 more migrants reached the Greek island of Kos on Tuesday, the European Commission is due to give more details 26/05/2015
Syria ISIL release video of ancient Palmyra 'still intact' Islamist extremists have released a video which appears to show the ancient ruins in the city of Palmyra still intact. When the Sunni militants known 26/05/2015
Sport Sevilla chase Champions League place with win over Dnipro in Europa League Final Sevilla warmed up for Wednesday night’s Europa League Final in the National Stadium in Warsaw. The La Liga outfit cruised through to the final with 26/05/2015
Ukraine Russian ruble keeps rolling out in 'Donetsk People's Republic' The self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has two currencies in circulation: Ukrainian Hryvnas and Russian Rubles. In November Ukraine cut 26/05/2015
USA Obama denounces Russia's 'increasingly aggressive posture' on Ukraine President Obama has said the United States is working closely with its NATO allies to join together with other countries in fighting the so-called 26/05/2015
Iraq Shi'ite militias 'in charge' of anti-ISIL campaign in Iraq Pro-government forces in Iraq say they have started a military operation to retake the western Anbar province from ISIL insurgents. It comes after 26/05/2015
USA Major flooding hits Mexico and Texas, thousands stranded Record rainfall in the US state of Texas has flooded major motorways, making driving impossible for many people in the Houston area. Some drivers who 26/05/2015
economy First trial of alleged Libor fraudster begins in London Former Citigroup and UBS trader, 35-year-old Tom Hayes, has gone on trial in London for his alleged role in the Libor exchange rate fixing 26/05/2015
Malaysia Forensic police in Malaysia exhume migrant corpses buried along the Thai border Malaysian forensic teams are involved in the macabre task of exhuming the bodies of hundreds of migrants found at 140 grave sites and abandoned 26/05/2015
brussels bureau Case of Saudi blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes 'has nothing to do with politics', says his wife Ensaf Haidar, the wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, took her campaign to free her husbands to the EU’s capital on Tuesday as she looked to 26/05/2015
Austria Vienna airport security workers probed for people trafficking Thirteen security workers at Vienna International Airport are under investigation. Police suspect they were involved in a people trafficking network 26/05/2015
Insight Iran begins trial of US journalist held for ten months The trial of Jason Rezaian has begun — the Washington Post correspondent who has been detained in Iran for almost 10 months. The accusation against 26/05/2015
Sport Roberto Di Matteo resigns as manager of Schalke Manager Roberto Di Matteo has walked away from German side Schalke. The man who brought the Champions League Trophy Chelsea when he was in charge 26/05/2015
economy Italy latest EU country to ban UberPop taxi app Taxi-searching company Uber’s telephone app UberPop that has become the scourge of licenced cab drivers the world over has been banned from the whole 26/05/2015
Sport Record 20th League title for Turkish club Galatasaray The streets of Ankara became a cauldron of celebrations late into Monday night as Galatasaray were crowned Turkish Football League Champions. It was 26/05/2015
India India continues to swelter as temperatures approach 50 degrees Celsius A heatwave that has struck India has killed hundreds of people, most of them in the past week. 26/05/2015
Italy Italian police arrest 39 alleged Mafia members in Sicily Police in Sicily have arrested 39 individuals and seized assets worth some €10m as part of crackdown on three Palermo Mafia gangs on suspicion of 26/05/2015
Austria 14-year-old Austrian jailed over Vienna train station bomb plot A teenage boy from Austria has pleaded guilty to planning to bomb a Vienna train station. The 14-year-old downloaded bomb making instructions onto 26/05/2015
world news Troubled waters: the South China Sea dispute With the world distracted by seemingly more immediate stories of war, migration and elections, a spat between the US and China wasn’t exactly 26/05/2015
economy Putin calls for Russian businesses to fill the sanctions gap Russian President Vladimir Putin, hosting a business forum in Moscow, has told domestic industries they should expand before western sanctions are 26/05/2015
USA Nevada officials set to launch murder probe into death of BB King Officials in Navada are to launch a murder investigation into the death of legendary musician BB King. Two of his daughters claim the guitarist was 26/05/2015
Denmark Bunny beaten to death live on Danish radio His name was Alan and he was beaten to death live on the radio. In a live broadcast, hosts of a Danish radio station killed a baby rabbit by 26/05/2015
Republic of Ecuador Wolf volcano erupts on the Galapagos Islands A volcano has erupted on the Galapagos Islands. The Wolf volcano on Isabela Island erupted for the first time in over three decades. Volcanologists 26/05/2015
USA When an American writer won a Pulitzer for a WWII love story Anthony Doerr is an American writer who won a Pulitzer in 2015 for his novel ‘All the Light We Cannot See’. The plot takes place in Saint-Malo and 26/05/2015
brussels bureau EU boosts CAR aid The EU is to increase financial aid to the Central African Republic, officials said on Tuesday. The European Commission announced an extra 72 million 26/05/2015
China Beijing boosts South China Sea naval defence China is increasing naval operations in the disputed waters of the South China Sea. Beijing has plans to build two lighthouses there, a move widely 26/05/2015
le mag MoMA explores Yoko Ono's early work Yoko Ono was an artist in her own right before she married John Lennon in 1969. Now, the Museum of Modern Art in New York is celebrating her 26/05/2015
world news ‘Assimilation’ to ‘genocide’: Australia acknowledges stolen generations Assimilation, reconciliation, ‘Stronger Futures’ and genocide are just some of the labels given to Australia’s policy of removing mostly mixed-race 26/05/2015
corporate Ryanair profits flying high with record passenger numbers Ryanair says lower fares and a charm offensive to improve the airlines’ image are responsible for a 66% jump in profits. The share price took off 26/05/2015
economy Greek bonds suffer on default fears The markets took fright on Tuesday morning at renewed prospects of a Greek debt default, which sent Greek bonds down by nearly 2%. The two-year 26/05/2015
