2015-07-09

World News

Eurozone's 'grumpy paymaster' Schäuble jokes about Greece crisis

Germany’s finance minister, who some have refered to as the eurozone’s “grumpy paymaster” has made light of the Greek crisis. As Greece races to

09/07/2015

Sport

Tour de France leader Martin withdraws with broken collarbone

Tour de France overall race leader Tony Martin has been forced to withdraw from this year’s race after suffering a fractured collarbone. The German

09/07/2015

Bolivia

'Communist crucifix' gift to pope in Bolivia raises eyebrows

Pope Francis in Bolivia on his South American tour looked somewhat bemused when his host President Evo Morales handed him an unusual gift : a wooden

09/07/2015

Austria

Iran: no deal but no rush

Hours before the deadline for a decision, international delegations are still working on a nuclear agreement with Iran. Negotiators from Tehran are

09/07/2015

Turkey

{Watch} Thai consulate in Istanbul attacked in protest over treatment of Uighar Muslims

Turkish protesters have attacked the Thai honorary consulate in Istanbul in protest at Bangkok’s expulsion of nearly 100 Uighar Muslims back to

09/07/2015

Spain

{Watch} Hundreds evacuated from Spanish homes due to wildfires

High temperatures and shifting winds are fueling wildfires in southern and eastern Spain. Three forest fires are still active, resulting in hundreds

09/07/2015

Musica

The art of singing Rossini

Rossini’s famous masterpiece “Othello” is returning to La Scala in Milan after 145 years. The opera, which premiered in 1816 to huge success in

09/07/2015

Iran

{Watch} Iraq rejoices over return of lost, looted or loaned artifacts

Hundreds of historical artifacts have been returned to Iraq after an appeal for objects that have been looted, lost or loaned over recent decades of

09/07/2015

Culture news

The pen is mightier than the sword as art battles extremism in Pakistan

Gauher Aftab is a Pakistani comic artist and his latest three-part work ‘The Guardian’ deals with one of the major issues of our time, extremism. The

09/07/2015

Sport

Tour de France: Race leader Martin pulls out after stage six crash

Zdenek Stybar celebrated his first victory in the Tour de France after the Czech won stage six with a late solo attack on the uphill finish to Le

09/07/2015

France

Strike by French news agency extended by 24 hours

A three-day strike by the main French news agency AFP has been extended by 24 hours. The agency is locked in a fierce dispute over pay and

09/07/2015

Russia

BRICS group of emerging economies launch development bank

Countries attending a two-day summit in Russia for the world’s emerging economies, known as BRICS, have launched their biggest initiative to date: a

09/07/2015

Sport

Danilo unveiled at Real Madrid

Real Madrid showed off their latest acquisition to the media on Thursday. Brazilian fullback Danilo has signed a whopping six-year deal with the

09/07/2015

Sport

Caballero and Fischl win stage one of Four Trails

This year’s Salomon four trails began this week and takes place on a new route from Berchtesgaden in Germany to Maria Alm in Austria. Due to bad

09/07/2015

Greece

Greece: optimism and pessimism jostle for place

While the politicians talk, life for ordinary Greek citizens gets more challenging by the day. Queues at cash machines are the new reality on the

09/07/2015

USA

Obama determined on Iran deal that will last

If President Obama announces a nuclear containment deal with Iran this week, an army of critics led by Republican hawks in the US Congress would

09/07/2015

Greece

Greek spending spree fueled by bank crisis

Those Greeks who can afford it are buying up high value electrical products, using cards, not cash, since ATMs only allow withdrawals of 60 euros at

09/07/2015

World News

Tsipras puts together new reform plan, but will it be enough to avoid euro exit?

Greek PM puts final touches on new reform plan to win urgently needed bailout cash

09/07/2015

Sport

Blazer banned for life by FIFA

Disgraced former Concacaf general secretary Chuck Blazer has been banned from any football-related activity for life by the sport’s world governing

09/07/2015

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Newly-identified Srebrenica victims taken to final resting place

A truck carrying coffins with the remains of 136 victims of Europe’s worst mass killing since the Holocaust: the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. The

09/07/2015

World News

Syrian refugees now four million, displaced approach eight million

There are now more than four million officially recognised refugees from the Syrian conflict. The United Nations and other agencies are operating

09/07/2015

Russia

Russia warns of the deadly dangers when taking a selfie

Russia’s interior ministry has launched a campaign to warn people of the dangers of taking selfies. The country has suffered a spate of accidents

09/07/2015

Cinema

'The Gallows' high school horror movie

A high-school student is killed in a terrible accident during a school production called ‘The Gallows.’ On the 20th anniversary of the tragedy

09/07/2015

Culture news

Lena Hosheck innovative handicraft at the Berlin Fashion Week

Lena Hosheck showed up at the Berlin Fashion Week with a fresh collection of work that demonstrates her passion for traditional handicraft and

09/07/2015

Gaza

Two Israeli citizens being held in Gaza

Two Israeli citizens are being held in the Gaza Strip, at least one of them by the Hamas militant group, Israeli authorities said on Thursday

09/07/2015

World News

Sarajevo's vibrant youth probe past, present

Two decades after the end of the Bosnian War, the children of Sarajevo educate themselves in its history. They have created university exchange

09/07/2015

World News

Russia says Iran nuclear deal is "within reach" in Vienna

Ahead of tonight’s deadline for talks in Vienna to reach an agreement on the Iran nuclear question, Russia says a deal is within reach. However, the

09/07/2015

Nigeria

Nigerian troops arrest alleged mastermind of deadly bombings

The alleged mastermind behind deadly bombings in central Nigeria has been arrested. The defence ministry announced that the suspect, behind attacks

09/07/2015

Culture news

Audrey Hepburn unseen at the National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery in London is paying tribute to Audrey Hepburn. A collection of previously unseen and intimate family-owned photos are

09/07/2015

Economy

Greek PM cobbles together new reform plan; ATMs only have cash until Monday

Athens has until Friday to deliver new proposals to try to unblock more bailout cash from European creditors

09/07/2015