The government of the Democratic of Republic Congo (DRC) said on Thursday that it would investigate three of its soldiers accused of rape while

Alexis Tsipras rose to political stardom as the crisis in Greece blew apart the bipartisan system that had been in place for decades. Born in 1974

Jean-Marie Le Pen has been suspended from France’s National Front, the party he co-founded. The Honorary Party President triggered the showdown by

Switzerland’s Andreas Steindl held his nerve to break his own Speed Mountain Running record in the Swiss Alps. The 26-year-old, who ran up five

Olympic men’s 800 metres champion David Rudisha visited Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium ahead of the world athletics championships which get underway

A four-year-old boy stole the show at a rugby league charity game in Australia. He had apparently become separated from his mother and found himself

Uruguay international Jonathan Rodriguez has been loaned out to Deportivo La Coruna. The 22-year-old, who played alongside emerging youngsters for

South Korean windsurfer Wonwoo Cho was taken to hospital earlier this week after falling ill at the Olympic sailing test event in Rio de Janeiro’s

Former US President Jimmy Carter has told reporters he has been diagnosed with brain cancer and will undergo radiation treatment. It comes barely a

A major fire at one of Europe’s biggest science museums, the Cite des Sciences in Paris, has been brought under control after raging for six hours

It is one of the highlights of this year’s Salzburg Festival: The new production of Beethoven’s “Fidelio”. On stage, there’s a remarkable cast

With their eyes on the UK, Calais in France is the last stop on a long journey migrants hope will end on the other side of the Channel. In 1999 the

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has resigned. He has asked the president for the earliest possible election. Government sources say the vote will

The Kazakh currency, the tenge, has lost a quarter of its value against the US dollar after abandoning a peg to the Greenback. The country’s national

A state of emergency has been declared in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), as crowds of migrants continue to gather on its southern

America’s Tiger Woods will be looking to bounce back from his latest Major disappointment when he tees off at the Wyndham Championship. The

The World Food programme is sounding the alarm on an impending humanitarian disaster in Yemen. Its Executive Director says the risk of famine has

A cruise ship has brought hundreds of migrants from Syria to Europe’s southern border. Syrian refugee ship arrives on Greek mainland, migrants move

Britain and France plan to work together more closely to stem the flow of migrants into the UK. The two countries’ interior ministers agreed on

South Korea fired towards North Korea after Pyongyang allegedly launched shells to protest against giant propaganda loudspeakers pumping out Seoul’s

German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Brazil to open up its markets to more foreign competitors. Merkel is in the country to promote German trade and

Greece has repaid 3.2 billion euros to the European Central Bank after Athens received the first emergency loans agreed under the country’s third

Residents and tourists in Bangkok flocked to the reopened Erawan Shrine to pray for the victims of Monday’s blast that rocked Thailand’s capital

One of the world’s largest sailing events kicked off in Amsterdam with more than 600 ships arriving in the Dutch city. It’s the ninth edition of