17 December 2015 | Euronews
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France IMF chief Christine Lagarde vows to fight negligence trial Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, says she will be appealing a decision by a French court that she stands trial for her role in the payment of -
USA UN Security Council adopts resolution to cut off ISIL revenue Finance ministers of the United Nations Security Council have unanimously adopted a resolution designed to cut off financing to the self-styled -
Sport Mourinho sacking sends rumour mills on a replacement into overdrive Nine months after leading Chelsea to the English Premier League title coach Jose Mourinho has been sacked by the London club. The London club -
Sport FIFA scandal: Blatter claims innocence at ethics hearing Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter returned to the headquarters of football’s world governing body on Thursday for the first time since being -
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Turkey Turkey and Israel to restore full diplomatic relations A secret meeting in Zurich on Wednesday has led to a preliminary agreement between Turkey and Israel ending a long dispute. Cordial relations turned -
Albania Albanians protest over government's austerity measures Thousands of Albanians took to the streets to protest over the governments handling of the economy with rising levels of poverty and unemployment -
Hungary Former Hungarian politician Bela Biszku escapes jail sentence Former Hungarian minister Bela Biszku dodged jail for his involvement in a deadly crackdown after the anti-Soviet revolution in 1956. Biszku had -
Israel Bar Refaeli questioned for 12 hours over tax evasion claims Supermodel Bar Refaeli is under investigation in Israel over claims that she dodged local taxes on earnings from her high-flying career. Refaeli -
Brazil WhatsApp returns to Brazil after brief suspension Popular phone and tablet programme WhatsApp has been restored in Brazil after being banned for 12 hours. The ban, for 48 hours, was imposed because -
Sport Surfing: World number Fanning moves closer to fourth title despite brother's death The Worlds greatest surfers gathered in Hawaii for the season-ending Billabong Pipe Masters. Kelly Slater, Mick Fanning, Gabriel Medina Adriano de -
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World News 2016 could be warmest year on record according to UK's Met Office More sunshine and warmer temperatures in 2016 than this year. That’s according to a new global temperature forecast from the UK’s Met Office. This -
Europe News 'I want a fairer Europe,' British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tells euronews British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has told euronews that he wants to see a “fairer” and “more democratic” Europe, which the UK remains a part of. -
Saudi Arabia Britain under fire over arms sales to Saudi Arabia Fresh controversy is surrounding the UK over its selling of arms to Saudi Arabia and their role in the war in Yemen. A Saudi-led coalition has been -
USA US justice catches up with Martin Shkreli to charge entrepreneur with fraud It appears karma may have caught up with US entrepreneur Martin Shkreli, who has been arrested on fraud charges. In 2015 he became the internet’s -
World News The fifth anniversary of the Arab Spring marked in Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid It is five years ago that Mohamed Bouazizi, a vegetable-seller in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid set alight to himself. His anger had been building -
Sport Wambach plays final game for US before retirement Abby Wambach played the final football match of her glittering career this week before retiring from the sport. The United States’ striker has scored -
Europe News Britain's push for reform and the migrant crisis dominate final EU summit of year EU leaders are in Brussels for their final summit of what’s been a tough year. Among the pressing issues on the agenda – the migration crisis, which -
Russia Putin's annual address offers snapshot of Russian world view The television address gave a snapshot of Putin and Russia’s view of the world, a sort of parallel universe where corrupted public figures are -
Sport Former El Salvador football head arrested The former president of El Salvador’s football federation Reynaldo Vasquez has been arrested by police in relation to the on-going FIFA corruption -
Economy Federal Reserve's interest rate hike 'will benefit eurozone and global economy' It’s seen as a hugely important step on the road to global economic recovery. The Federal Reserve’s first interest rate rise since the financial -
World News IMF chief Christine Lagarde vows to fight court decision that she stand trial Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, has said she will appeal a court’s decision that she must stand trial for her role in the payment of 404 -
Libya Libya's rival factions sign up to UN-brokered peace deal Both sides from Libya’s warring factions have come together to sign a UN-brokered peace deal. Four years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya -
Cinema Finnish movie 'The Fencer' tells tale of 1950s Estonia Set in Estonia in the 1950s, ‘The Fencer’ is the Finnish contender for an Oscar nomination in the Foreign Film category and it has already received a -
Spain Spain's sweet economy: alive, well and living in Alicante The Spanish traditional Christmas sweet known as turron is ‘bread and butter’ to some 2,000 of the townspeople of Jijona, on Spain’s Mediterranean -
Culture news A hermit's life: Tokyo artist creates bespoke shells for living crabs A group of hermit crabs have found brand new homes thanks to Tokyo-based artist Aki Inomata. Inomata created shells modelled on famous places and -
World News New security measures on French Thalys cross-border trains France has unveiled its planned new security measures on Thalys cross-border trains. They link France with Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne in -
Africanews AU ready to deploy East African Stanby Force to Burundi The African Union Commission could deploy the East African Standby Force to Burundi in the wake of deadly clashes recorded since April.The contingency plan was deliberated upon at the 565th African -
Russia Putin sticks the boot into Turkey in annual address Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his annual television marathon address to the nation, has been especially harsh towards neighbour Turkey -
World News Our most popular Youtube videos of 2015 Euronews’ Youtube team has seen a LOT of raw footage on its screens in 2015. Above is a selection of the best “good news” videos that made us laugh -
Turkey Death toll mounts as Ankara continues its PKK clampdown in Kurdish towns The Turkish authorities claim 24 people described as “terrorists” have been killed in a big clean-up operation ongoing in a part of Diyabakir and two -
Economy Macri scaps currency controls and floats Argentine peso The new Conservative government in Argentina has wasted little time in making an economic break with the recent past by floating the peso and -
Business Series France's competition watchdog slaps biggest-ever fine on Orange France’s Orange mobile telecoms operator has been fined a whopping 350 million euros by France’s competition regulator. It is the biggest-ever fine -
World News Is this the greatest footballer ever? Abby Wamback, the most prolific goalscorer of all time in international football, has retired from the game after ending an unbeaten run of 104 -
Economy European markets welcome Federal Reserve's US interest rate rise European shares surged on Thursday following the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate rise, as investors took the move as a sign of confidence in the -
France Marine Le Pen criticised for posting pictures of ISIL on twitter account The leader of France’s far right National Front, Marine Le Penn could face an investigation by French authorities for pictures she posted on her -
Target TAPI: a pipeline for peace and stability The buttons have been pushed, and the welders’ blowtorches are firing up. A historic ceremony in Turkmenistan was the start of what’s due to become -
China US arms deal with Taiwan sparks sanctions threat from China A US arms deal with Taiwan worth around 1.8 billion euros including two warships and anti-tank missiles has sparked a fresh row with China which -
Africanews Nicki Minaj urged to cancel Angola Christmas concert Multiple award-winning rapper Nicki Minaj has been asked by Human Rights Foundation to cancel scheduled Christmas concert in Luanda on Saturday, December 19, organised by telecommunications company ma -
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Turkey Turkey deploying 30 percent of army in Syrian border clampdown Turkey is tightening security at its border with Syria. A fresco on a barracks building at the Köprübatı checkpoint, which overlooks radical Islamic -
Russia Turkey's downing of Russian plane 'a hostile act' says Putin Russian president Vladimir Putin has responded to questions form reporters about last month’s downing of a Russian plane by Turkey. He said Russia -
No Comment Romania: Shepherds protest Over 2500 shepherds protested in front of the Parliament, dissatisfied with the modifications brought to the Hunting Law regulating how many shepherd -
Germany US Fed rate decision boosts confidence as markets rally European shares surged in early trading on Thursday on news of the Fed’s decision. The European FTSEurofirst 300 index was up 1.8 percent by just -
Russia Watch Russian President Vladimir Putin give his annual news conference here Russian President Vladimir Putin is speaking to the nation in his annual news conference. -
Cuba Postal flights between US and Cuba receive stamp of approval Today (December 17) marks one year since the United States and Cuba decided to normalise relations. That was nearly two years after Cuban President -
World News US Fed rate decision boosts confidence as Asian markets rally Investors have chosen to take the historic hike in US interest rates as a sign of confidence in the world’s largest economy. Asian stock markets -
Netherlands Dutch riot over plans for a refugee centre A meeting to decide whether to build a refugee centre ended in a riot in the Dutch town of Geldermalsen near Utrecht on Wednesday night. Around 2,000 -
USA Mistrial declared in Freddie Gray case after Baltimore jury fails to reach verdict Dozens of protesters marched through the streets of Baltimore following the declaration of a mistrial in the Freddie Grey case – the black man whose -
Egypt Tutankhamun's mask is back on display in all its splendor The magnificent gold mask of Tutankhamun is back on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo after a two-month-long repair job by German experts. Last -
Syria Syria: Human Rights Watch issues report on government held victims After nine months of research, Human Rights Watch (HWR) has revealed some of the human stories behind tens of thousands of photos of those believed