The Dow Jones was down by more than 2 % at the close of Wall Street on Wednesday along with poor showings on most indexes after a day in which the

A split parliament reflecting a tricky political landscape in Spain held its first session on Wednesday (Jan. 13). It was the first time Spain’s

Stephane Peterhansel is the new leader of the 38th edition of the Dakar Rally. The French 11-times champion steered his Peugeot to stage 10 honours –

Israel has summoned the Swedish ambassador after the country’s foreign minister called for a probe into claims by human rights groups. that Israeli

An avalanche in the French Alps hit a group of ten schoolchildren and their accompanying teacher, killing at least three people and seriously

Turkish media on Wednesday (Jan 13) released what they say is footage of the man who blew himself up in the center of Istanbul, killing himself and

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere paid their respects on Wednesday (Jan. 13) to victims of the

The machete attack has left the community in fear once again.

Refugees applying for asylum in Denmark may soon need to be well aware of the value of any assets they are carrying. Copenhagen’s parliament has

Belgian prosecutors say some of the suspects in November’s Paris attacks rented properties in three cities in Belgium using cash and false documents

When US investment bank Goldman Sachs said last year that oil could fall as low as US$20 per barrel, no one really took it seriously, rather as the

Employees should be careful of what they write in private messages after the European Court of Human Rights ruled companies are entitled to read

President Obama has told the US Congress that American foreign policy must prepare beyond the priority of defeating ISIL and al Qaeda.

Poland’s new conservative government faces further scrutiny on Wednesday as the European Commission debates new laws seen as reining in the country’s

The EU is to investigate Poland’s new media laws, which have been branded as a clampdown on the freedom of the press. The country’s new conservative

These were the scenes in the US Congress, ahead of President Barack Obama’s final State of The Union address.

A siege in the Afghan city of Jalalabad has ended with the killing by security forces of two militants who had barricaded themselves into a house

Some unusual discoveries have been made in Paris. The Canal Saint-Martin is being dredged for the first time in 15 years. Among the items uncovered

Celebrated Bolivian artist Roberto Mamani Mamani is on a mission to paint his way into the Guinness Book of Records. He and his team of 40 painters

President Barack Obama called on Americans to take an optimistic attitude toward the country’s future in his final State of the Union address. Obama