2016-01-15

Indonesia

Indonesia beefs up police presence after Jakarta blasts

The president of Indonesia Joko Widodo has ordered more police at hotels, airports, shopping centres across the country after Thursday’s (January 14)

15/01/2016

World News

European and US stocks pummelled

The Dow Jones was down by 2.6 percent at the close of Wall Street on Friday after European shares fell to their lowest since December 2014. Nervous

15/01/2016

Burkina Faso

Security forces in Burkina Faso storm hotel to free hostages taken by suspected Islamic militants - reports of 20 dead

Security forces in the West African country of Burkina Faso have launched an assault on a hotel in the capital where a number of hostages were being

15/01/2016

Sport

Dakar Rally: Price and Peterhansel close in on Dakar titles

Helder Rodriguez won the penultimate stage of the Dakar Rally on Friday for his first victory in the 38th edition of race. The Portuguese Yamaha

15/01/2016

USA

US presidential race - will 2016 be the Snapchat election?

American political campaigns have come a long way since a certain Barack Obama was successfully able to mobilize the grassroots votes through social

15/01/2016

Germany

"Refugees, welcome" spirit wanes after Cologne attacks

Public support for Angela Merkel and her open arms policy has dropped in the wake of the Cologne sex attacks that were blamed on migrants.

15/01/2016

Burundi

UN documents sexual violence from security forces in Burundi

The United Nations says security forces in the East African nation of Burundi have been gang raping women during searches of homes. Burundi has a

15/01/2016

France

French drug trial disaster: one man brain dead, five in hospital

One person is brain dead and five others are in a serious condition in France after a clinical trial went terribly wrong.

15/01/2016

Republic of North Macedonia

Macedonian PM quits to pave way for early polls

Amid months of political turmoil in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has submitted his resignation to

15/01/2016

Business Series

Volkswagen's market share declines for the first time in eight years

Another blow for Volkswagen. The German carmaker has seen its market share decline for the first time in eight years. It comes in the wake of the

15/01/2016

United Kingdom

Briton Tim Peake's historic ISS spacewalk is cut short

Tim Peake has become the first astronaut representing Britain to walk in space. But the ex-army major’s trip outside the International Space Station

15/01/2016

Syria

Russia airdrops 22 tonnes of aid around Syrian town of Deir al-Zor

Russia has launched a humanitarian operation in Syria. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human rights said a Russian cargo plane accompanied

15/01/2016

Sport

Skiing: Jansrud continues Norway's fine season with Wengen combined win

Norwegian skiers continue to shine in this season of the Alpine skiing World Cup. Kjetil Jansrud celebrated his second win of the campaign on Friday

15/01/2016

Sport

The first F1 showrun at an Alpine peak

In the build-up to the legendary Hahnenkamm ski races in Kitzbuhel, Austria, 18-year-old Max Verstappen got behind the wheel of a Red Bull Racing

15/01/2016

Turkey

Turkey's twin fight against ISIL and the PKK

Last Tuesday’s deadly terrorist attack in Sulthanahmet in Istanbul could amplify alarm within the Turkish government, which currently faces two

15/01/2016

Economy

Russian government to decide where to cut spending after oil price fall

Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev has ordered the government to decide where spending can be significantly cut. This year’s federal budget was drawn up

15/01/2016

World News

The week ahead

15/01/2016

Turkey

Turkey detains academics over critical petition

Turkish police have arrested at least 14 academics over a petition criticising a military crackdown on Kurdish activists.

15/01/2016

Sierra Leone

Ebola is back after West Africa declared Ebola-free

A aid agency report says a woman who died of Ebola in Sierra Leone this week has potentially exposed at least twenty-seven other people to the virus

15/01/2016

Economy

BHP Billiton writes down US shale assets of 7.2 billion dollars

BHP Billiton has written down the value of its US shale assets by 7.2 billion dollars – around seven billion euros due to the dramatic fall in oil

15/01/2016

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Poland under fire over media laws

In this edition of Europe Weekly: Poland is under fire for new media laws that have been described as an attack on the freedom of the press; the

15/01/2016

Culture news

Will.i.am: 'Education is the best gun control'

Euronews recently caught up with seven-time Grammy award laureate Will.i.am as he performed in the French city of Lyon. The co-founder and frontman

15/01/2016

World

Cologne fears undermine refugee security in Germany

The fallout after New Year’s Eve in Cologne, Germany continues. People’s fear creates a political predicament for the authorities, concerned over

15/01/2016

World News

And also... Pistorius photo gaffe; Pastafarianism; take your own mug shot

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which may not have reached the

15/01/2016

France

Botched drug trial leaves six in serious condition in France

One person is in a coma and five others are in a serious condition in France after taking part in a drugs trial that went wrong. The trial took place

15/01/2016

USA

US: Trump and Cruz trade blows in feisty Republican debate

The gloves are off in the Republican race and frontrunner Donald Trump was at the forefront of feisty exchanges in Thursday’s latest debate to pick a

15/01/2016

Europe News

Syrian negotiator still waiting for Geneva talks invitation

The group representing the Syrian opposition is still waiting for an invitation to planned peace talks in Geneva later this month, its chief

15/01/2016

Economy

Oil price dips below the 30 dollar mark with Iran poised to crank up exports

Oil has dipped below the 30 dollar a barrel price. That represented a drop of 4.5 percent which means it has tumbled a massive 70 percent in the past

15/01/2016

Europe News

Don't blame us for refugee policy failure, says EU's Juncker

EU governments have failed to deliver on the promises they made to tackle Europe’s refugee crisis, the head of the European Commission said on

15/01/2016

Somalia

Al-Shabaab militants claim to have killed 61 Kenyan soldiers in Somalia

Al-Shabaab militants claim to have killed 61 Kenyan soldiers in an assault on an African Union military base in south-west Somalia. The Islamist

15/01/2016