2017-04-14

World News

German President Steinmeier favours ending Internet anonymity

German President Steinmeier says he would favour an initiative to end anonymous commenting on the Internet to promote democracy and curb hate speech.

14/04/2017

Pakistan

Pakistan 'blasphemy killing': murdered student 'devoted to Islam'

Mashal Khan was beaten to death after being accused of blasphemy. But people who knew him say he openly professed devotion to Islam.

14/04/2017

USA

Critics slam 'assembly line executions' in Arkansas

Tension is rising in Arkansas as it prepares to put seven prisoners to death over an 11 day period starting from Monday.

14/04/2017

Turkey

Erdogan slams OSCE ahead of constitutional referendum

Turkey's president slams the OSCE election monitor over reports of campaign inconsistencies ahead of the constitutional vote.

14/04/2017

USA

Wikileaks slammed by CIA

Wikileaks is a non-state "hostile intelligence service" often abetted by state actors, according to the agency's director.

14/04/2017

Sport

Lyon and Besiktas charged as UEFA investigates crowd violence

Neither Lyon nor Besiktas are likely to escape UEFA punishment after crowd trouble marred their Europa League clash, and the match will be investigated by the governing body.

14/04/2017

Spain

Holy Week horror in Spain

At least eight people have reportedly been arrested after a series of stampedes at Easter processions in Spain.

14/04/2017

Sport

Button gets MacLaren recall and takes Alonso's drive for Monaco

Former world champion Jenson Button will replace Fernando Alonso for MacLaren in the upcoming Monaco grand prix.

14/04/2017

World News

Good Friday marked across the world

Good Friday events have been taking place across the globe to mark the Bible’s account of Christ’s crucifixion.

14/04/2017

France

Hope for French suburbian kids via creative means

A young interior designer speaks out on how she is helping the youth of troubled neighbourhoods with her arts and crafts association.

14/04/2017

Syria

'The situation is tragic', Syrians leave besieged towns under evacuation deal

Syrians living under siege for more than two years have begun to leave their homes under an evacuation deal.

14/04/2017

France

Melenchon from obscurity to spotlight in French election

Jean-Luc Melenchon gathering steam in the French election

14/04/2017

Sport

AC Milan seek rebirth with Chinese investment

Both clubs in the Italian city of Milan now belong to Chinese investors and mastermind of the AC Milan sale Yonghong Li has met the Italian press alongside CEO Marco Fassone.

14/04/2017

France

Jean-Luc Mélenchon: what do we know of his policies?

France's veteran far-left candidate is hot on the heels of the frontrunners in the country's presidential election.

14/04/2017

Iran

Rouhani to run in Iran's election

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has registered to run in the country's upcoming presidential poll in May.

14/04/2017

Israel

British woman fatally stabbed in Jerusalem

A British woman has been stabbed to death by a Palestinian man in Jerusalem.

14/04/2017

North Korea

Global tensions continue to climb over North Korea

China says tension over Pyongyang has to be stopped from reaching an "irreversible and unmanageable stage".

14/04/2017

USA

Fire breaks out at Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas

The Las Vegas strip was forced to close temporarily after a fire erupted at the world-famous Bellagio hotel.

14/04/2017

New Zealand

New Zealand Cyclone Cook moves off South island

“The worst is over”, meteorologist John Crouch announced as Cyclone Cook moved off New Zealand’s south Island.

14/04/2017

Pakistan

Student lynched over "blasphemy"

A student at Abdul Wali Khan University, in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has been attacked and brutally murdered by a mob after reportedly being accused of…

14/04/2017

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Filipino Catholics crucify themselves in a biblical reenactment

Catholic devotees were nailed to wooden crosses in a reenactment of Jesus Christ's crucifixion

14/04/2017

North Korea

'We honour to the highest degree' DPRK and the cult of Kim

The Kim dynasty in North Korea

14/04/2017

Africanews

1000 days with Boko Haram: any hope for the remaining 196 Chibok schoolgirls?

The world was struck with distraught in April 2014 when Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram raided a school's dormitories at night in the northern town of Chibok and abducted 276 schoolgirls.

14/04/2017

Afghanistan

Dozens of militants killed by US mega bomb - Afghan defence officials

At least 36 suspected ISIL militants are thought to have been killed when the US dropped "the mother of all bombs" in Afghanstan.

14/04/2017

Russia

Russia, Iran, Syria denounce US 'act of aggression'

The three foreign ministers meeting in Moscow slammed the US missile strike on a Syrian airbase in response to an reported use of chemical weapons as 'unacceptable'.

14/04/2017

World News

The week in pictures ... When Donald Trump met Xi Jinping

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14/04/2017

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Carrot or the stick for Hungary?

This is the State of the Union, euronews’ weekly round-up of European affairs.

14/04/2017

USA

New York banker digs deep to visit Titanic wreckage

For over a century the tragic fate of the Titanic has been part of sea-faring folklore, stirring emotions and many inspiring books and films, including 1n 1997 one of the most successful in Hollywood…

14/04/2017

Europe News

French judges push for Le Pen to be stripped of immunity

French judges probing Marine Le Pen’s alleged misuse of EU funds to pay for party assistants, are pushing for her European parliamentary immunity to be lifted.

14/04/2017

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Jews attend holy wall for Passover prayers

Hundreds of Jews gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Thursday (April 13) to attend a special ‘Priestly Blessing’ prayer on the holiday of Passover.

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