Asia

Afghanistan

The Italian man helping disabled Afghans get back on their feet

Alberto Cairo tells Euronews that rehabilitation is about more than artificial limbs.

15/12/2018

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Israeli forces destroy home of Palestinian charged with killing a soldier

Israeli forces demolished the family home of a Palestinian charged with killing an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank.

15/12/2018

World

Youth & education, Malala Fund discussed at UAE Knowledge Summit

The fifth annual Knowledge Summit took place in the UAE this December, under the banner of ‘Youth and the Future of the Knowledge Economy’.

14/12/2018

World

Musicians & poets celebrate storytelling at UAE Hekayah event

Lyrical artists from across the Middle East came together to celebrate music and prose in an event called Hekayah, staged at the New York University in Abu Dhabi on December 5th.

14/12/2018

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Cleaners dressed as zodiac animals clean hotel windows in Japan

Window cleaners dressed as the current and the next Chinese zodiac animals washed hotel windows in Tokyo on Thursday (December 13) in anticipation of the coming year.

14/12/2018

Japan

Cleaners dressed as zodiac animals clean hotel windows in Japan

Cleaners dressed as zodiac animals clean hotel windows in Japan

13/12/2018

China

Canadian entrepreneur missing in China possibly arrested

Canada believes a man missing in China may have become collateral damage in a growing diplomatic spat between the two countries

13/12/2018

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North & South Korean troops cross borders in peace

North and South Korean troops enter each other's territory in peace

12/12/2018

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Year-end clean-up at Japan's World Heritage bridge

Shinto priests have done year-end cleaning of a shrine bridge at a UNESCO World Heritage site in the city of Nikko, north of Tokyo.

12/12/2018

Nepal

Flood concerns over Everest's picturesque glacial lakes

Hundreds of these lakes have appeared out of nowhere in the Himalayas in recent decades. A 2014 survey found one quarter of Nepal's glaciers shrunk between 1977 and 2010, leaving behind 1,466 lakes.

12/12/2018

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Great snakes! Indonesians wrestle with giant python

A viral video showing a gigantic python wrapping itself around a hapless Indonesian villager has secured more than a million views, after locals wrestled with the serpent before successfully caging it.

11/12/2018

India

Monkey business affecting government affairs in New Delhi

Monkeys walk corridors of power in New Delhi

11/12/2018

Afghanistan

Watch: Afghan women's football in crisis amid allegations of abuse

"We're being harassed on our way to the stadium" — Euronews speaks to past and present members of Afghanistan's football team to find out more about allegations of physical and sexual abuse.

10/12/2018

Target

Japan: Benefits of an onsen, a natural hot spa, at conferences

In partnership with the Japan National Tourism Organization

Japan is one of the most important destinations for international meetings which combines conferences with relaxing natural hot baths.

10/12/2018

World

Meet one of the UAE’s first family businesses

Before there were roads in the United Arab Emirates, the late entrepreneur Abdul Jalil Al Fahim had the foresight to import the first cars into Abu Dhabi in the early 1960s.

07/12/2018

World

How was the UAE founded?

It’s hard to imagine Abu Dhabi and Dubai without their signature skyscrapers, but not so long ago sand dunes stood where the cosmopolitan cities of the United Arab Emirates now do.

07/12/2018

World

Exhibition celebrates UAE founder’s relations with Europe

An exhibition in Abu Dhabi is celebrating the United Arab Emirates’ founder Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his foreign policy towards Europe.

07/12/2018

Afghanistan

Family’s fears for ‘little Messi’, 7, after Taliban death threat

You might remember Murtaza Ahmadi or "little Messi" — the seven-year-old Afghan shot to fame when a photo of him wearing a football shirt made of a blue-and-white-striped plastic bag was widely shared online.

06/12/2018

Gaza

Gaza: humanitarian conditions deteriorate

Everything is in short supply, from basic medicines to bed space, as injuries add to the overstretched system that is close to falling apart, warn doctors and UNWRA.

06/12/2018

Japan

Penguins get into a festive flap in Japanese zoo

A zoo in Japan gives it penguin population Christmas appeal by dressing them up as santas for a special festive parade.

06/12/2018

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Temperatures plunge to -42.7℃ as ice fog grips Chinese city

Rare ice fog enveloped China's northern-most city of Mohe, with the temperature dropping to -42.7℃.

05/12/2018

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Festive cheer as Beirut Christmas tree lights up

Beirut enters Christmas Atmospheres introducing the massive fireworks display which illuminates the night sky

05/12/2018

Qatar

Qatar 'has modified' controversial labour laws after World Cup outcry

Qatar's kefala system was widely criticised by human rights NGOs after several foreign workers died on construction sites in the country.

05/12/2018

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American and Canadian astronauts and Russian cosmonaut launch to the International Space Station

Three spaceflyers launched on Monday (December 3) to the International Space Station (ISS) abort a Russian Soyuz rocket.

03/12/2018

India

India: woman set on fire after 'police fail to respond to attack compl

A woman in India was set on fire by the same men who tried to molest her just days earlier, authorities say.

03/12/2018

Yemen

Yemen war is 'devastating as a mother'

Yemen war is 'devastating as a mother'

03/12/2018