Ukrainian nationalists have torn down a statue of Lenin in the centre of Kharkiv, the country's second-largest city, in a…
Artur Mas, the president of the Spanish region of Catalonia, has signed a decree calling for a referendum on independence.…
Hungary's gas pipeline operator has suspended delivery of gas to Ukraine "indefinitely". Ukraine has been receiving gas from Hungary, Poland…
Three hundred people have been rescued by Salamis Filoxenia cruise ship off Cyprus after their boat ran into trouble in…
Edward Snowden has won the 2014 Right Livelihood Award, described as Sweden's "alternative Nobel Prize". The fugitive US intelligence leaker…
According to French media, a corruption investigation against former President Nicolas Sarkozy has been suspended. They quote judicial sources as…
Vatican’s former ambassador to the Dominican Republic Jozef Wesolowski has been put under house arrest following allegations he abused young boys…
A French tourist has been kidnapped while on holiday in eastern Algeria, the French foreign ministry has confirmed. The man…
Ukraine will start the withdrawal of heavy weaponry from separatist rebel lines in the east, the military says. The two…
Air France pilots are extending their week-long strike over plans to expand low-cost operations abroad. More than 80% of pilots…