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Pope Francis names Monsignor Battista Mario Salvatore Ricca to oversee Vatican bank management
Pope Francis has taken his first major step towards reforming to the troubled Vatican bank, naming Monsignor Battista Mario Salvatore Ricca, a trusted cleric,...
Turkish riot police clear Gezi Park protest camp using tear gas and water cannon
Turkish riot police have moved to clear the protest camp in Istanbul's Gezi Park, using tear gas and water cannon. Police began dismantling the tents...
Kate Middleton makes her last public appearance before birth of her child at Trooping the Colour 2013
Kate Middleton made her last public appearance before the birth of her first child when she joined thousands of well-wishers to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's...
Gezi Park activists continue protests despite Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s promise to stop redevelopment plan
Turkish Gezi Park activists have vowed to continue occupying Istanbul's park. Their defiant statement came despite PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan's promise to halt a redevelopment...
Greek public broadcaster closure: PM Antonis Samaras offers ERT concession
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has said a small number of people could be hired to produce news and current affairs programmes until a...
Edward Snowden: CIA leaker banned from flying to UK
The British government has warned airlines not to allow Edward Snowden, an ex-CIA employee who leaked secret US surveillance details, to fly to the...
Airbus A350 takes off on its maiden test flight
Airbus A350, the newest aircraft from the European planemaker, has taken off on its maiden test flight. The Airbus A350 is designed to be more...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds talks with Taksim Square protest group
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held talks with members of Taksim Square protest group, hours after issuing a "final warning" to demonstrators. Tayfun...
Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng file for divorce
Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from Wendi Deng because their marriage has "irretrievably broken down", his spokesman announced today. The divorce papers were filed...
Turkey protests: Recep Tayyip Erdogan issues final warning to protesters to leave Gezi Park
Turkey’s PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a "final warning" to protesters to leave Gezi Park in Istanbul. "Our patience is at an end. I...
Gezi Park referendum: Turkey’s ruling AK party may hold vote on park
Huseyin Celik, deputy chairman of Turkey's ruling AK party, says it is open to the idea of a referendum on controversial plans to redevelop...
Vladimir Putin inaugurates new political movement Popular Front
President Vladimir Putin has taken the helm of a new political movement called the Popular Front. The Russian president was appointed by acclamation as head...
French air traffic controllers strike hits Europe flight
The ongoing French air traffic controllers strike is causing further disruption for European travelers. More than a quarter of flights from France's busiest airports had...
Lionel Messi accused of 4 million euros tax fraud in Spain
Barcelona football player Lionel Messi and his father are being investigated in Spain for allegedly defrauding the state of more than 4 million euros. The...
Pope Francis confirms gay lobby inside Vatican
Pope Francis has acknowledged the existence of a "gay lobby" inside the Vatican. The pontiff also said there was a "stream of corruption", according to...
Istanbul clashes following PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s threats
Turkish police clashed with protesters in Istanbul's Taksim Square, despite a warning from PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he would not show "any more...
EU demands clarification on US data snooping
The European Union is demanding assurances that Europeans are not having their rights infringed by a massive US surveillance programme. Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding plans...
Greece suspends radio and TV services of state broadcaster ERT
The Greek government has decided to shut down the radio and TV services of the state broadcaster ERT. A government spokesman said transmissions would cease...
Turkey protests: Riot police storm Istanbul’s Taksim Square using tear gas and water cannon to disperse activists
Riot police have entered Istanbul's Taksim Square, where Turkish anti-government protesters have been staging demonstrations for close to two weeks. Hundreds of officers have been...
Stephane Richard: France Telecom-Orange CEO held in custody in corruption case
Stephane Richard, CEO of France Telecom-Orange, has been held in custody for questioning in Bernard Tapie corruption case. Stephane Richard, who previously worked in the French Finance...
Netherlands stores 22 US nuclear weapons, reveals ex-PM Ruud Lubbers
Ruud Lubbers, former prime minister of the Netherlands, revealed that some 22 US nuclear weapons are stored on Dutch territory. Ruud Lubbers, prime minister from...
Germany floods: Dam collapses near Magdeburg
A dam has broken on the flood-swollen River Elbe in eastern Germany, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes around the city of...
Masked protester runs onto court at French Open men’s final
A masked protester waving a lit flare ran onto the court at the men's final of the French Open tennis in Paris but was...
Skirts for Sweden male train drivers after employer bans them from wearing shorts
Male train drivers in Sweden have circumvented a ban on shorts by wearing skirts to work in hot weather. The workers, who operate the Roslagsbanan...
Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Chris O’Neill fairytale wedding in Stockholm
Princess Madeleine of Sweden turned fairytale bride today as she married her British-American banker beau Christopher O’Neill watched by European royals and the cream...
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