- Hollande names new French cabinet, Aubry out Reuters - 1 hour 8 minutes ago
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande named a government dominated by moderate left-wingers on Wednesday after Socialist Party boss Martine Aubry, overlooked … More »Hollande names new French cabinet, Aubry out
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande named a government dominated by moderate left-wingers on Wednesday after Socialist Party boss Martine Aubry, overlooked for the post of prime minister, said she no longer wanted to be part of the new cabinet. Hollande, sworn in a day earlier as France's first Socialist …
- Greeks vote with wallets in fear of euro zone exit Reuters - 1 hour 17 minutes ago
ATHENS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Greeks are voting with their wallets and pulling euros out of the banks in fear that their country may leave the European single currency despite … More »Greeks vote with wallets in fear of euro zone exit
ATHENS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Greeks are voting with their wallets and pulling euros out of the banks in fear that their country may leave the European single currency despite the declared determination of EU powers Germany and France to keep Athens in the monetary union. Central banking sources said the European Central Bank …
- France's Hollande unveils moderate new cabinet AFP - 1 hour 29 minutes ago
French President Francois Hollande unveiled a government of mainly moderate Socialists and longtime allies Wednesday as his new prime minister vowed to work quickly to … More »France's Hollande unveils moderate new cabinet
- Moscow police break up anti-Putin sit-in AFP - 1 hour 44 minutes ago
Moscow authorities broke up a week-long Occupy protest on Wednesday that sprung up in response to President Vladimir Putin's inauguration, warning they would prevent … More »Moscow police break up anti-Putin sit-in
- Mladic Taunts Survivors At War Crimes Trial Sky News - 1 hour 49 minutes ago
Former Bosnian Serb army chief General Ratko Mladic, who is charged with masterminding some of the worst atrocities in Europe since the Second World War, has taunted … More »Mladic Taunts Survivors At War Crimes Trial
- Mladic taunts survivors at start of genocide trial Reuters - 2 hours 15 minutes ago
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic made a throat-slitting gesture to a woman who lost her son, husband and brothers in the Srebenica massacre at … More »Mladic taunts survivors at start of genocide trial
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic made a throat-slitting gesture to a woman who lost her son, husband and brothers in the Srebenica massacre at the start of his trial on Wednesday for some of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War Two. Mladic, now 70, flashed a defiant thumbs-up as he entered …
- Cameron says euro zone must make up or break up Reuters - 2 hours 28 minutes ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday said the euro zone had to act swiftly to solve its debt crisis or face the consequences of a potential break … More »Cameron says euro zone must make up or break up
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday said the euro zone had to act swiftly to solve its debt crisis or face the consequences of a potential break up. "The euro zone has to make a choice. If the euro zone wants to continue as it is, then it has got to build a proper firewall, it has got to take steps …
- Breivik Trial: Shot Survivor Wrote In Blood Sky News - 2 hours 33 minutes ago
A survivor unable to speak after being shot in the face by Anders Behring Breivik has told how he spat out blood and used it to write out his family's telephone numb … More »Breivik Trial: Shot Survivor Wrote In Blood
- Bride Stabbed To Death In Wedding Dress Sky News - 2 hours 39 minutes ago
A manhunt has been launched for a groom who is thought to have stabbed to death his young bride in her wedding dress. More »Bride Stabbed To Death In Wedding Dress
- Threats sent to embassies in Pakistan: police AFP - 3 hours ago
Several Western embassies in Islamabad received letters on Wednesday containing suspicious powder and threats to poison supplies for NATO soldiers in Afghanistan, officials … More »Threats sent to embassies in Pakistan: police
- Syria accused of new 'massacre,' UN team evacuated AFP - 3 hours ago
Syrian forces were accused Wednesday of having executed 15 civilians, as the office of UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said UN observers were evacuated from a tense town … More »Syria accused of new 'massacre,' UN team evacuated
- Merkel ditches environment minister after poll rou … Reuters - 3 hours ago
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel fired her environment minister on Wednesday after he led her party to a regional election defeat, replacing him with a loyal … More »Merkel ditches environment minister after poll rou …
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel fired her environment minister on Wednesday after he led her party to a regional election defeat, replacing him with a loyal conservative ally to push through her plans to take German energy into the post-nuclear era. Norbert Roettgen, a Merkel protege once see as a possible successor, …
- Norway massacre survivor 'hid under friends' dead … AFP - 3 hours ago
A young survivor of self-confessed killer Anders Behring Breivik's massacre on a Norwegian island told his trial Wednesday how she stayed alive by hiding behind the dead … More »Norway massacre survivor 'hid under friends' dead …
- New Palestinian government sworn in AFP - 3 hours ago
A new Palestinian government in the West Bank featuring 11 new faces was sworn in on Wednesday at a ceremony in Ramallah, in a move which angered the Hamas government … More »New Palestinian government sworn in
- Kidnapped journalist found dead in Honduras AFP - 4 hours ago
A journalist who was kidnapped a week ago has been found shot to death, making him the 20th to be killed in Honduras in the past three years amid rising gang violence, … More »Kidnapped journalist found dead in Honduras
- Cameron plays down differences with Hollande Reuters - 4 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he would hold talks with new French President Francois Hollande before an international summit this … More »Cameron plays down differences with Hollande
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he would hold talks with new French President Francois Hollande before an international summit this week, confident they would find "common ground" on how to tackle Europe's economic crisis. Like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Cameron has backed tough austerity …
- Breivik killed with joyous "battle cry" - survivor … Reuters - 4 hours ago
OSLO (Reuters) - Anders Behring Breivik screamed a "battle cry" and appeared both angry and joyous as he shot his victims one by one, survivors of the Norwegian far-right … More »Breivik killed with joyous "battle cry" - survivor …
OSLO (Reuters) - Anders Behring Breivik screamed a "battle cry" and appeared both angry and joyous as he shot his victims one by one, survivors of the Norwegian far-right killer's massacre told a court on Wednesday. "I heard screaming but I couldn't make out the words," Ingvild Leren Stensrud, 17, who was shot in the leg …
- Greece set for new election in June AFP - 4 hours ago
Debt-laden Greece is headed for new elections next month following an indecisive vote and on Wednesday named a judge as caretaker premier amid growing fears over the … More »Greece set for new election in June
- Tymoshenko 'agrees to resume treatment' AFP - 5 hours ago
Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, who was moved from jail to hospital last week, resumed medical treatment Wednesday after halting it a day earlier in protest, … More »Tymoshenko 'agrees to resume treatment'
- Repeat Greek Elections Are Due On June 17 Sky News - 5 hours ago
New Greek elections will be held on June 17 and a top judicial official will head the interim government until the new vote, it has been announced. More »Repeat Greek Elections Are Due On June 17
- F-22 Flights Limited Due To Safety Fears Sky News - 5 hours ago
The Pentagon has limited how far its F22 fighter jets can fly after pilots struggled to breathe when they were on board. More »F-22 Flights Limited Due To Safety Fears
- Mladic masterminded ethnic cleansing, court told AFP - 5 hours ago
Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic went on trial Wednesday accused of carrying out a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing and Europe's worst massacre since … More »Mladic masterminded ethnic cleansing, court told
- W. African jihadists threaten to kill Spanish host … AFP - 5 hours ago
A west African Al-Qaeda splinter group on Wednesday threatened to kill a Spanish hostage kidnapped in western Algeria last year if their demands are not met, a spokesman … More »W. African jihadists threaten to kill Spanish host …
- Moscow police break up anti-Putin sit-in AFP - 6 hours ago
Moscow authorities broke up a week-long Occupy protest on Wednesday that sprung up in response to President Vladimir Putin's inauguration, warning they would prevent … More »Moscow police break up anti-Putin sit-in
- Spain refuses ETA talks, demands disbandment AFP - 7 hours ago
The Spanish government on Wednesday insisted Basque separatist group ETA must disband unconditionally, rebuffing its pressure for direct talks with Spain and France. More »Spain refuses ETA talks, demands disbandment
- Convicted Taylor says prosecutors paid witnesses AFP - 7 hours ago
Convicted Liberian warlord Charles Taylor accused UN prosecutors Wednesday of paying witnesses to testify against him as he addressed a war crimes court in The Hague … More »Convicted Taylor says prosecutors paid witnesses
- Michael Caine Trapped In Dressing Room Sky News - 7 hours ago
British film star Michael Caine spent the night trapped in an attic dressing room while filming in New Orleans. More »Michael Caine Trapped In Dressing Room
- Kenyan police arrest suspect in grenade attack AFP - 8 hours ago
Kenyan police have arrested a man suspected to have taken part in a grenade attack on a Mombasa restaurant that killed one person, police chief Mathew Iteere said We … More »Kenyan police arrest suspect in grenade attack
- Mladic taunts survivors at start of genocide trial Reuters - 10 hours ago
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic taunted Srebrenica survivors on Wednesday at the start of his trial for genocide, running his hand across his … More »Mladic taunts survivors at start of genocide trial
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic taunted Srebrenica survivors on Wednesday at the start of his trial for genocide, running his hand across his throat in a gesture of defiance to relatives of the worst massacre in Europe since World War Two. Mladic, now 70, flashed a thumbs-up and clapped his hands …
- Wind-Powered Car 'Could Cut China's Smog' Sky News - 10 hours ago
A Chinese farmer has invented a wind-powered electric car that he says could save his country from the pollution caused by its rapidly growing car market. More »Wind-Powered Car 'Could Cut China's Smog'
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that countries trying to "sow chaos" in Syria could be infected with it themselves, an apparent warning to Arab Gulf nations that back the insurgency aimed at forcing him from power. Assad's remarks, to … More »Syria's Assad - Nations that sow chaos will suffer













































