Crimea was, is and will be Ukrainian – new President Petro Poroshenko
By Richard Balmforth Petro Poroshenko took the oath on Saturday as Ukraine’s president, buoyed by Western support but facing an immediate crisis in relations with...
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Sharapova, Halep set for guts and guile battle
By Alison Williams Even though Romania’s Simona Halep is the higher seed, at four, Maria Sharapova is the household name, the face on the billboards...
Awesome Nadal crushes Murray to set up Djokovic showdown
By Julien Pretot Defending champion Rafa Nadal played his best tennis to set up a much awaited French Open showdown against Novak Djokovic with a...
Turkey lifts block on access to YouTube
By Orhan Coskun Turkey’s telecoms regulator removed an official order blocking access to YouTube from its website on Tuesday after the country’s top court ruled...
Bouchard breezes into last eight, Murray survives
Eugenie Bouchard’s meteoric rise continued on Sunday when the baby-faced Canadian demolished Angelique Kerber 6-1 6-2 to claim a quarter-final spot at the French Open....
France arrests suspect in Brussels Jewish museum shooting
Reporting by Nicolas Bertin French police have arrested a man suspected of being involved in the shooting deaths last weekend of three people at Brussels’...
Sixteen missing in Russian helicopter crash
By Vladimir Soldatkin Sixteen people were missing and two survived with injuries after an Mi-8 helicopter crashed into a lake in Russia’s northwest Murmansk region,...
Cameron says can’t guarantee UK staying in EU if Juncker gets top job
British Prime Minister David Cameron has warned he would no longer be able to guarantee that Britain would remain a member of the European Union...
Turkish police fire teargas at protesters on anniversary of unrest
Turkish police fired teargas and water cannon on Saturday to disperse protesters in central Istanbul who sought to mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s...
Rosberg wins in Monaco to retake F1 lead
Germany’s Nico Rosberg won the showcase Monaco Grand Prix for the second year in a row on Sunday to snatch back the Formula One world...
Abstention at record levels (update 4)
Chief Returning Officer announced the final results of the European elections: Registered voters: 606.916 of which 266.891 casted their votes. The turnout reached 43.97% Left...
Real fight back to triumph on another glory night
Real Madrid came back from the dead to write another glorious chapter in their history when they beat Atletico Madrid 4-1 in extra time helped...
At least seven people killed in California shooting – reports
At least seven people were killed in a drive-by shooting near a college campus in the Californian city of Santa Barbara, including the suspected gunman,...
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes off coast of Greece
An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude struck off the coast of northern Greece on Saturday, sending panicked residents into the streets in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria,...
Opposition to Thai coup simmers, ex-PM in “safe place”
By Robert Birsel and Alan Raybould Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was in a “safe place” on Saturday, an aide said, after being held by...
NHS deal clinched with the troika
By Angelos Anastasiou HEALTH Minister Philippos Patsalis yesterday announced a final agreement with the troika on the basic principles of the National Health Scheme (NHS)....
Biden may dine with the two leaders
By Stefanos Evripidou US VICE President Joe Biden is expected to have dinner with the two leaders in the peace talks during his historic visit...
Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in separatist ambush
Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed and seven wounded on Tuesday when their armoured column was ambushed by pro-Russian separatists near the eastern Ukrainian town of...
Rebels talk of splitting Ukraine as east votes on self-rule
Pro-Moscow rebels pressed ahead with a referendum on self-rule in east Ukraine on Sunday and fighting flared anew in a conflict that could dismember the...
Hamilton takes F1 lead with fourth win in a row
Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday to chalk up his fourth victory in a row and wrest the Formula One...
