A coalition of major human rights and development organisations Wednesday called on the European Union (EU) to immediately suspend its latest pacts with Israel until the violence in Gaza ends, IRNA...

British retailers Marks & Spencer (M&S) said Wednesday it is axing up to 1,230 jobs and closing down 27 stores after a fall in Christmas...

The price for oil produced by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) continued to rise Tuesday, climbing to $46.27, the Vienna-based cartel announced...

Danny Boyle, who directed critically acclaimed 'Slumdog Millionaire', is helping the poor children who starred in his...

'Harry Potter' star Emma Watson has slammed skinny stars as she finds their shape...

Supermodel Cindy Crawford, who was famous in the 1990s, revealed she was bullied by her classmates who were jealous of her modelling...

Hollywood actor Will Smith believes his son Jaden might have Extra Sensory Perception (ESP) and can see into the...

An international research team has identified a new line of bacteria that flavours some of the world's most exclusive...

American pop singer Madonna has stripped down to her knickers for an advertisement of the international brand Louis...

British singer Amy Winehouse is all over aspiring British actor Joshua Bowman as they have been seen snuggling up on a holiday at the Caribbean island of St...

American rapper-turned-designer Puff Daddy said he does not like people dropping in at his home without prior...

British premier Gordon Brown Wednesday began a three-day tour of British recession hotspots in a bid to boost morale that has been hit by growing...

British pop singer Lily Allen was upset as she lost her luggage on a flight back to London from the...

An Arab Sheikh and India-born steel tycoon Laxmi Mittal have emerged as the two wealthiest British football club owners in 2009, relegating Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich to third...

The government has lifted the ban on use of mobile phones in hospitals in England, though they will continue to be restricted in intensive care units, the chemotherapy and children's...

Lionel Messi gave one of the best performances of his promising career in Madrid, scoring a handsome hat-trick as Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid 3-1 in a one-sided fifth round, first leg clash in the Spanish...

Some 1,500 police were called to Ankara's Ataturk Arena late Tuesday after fans and demonstrators forced a European Cup basketball match between a local and an Israeli team to be called...

Britain's biggest workers' union and key regional newspapers have launched a massive campaign to save beleaguered Indian-owned marques Jaguar and Land Rover (JLR) from collapsing in the credit...

Tata-owned Jaguar has given the XF luxury saloon a more powerful diesel engine which is said to save fuel at the same...

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Tuesday described the fighting in Gaza as the 'darkest moment yet for the Middle East' but said he was hopeful that a ceasefire could be...

London, Jan.7 : Arsene Wenger-coached Arsenal football club is on the verge of signing Euro 2008 star Andrei Arshavin for 10 million...

You are shopping when you receive a text message on your mobile phone. It is from the parking meter to tell you that you have been given a fine. A science-fiction nightmare? No, this could soon...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Police say a masked gunman has shot to death the principal and a teacher at a school in the Budapest neighborhood of Csepel. Budapest Police spokesman...

Nationalpost.com , via Reuters, Russia shut down all gas flows to Europe through Ukraine on Wednesday, sharpening a dispute that has left industries and homes in southeast Europe without power and...

KIEV, Ukraine — Russia shut off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine on Wednesday, forcing countries to scramble for alternative sources of energy during a winter cold snap. Prime...

The Russia-Ukraine natural gas dispute hit Europe with the force of a winter storm, cutting or limiting supplies to at least a dozen nations.Tens of thousands of people were left without heat and...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Police detained three retired generals and dozens of others in raids across Turkey on Wednesday, as they broadened their investigation into an alleged plot by secularists to...

Photo Dmitry Medvedev (MOSCOW) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday laid down terms for a resumption of Russian gas shipments via Ukraine to Europe as tens of thousands of Europeans...

Understanding: French President Nicolas Sarkozy (r.) met with former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Tuesday, part of a Middle East tour amid European diplomatic efforts to...

The pound has risen to its highest level against the euro for three weeks, ahead of the Bank of England's interest rates announcement on Thursday. The euro fell 0.5% against the pound to close at...

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France is planning to get rid of the position of examining magistrate, one of the great symbolic figures of the French justice system, in a major overhaul. ...

KPMG aims for European union Hopes for KPMG to create a European single organisation still alive despite economic climate, says the firm's joint senior...

Washington - Russia's decision to cut off gas supplies to Europe because of a contract dispute with Ukraine is "unacceptable," the US State Department said Wednesday. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir...

6-4, 6-4 to give her team an unassailable 2-0 lead in the semi-final clash with Asia-Pacific. The world number 18 broke Mirza in the first game of the match and although the Indian broke back in...

In the latest edition of the uefa.com Magazine we talk to FC Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernández, Werder Bremen playmaker Diego and Manchester United FC winger Ryan Giggs. Click to...

Freezing temperatures and exceptional snowfall are causing travel delays across Europe and were blamed for at least 12 deaths, including that of a man in Milan who was crushed when a canopy collapsed...

(KIEV) - The head of Ukraine's gas company will travel on Thursday to Brussels where he hopes to meet his Russian counterpart at EU-brokered crisis talks on their gas conflict, the company said ...

Now, she has even fewer. Mrs. Kohn has dropped out of sight, leaving the firm she founded, Bank Medici, in the hands of Austrian regulators, who took it over last week. Embarrassment from investing...

The Pope's justice minister, Cardinal Renato Martino, has sharply criticised Israel's actions and likened the Gaza Strip to a "big concentration camp". Correspondents say his words mark the...

reported on Wednesday. In 2006, 8,223 cases of measles occurred in Europe, a tally that fell to 3,909 in in 2007 but, in the first nine months of 2008 rose to 6,269 cases. Separately, doctors...

GENEVA: The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie with more than 200 other spectacular places in the next phase of the global competition for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, organizers...

DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- The Irish government ordered a new investigation Wednesday into how a Roman Catholic bishop mishandled complaints against sexually abusive priests in his...

Thousands of homes across Europe have been left without heat after Russia has cut gas deliveries over a pricing dispute. Photo / AP SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgarian school children sang songs to keep...

Bulgaria is among the countries worst hit by a stoppage of gas supplies from Russia to Europe via Ukraine. A young Bulgarian carries wood in front of his house in the town of Zlatica, east of the...

BERLIN (AP) - A German court ruled Wednesday that an elderly former Nazi hit squad member is medically unfit to stand trial for the World War II reprisal killings of three Dutch civilians. Defense...

MIAMI | As the only prisoner of war held on U.S. soil, inmate No. 38699-079 gets annual visits from the Red Cross and can wear his military uniform and insignia when he goes to court.Gen. Manuel...

ZURICH: European investors remain upbeat about India despite an accounting scandal at IT company Satyam Computer Services that sent Indian markets tumbling on Wednesday. Shares in the IT group...

Children make up third of Gaza dead: medics; Ecuador accuses Israel of crimes against humanity Thursday, January 08, 2009 DAMASCUS/GAZA CITY/ECUADOR: Top Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Wednesday...

(KIEV) - The Ukrainian government and the European Commission on Wednesday agreed "immediately" to allow European Union technical observers into Ukraine to monitor gas supplies amid its...

BLAUBEUREN: German billionaire Adolf Merckle has committed suicide, in despair over the huge losses suffered by his business empire during the financial crisis, his family said on Tuesday. The...