An army-erected brick wall has become a central point in the running battles around Cairo's Tahrir Square. Overnight, protesters tried to tear…

North Korean state media has released a still photograph of what is believed to have been Kim Jong-il's last public appearance before he died. He…

It is the UK's biggest financial shake-up for years. Britain plans to reform its banks, forcing them to set up barriers between their retail…

The Philippines has declared a state of national calamity after last week's flash floods and landslides. More than 1,000 people are said to have…

The body of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is now lying in state in Pyongyang with his third son, the expected new leader Kim Jong-un, among…

The United States has called for Iran to immediately release an American of Iranian descent accused of being a CIA spy. Amir Mirzai Hekmati has…

North Koreans bowed in silence and reflected in the early morning mist as they tried to come to terms with the loss of the man they called their…

While Syria was signing an Arab League peace plan aimed at ending months of bloodshed, more than 100 people died in various incidents across the…

Major powers have been reassessing their positions after the death of North Korea's leader. A new man at the helm of the maverick state could…

Iraq's vice president is a wanted man. Authorities in Baghdad have issued an arrest warrant for Sunni Muslim Tareq al-Hashemi. He is under…

Four days of violence between Egyptian security forces and opponents of army rule have left at least 13 people dead. International criticism has…

They have finished negotiations but not enough progress has been made for a deal. A Ukraine-EU summit in Kiev has focused on a possible political…

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Serbia and Kosovo to do more to sort out their differences. She was speaking during a short…

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Washington will be reaching out to Beijing and Moscow over the situation in North Korea. She spoke…

Syria's president is lying and only foreign military action can protect civilians. That is the message from Syria's opposition and activists who have…

The world is holding its breath over what will happen next in North Korea, as the 29-year old heir of Kim Jong-il is set to take power. Euronews…

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi caused amusement as he tried -- not very successfully -- to speak German while addressing the European…

Thousands of Czechs have been paying their last respects to Vaclav Havel, the playwright who became the country's president by leading its peaceful…

Like father, like son? Or will North Korea's new Kim represent a break from the past? Will he wield real power, or will Kim Jong-un be just a…

Experts in the region say the new leader of North Korea is likely to maintain what they call a militaristic path. And Monday's testing of a…