A conspicuous show of support has been made for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Around 140,000 people attended a rally on Saturday in which placards were raised announcing Putin as a man...

Leaders of the Roman Catholic church in Rome are gathering to attend a conference on sexual abuse of minors within the Church.

They will attend a prayer service for victims of sexual abuse and...

Iran will stop its oil exports to Europe, Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said Saturday.

The development comes after the European Union endorsed the measures adopted by the foreign ministers of the...

European regulators have asked Internet search giant Google to delay the rollout of its new privacy policy, scheduled for March 1.

Google has planned to combine the 60 different privacy policies...

Seven-time Tour De France winner Lance Armstrong has been cleared of doping allegations, concluding a nearly two-year long inquiry.

The prosecutors decided to drop the doping charge against...

Demonstrators have stormed Syrian embassies in Europe, the Middle East and Australia after Syrian forces reportedly killed more than 200 people in the city of Homs. British police used batons to...

And, as America shifts its primary strategic focus to Asia and reduces its military presence in Europe, President Barack Obama’s top two national security aides -- attending an international...

Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a Security Council resolution backing an Arab League peace plan that calls for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down amid escalating violence. The other 13...

The death toll from the vicious cold snap across Europe has risen to more than 260, with hundreds having to be rescued after a ferry caught in a snowstorm hit a breakwater off Italy.Ukraine has...

Bosnia's government has declared a state of emergency after the capital Sarajevo was paralysed by snow, while in Rome residents saw the Italian capital's biggest snowfall in 26 years, which...

Greece and creditors on verge of deal Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos faces a critical task of convincing international lenders and political party leaders today to agree to the stringent...

Titleholders Czech Republic and last year's runners-up Russia both grabbed commanding 2-0 leads to put themselves a point away from victory in their Fed Cup World Group first round ties on...

Any economic losses from the EU's oil embargo on Iran are outweighed by the benefits of the new sense of European unity ushered in by the sanctions. That's the view of MEP Martin Callanan...

Tens of thousands of Muscovites endured icy temperatures of around minus 20 degrees to attend a protest march against Vladimir Putin...

Greek finance minister Evangelos Venizelos makes a statement to the press after a telephone conference with fellow eurozone ministers on February 4, 2012. Negotiations with the EU and the IMF on a...

Greece's Finance minister Evangelos Venizelos leaves his office in Athens February 4, 2012. Greece has agreed with euro zone partners on how to recapitalise Greek banks after a planned bond...

Great Britain beat Germany 2-0 in the semi-final of the Champions Trophy in Argentina, where they will face the hosts in Sunday's final. Danny Kerry's side dominated throughout against...

Russian gas exporter Gazprom said it was unable to meet increased European demand as it battles its own deep freeze, and had reduced supplies "for a few days" before returning them to...

Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to reassure Europe on Saturday that, despite budget cuts in Washington and the coming withdrawal from the Continent of about 6,000 to 7,000 American troops, the United...

Spain ’s 1936-39 civil war that no court has yet examined or judged. No one knows how many people were taken away, tortured and murdered. Now, one of Spain’s top investigating...

A deadly deep freeze has killed at least 220 people across Europe. Arctic winds have driven down temperatures for a week, and the snow is piling up in the unlikeliest of places. Charlie D'Agata...

Spanish Liga leaders Real Madrid CF ground out a valuable three points at city rivals Getafe CF to keep Jos Mourinho's charges seven points clear of FC Barcelona, who also earned a...

Czech Republic 4-5 CroatiaThe hosts are through to the last eight as Group A winners despite a frantic second half in which the Czechs levelled from 3-1...

February 4, 2012 Greece is under heavy pressure from its creditors to implement further austerity and structural measures if it wants to get a second, euro130 billion ($171 billion) bailout, and...

Freezing weather has killed dozens of people in central and eastern Europe over the past few days and temperatures are set to drop even further, authorities warned...

The United Nations Security Council has failed again to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China blocked a resolution backing an Arab League plan for...

Russia and China on Saturday joined hands in vetoing an Arab-European draft resolution which backs an Arab League plan to promote a regime change in Syria. It was the second time since October 2011...

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Saturday called for harmony among European Union member states in their efforts to tackle the debt crisis. Speaking at the ongoing 48th Munich Security...

SARAJEVO -; Bosnia's government declared a state of emergency in its capital on Saturday after Sarajevo was paralyzed by snow, while in Rome residents dug out from the city's biggest...

Hungary is seeking an international credit line of 15 to 20 billion ($20 to $26.3 billion) euros, the secretary of state heading the prime minister's office, Mihaly Varga, was quoted on Saturday...

The possibility of a sovereign default by Greece cannot be ruled out, Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the Eurogroup of finance ministers from the single currency zone, said in a German magazine on...

Greece has just one day left to strike a deal with impatient lenders and reluctant political party leaders on a 130 billion rescue plan before the country is pushed towards a chaotic default, its...

Euro zone finance ministers told Greece on Saturday it could not go ahead with an agreed deal to restructure privately-held debt until it guaranteed it would implement reforms needed to secure a...

Russia and China vetoed on Saturday a U.N. resolution that backed an Arab plan calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to quit, stalling global efforts to end his bloody crackdown on unrest after...

Drivers were warned to take extra care and planes were grounded, including at London Heathrow where one-in-three flights scheduled for today are expected to be cancelled. A host of sporting fixtures...

Tens of thousands of Russians yesterday braved freezing conditions in Moscow to protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. With temperatures as low as -20C, 120,000 people marched near the...

On Thursday, in the grounds of Granada's Parque de las Ciencias, delighted tourists and students watched a demonstration of olive trees being harvested. Flails whirred in the branches, clouds of...