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22 May 2014 – As violence continues to roil eastern Ukraine, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated today his appeals…

An 89-year-old veteran who ran away from his care home to join the D-Day commemorations in France returned to Britain Saturday, hailed as the embodiment of World War II fighting spirit. Bernard Jordan said he had no regrets after slipping out of The…

Britain’s Bradley Wiggins, the 2012 Tour de France winner, said Friday that he was “gutted” not to be selected for Team Sky to compete in this year’s race. Wiggins told BBC television that he would not take part in the race he became the first British…

England winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has a “medial knee ligament” injury, the Football Assocation said in a statement on Thursday which leaves the player’s participation in the World Cup in doubt. Oxlade-Chamberlain picked up the injury during Wednesday…

Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah called on Wednesday for international pressure on Israel to let Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem vote in an upcoming general election. Hamdallah’s new unity government is tasked with organising parliamentary…

Tens of thousands gathered in Hong Kong on Wednesday to remember the dead on the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, the only major commemoration in China as authorities clamped tight security on Beijing. The White House called for China…

Mehdi Nemmouche, the French Islamist arrested on suspicion of a triple murder at the Brussels Jewish Museum, is to contest being handed over by France to Belgium, his lawyer said Wednesday. Nemmouche was arrested in Marseille on Friday. He wants to…

The British government announced proposals Wednesday to bring in pooled pensions and back controversial fracking plans as Queen Elizabeth II opened the final session of parliament before the 2015 general election. The Queen’s Speech set out the last…

French President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday that he will again defend BNP Paribas bank against a huge fine for alleged sanctions busting, when he dines with US President Barack Obama later in the day. Hollande told journalists during a visit…

Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday as investors awaited the latest US supply report for clues about demand in the world’s biggest crude consumer. The US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate for delivery in July, gained 63 cents to $103.29 a barrel.…

Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco suffered its largest quarterly drop in sales for four decades, it said on Wednesday, hit by supermarket price wars and the rising popularity of German-owned discounters. Tesco, the world’s third biggest supermarket group…

UN members launched a new round of climate talks Wednesday with Europe demanding early action to tame carbon emissions, two days after the United States unveiled a longer-term plan. “Although we are already looking beyond the current decade, it is also…

Europe’s main stock markets fell on Wednesday when caution prevailed on the eve of interest rate decisions in Britain and the eurozone, dealers said. Investors were on edge also ahead of this week’s key non-farm payrolls data in the United States, which…

US authorities have arrested a suspect who sparked a nationwide manhunt after explosives were allegedly found in his San Francisco home. Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II, 42, was taken into custody by the FBI and the San Francisco Police Department, the FBI…

Turkey’s embattled prime minister lashed out at international media on Tuesday, accusing news outlets of stirring unrest during the one-year anniversary of mass anti-government protests. Recep Tayyip Erdogan singled out CNN International, whose reporter…

The leader of Pakistan’s MQM party, Altaf Hussain, has been arrested in London on suspicion of money-laundering, reports said Tuesday as panic spread through his home city of Karachi and protesters torched vehicles. British police said only that a 60…

Frenchman Serge Lazarevic, kidnapped in Mali by Al-Qaeda in 2011, appeared in a video aired Tuesday by Dubai-based Alaan television urging French President Francois Holland to act to secure his release. Lazarevic, wearing a black turban, sporting a…

The newly appointed head of Japan’s top business lobby said Tuesday he wants to play a greater role in helping the country improve its badly frayed relations with China. Sadayuki Sakakibara was formally appointed as chairman of Keidanren — the Japan…

South Korean prosecutors investigating April’s ferry disaster said Tuesday the fugitive head of the family that owns the vessel had indirectly approached a foreign embassy in Seoul over asylum, but was rejected. Briefing domestic reporters, prosecutors…

Twenty-five years after he rose to fame touring with pop star Sting, Brazilian indigenous chief Raoni has launched a new tour coinciding with the World Cup to condemn the ongoing destruction of the Amazon. A striking spokesman for the rainforest with…