A fierce battle erupted Monday for control of the main airport in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, just hours after president-elect Petro Poroshenko vowed he would not let the country become another Somalia. Ukrainian fighter jets and combat helicopters…
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Sony will bring its PlayStation consoles to China through two joint ventures, the Japanese gaming giant and its Chinese partner both said Monday, as they seek to tap a newly opened market. China in January formally authorised the domestic sale of game…
The triumph of France’s far right National Front (FN) in European elections has left President Francois Hollande fighting for his political life, allies and analysts warned Monday. A day after his Socialist Party polled a record low of less than 14…
Italy led European stock markets on Monday in a robustly positive reaction to European Parliament elections which put conservatives in a leading position, but also gave anti-EU forces a huge boost in France and Britain. The euro and sterling steadied…
Ukrainian tycoon Petro Poroshenko won the presidential election in the first round by collecting more than half the votes, the election commission chief said on Monday. “We can now already draw a fairly important conclusion: there will be no need for…
Belgium investigators on Monday probed a possible terrorist link in a fatal weekend shooting by a lone gunman at the Jewish Museum in Brussels that has shocked the world. The inquiry over the shooting, which killed three people outright and left a young…
Ireland lock Donncha O’Callaghan was one of four players added to the Barbarians squad on Monday to face England in a non-cap international at Twickenham on June 1. France fly-half Francois Trinh-Duc, South Africa second row Juandre Kruger and Argentina…
Shares in Birmingham City’s Hong Kong holding company were suspended Monday, leading to speculation the club will be sold, after its owner Carson Yeung was jailed for money laundering in March. “At the request of Birmingham International Holdings Limited…
Billionaire oligarch Petro Poroshenko said Monday he would not let rebel-held east Ukraine become another Somalia as he prepared to take over the presidency with a clear signal from Moscow that it is ready to work with his government. Poroshenko has…
Saudi Arabia has arrested nine university professors for their alleged links to the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement, media reported on Monday. Investigators found the professors, two Saudis and the rest from neighbouring countries, had been involved…
Sony will bring its PlayStation consoles to China through two joint ventures, the Japanese gaming giant and its Chinese partner both said Monday, as they seek to tap a newly opened market. China in January formally authorised the domestic sale of game…
Pope Francis called for Christians, Jews and Muslims to work together for peace as he toured holy sites in Jerusalem on Monday, the final day of his Middle East pilgrimage. On an early-morning tour of key sacred places in the walled Old City, the 77…
Murder detectives were Monday investigating the case of a young nurse whose corpse was sent by parcel post across Japan in a box that claimed to contain a doll. The body of Rika Okada was found in a storage lock-up in Tokyo. Investigators also found…
25 May 2014 – The United Nations humanitarian chief today expressed outrage at a deliberate attack on a humanitarian warehouse…
25 May 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today regretted that the Lebanese Parliament was unable to elect a new president…
23 May 2014 – Health experts and veterinarians called for stepped-up monitoring, investigations and immediate reporting of cases of the…
23 May 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned a deadly mortar attack on an electoral rally in southern Syria…
23 May 2014 – The United Nations human rights chief has voiced her “very serious concerns” about a recent incident…
A bitterly divided Ukraine voted Sunday in a presidential election seen as the most important in the country’s history as it battles a deadly pro-Russian insurrection in the east. Turnout was brisk in the capital Kiev and the west where long queues…
Belgian police hunted down a gunman Sunday who shot dead three people including two Israelis in an attack on the Brussels Jewish Museum reviving fears of a fresh wave of anti-Semitism in Europe. The first attack against a Jewish target in Belgium for…