Saudi pledges $3 billion grant to Lebanese army
Lebanon's president announces a $3 billion grant from Saudi Arabia, shortly after the funeral of a senior politician killed in a car bomb on Friday.
Volcano erupts in El Salvador prompting evacuations
Authorities in El Salvador evacuate areas surrounding the Chaparrastique volcano after eruption on Sunday.
Information campaign on 2014 European elections launched

European Parliament launches information campaign on 2014 elections.

European Parliament launches information campaign on 2014...

Syria accepts Russian chemical weapons proposal

Syria accepts Russia’s proposal to put country’s chemical weapons under...

Syria accepts Russia’s proposal to put country’s...

Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan ‘isolated’ on oil issues

GNC’s decision to form panel of 13 legislators from all parts of the country...

GNC’s decision to form panel of 13 legislators from all...

Putin ally Sergei Sobyanin wins Moscow mayor election

Kremlin-backed candidate Sergei Sobyanin has won the election for mayor of...

Kremlin-backed candidate Sergei Sobyanin has won the...

Syria abductors release Italian and Belgian

Italian journalist Domenico Quirico and Belgian teacher Pierre Piccinin da...

Italian journalist Domenico Quirico and Belgian teacher...

G20 approves tax evasion clamp down

G20 leaders and over 50 countries sign a convention pledging the sharing of information related to tax evasion.

G20 leaders and over 50 countries sign a convention...

Nine dead as Egyptian forces storm Sinai

Nine Islamist militants are reported dead after Egyptian forces including tanks and helicopters clean out the Sinai area.

Nine Islamist militants are reported dead after Egyptian...

More countries support military intervention in Syria

US Secretary of State John Kerry claims number of countries supporting...

US Secretary of State John Kerry claims number of countries...

Pope Francis unites Catholics in hope for peace

Pope Francis and the world's Catholics unite in prayer for peace in Syria and...

Pope Francis and the world's Catholics unite in prayer for...

Migrant lands in heat

A migrant attempts to sneak into the US inside a shipment of red chili peppers

A migrant attempts to sneak into the US inside a shipment...

Two arrested after attempted Buckingham Palace break-in

Security review launched after man manages to scale a fence to get inside the...

Security review launched after man manages to scale a fence...

Australians head to the polls

More than 14 million people expected to vote as Australia’s election commission revealed that a record 3.2 million ballots had already been cast in early...

More than 14 million people expected to vote as...

Israeli police and Palestinians clash in Jerusalem

Israeli police fire grenades to disperse Palestinian worshippers who threw...

Israeli police fire grenades to disperse Palestinian...

Nasa’s robotic explorer blasts off to the moon

An unmanned rocket will measure the thin lunar atmosphere from orbit.

An unmanned rocket will measure the thin lunar atmosphere...

‘Obstacle course’ in the EU leads to unfair treatment of asylum seekers

NGOs say there is still a long way to go in the establishment of a fair and efficient Common European Asylum System despite more than 12 years of harmonising...

NGOs say there is still a long way to go in the...

New recording of Spanish rail-crash driver revealed

The accident, which happened on 24 July near Santiago de Compostela, is one of...

The accident, which happened on 24 July near Santiago de...

Russia keeps constant military presence in the Mediterranean

Moscow is a key ally of the Syrian regime and has kept a constant presence of...

Moscow is a key ally of the Syrian regime and has kept a...

G20 ‘divided’ on Syria, Russia accused of holding ‘council hostage’

Britain pledges an addition £52 million in aid to help the estimated two million refugees who have fled the civil war in Syria.

Britain pledges an addition £52 million in aid to help the...