Stock markets have surged in the Far East amid signs that a deal to prevent Greece defaulting on its debt may be close at hand. The Greek government has outlined further austerity measures to repeat its creditors.The German Chancellor Angela Merkel s
WikiLeaks is publishing what it said is a document showing that the US National Security Agency spied on the French President Francois Hollande and his two immediate predecessors Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac. French media reported that the comm
The man convicted of the bomb attack on the Boston Marathon has apologised to the victims. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a 21-year-old ethnic Chechnyan, was speaking in court before he was formally sentenced to death. Gary O'Donoghue reports. 在波士顿马拉松
The South African president Jacob Zuma has announced the findings of an inquiry into the shootings by police of striking workers of the ?Marikana Platinum? mine . 34 miners were killed in August 2012, the worst violence in the countrys scene since th
The South African president Jacob Zuma has announced the findings of an inquiry into the shootings by police of striking workers of the ?Marikana Platinum? mine . 34 miners were killed in August 2012, the worst violence in the countrys scene since th
The Bank of Greece is warning the country will ultimately have to leave the European single currency if it can not reach an agreement with its lenders by the end of the month. The Greek Central Bank said failure to reach a deal would send the country
The European central bank has increased pressure on financial system in Greece,a day after the Greek people rejected the term of the international bailout.The ECB refused to increase emergency lending to Greece banks in order to provide them with mor
It's now been confirmed that at least 30 of the 38 people shot dead at a Tunisian beach resort were British nationals. The gunmen has been identified as a student linked to the Islamic State militant group. Mark Lowen reports. 现已证实在突尼斯海
Hours before a deadline for Greece to repay 1.6 billion euros, Prime Minister Alexi Tsipras urged his countrys voters to back his plans to end austerity. He said no vote in Sundays referendum would help negotiate a more favorable settlement to his co
Greece has become the first advanced economy ever to go into arrears with the International Monetary Fund. Its failed to pay back 1.6 billion Euros to the IMF and its international bailout agreement has also expired. From Brussels, Chris Morris. 希腊
Euro Zone finance ministers have decided to break off talks with Greece over a possible new bailout until after a referendum on Sunday. The Greek Finance Minister Yanis Vourovakis called the decision blackmail and said this was a very dark moment for
In the worst wave of violence in northeastern Nigeria in weeks,Boko haram militants have killed around 150 civilians.The group has mounted attacks on three separate villages over the past two days.Will Ross,this report from Lagos. 几周来尼日利亚
The highest legal authority in Greece is due to hear an appeal contesting the legitimacy of Sundays referendum??on the international bailout.Lawyers??have been debating whether the vote violates constitutional rules.Greece Finance Minister Yanis Varo
Greek voters has decisively rejected the term of bailout deal offered by international lenders. With all the votes now accounted,more than 61% of people said no,thousands of supporters of no campaign celebrated in front of the parliament in Athens,wa
Euro zone leaders have given the Greek government until Thursday to present new proposals on finding a way out of its debt crisis. The German chancellor Angela Merkel told a news conference in Brussels that the proposals would be put forward for Euro
Russia has vetoed a UN resolution that wouldve condemned the Srebrenica massacre twenty years ago as an act of genocide. The killing of 8,000 Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb troops in the town was the worst massacre in Europe since the WWII. The
The United Nations Refugee Agency says the number of people who fled Syria has now passed four million. The agency's Head, Antnio Guterres, described it as the worst humanitarian crisis of our generation. 联合国难民机构称从叙利亚逃离的人
The Greek government has submitted new proposals to secure a third bailout from its international creditors. The Head of the Eurozone's Group of Finance Ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, said the plans would now be assessed in detail. The proposals inc
Eurozone treasury officials have begun assessing the latest Greek proposals for a way out of the debt crisis. The package that Athens submitted on Thursday to its international creditors includes the kind of austerity measures that Greek voters rejec
Eurozone leaders are still locked in talks at an emergency summit, trying to find a compromise that would enable Greece to avoid running out of money and to keep the single currency. The Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, is anxious to strike a de