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From Sydney to New York via Dubai, the best pictures from New Year celebrations around the world. http://ift.tt/1ms3j2m 3Novices Europe
BRUSSELS // Belgian prosecutors said on Thursday they have arrested a 10th suspect over the militant attacks in Paris last month and charged...
LONDON // BBC says its main news website and other sites were knocked offline due to an attack. Service was out for more than three hours o...
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MOSCOW // ISIL has claimed responsibility for a shooting at an ancient citadel in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan that k...
The Russian ruble on the last currency trading day of the year has hit a new 2015 low against the US dollar, at one point falling to 73.20 t...
ANKARA // Turkish police on Wednesday detained two ISIL suspects accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack on New Year’s Eve celebrations in...
PARIS // President Francois Hollande’s call for convicted terrorists to lose their French citizenship if they have a second nationality has ...
Saudi's Arabia's planned cuts in spending and energy subsidies show the world's largest crude oil exporter is bracing for a prol...
WASHINGTON // Ireland underwent a massive prehistoric wave of immigration from the Middle East and eastern Europe, which could explain how m...
The family of a cleaner killed in an explosion at Istanbul’s second largest airport have called on the government to provide an explanation ...
ISTANBUL // Tens of thousands of civilians in south-east Turkey have been caught in the middle as government forces and Kurdish militants ba...
AJACCIO, FRANCE // Demonstrators ransacked a Muslim prayer hall and attempted to burn copies of the Quran on the French island of Corsica on...
Much about Syria in 2015 was sadly predictable. The continuing violence, the worsening refugee crisis and the steadily climbing toll of dead...
Over the past five years, pronouncements that the two-state solution is dying have been difficult to ignore. At this point in the conflict b...
There was a moment this past summer, as Greeks overwhelmingly rejected in a referendum the deal put on the table by their country’s creditor...
As 2015 ends with France under a prolonged state of emergency, the spectre of terrorism has introduced a sombre note to the seasonal festivi...
The Middle East: Migrants and money to stay on our minds In the Middle East in 2016, the two biggest stories will be of people and money, a...
You might call 2015 Turkey’s year of elections – that’s right, another one, given that 2014 also featured municipal and presidential polls t...
They have crossed treacherous seas in unseaworthy boats, trampled through dark forests carrying their worldly possessions on their backs. Th...
The number of migrants and refugees crossing into Europe by land and sea in 2015 passed one million, according to the International Organiza...
MADRID // An unemployed Senegalese man who was rescued by the Spanish coastguard after making a risky journey from Morocco eight years ago o...
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It may not do much to reduce air pollution or greenhouse gas emissions - it's certainly not helped the oil industry - but low fuel price...
December often brings alarm that a lack of snow in the Alps will hit skiers and winter resorts' business. With this year's warm weat...
It was lost beneath the waves for more than 1,000 years, a mysterious Atlantis of the Middle East that once guarded the mouth of the River N...
The British economy grew at a slower rate than previously estimated during at least half of 2015, according to official data. Weaker growth ...
Consumer spending in France fell by the highest amount in nearly two years in November - partly due to the unusually warm weather according ...
LONDON // Prime minister David Cameron’s office says he will look into a lawmaker’s claim that US officials prevented a British Muslim famil...
Take a much-needed break this festive season and be rewarded when you book a stay at the Rosewood, Abu Dhabi. Those who book two nights, fro...
GENEVA // The number of refugees and migrants arriving by land and sea in the European Union has passed 1 million this year, while a further...
ATHENS // Greece’s parliament approved a resolution on Tuesday calling on the government to recognise the state of Palestine, in a special s...
On the season finale of Business Middle East we summarise a volatile year and discuss the 2016 forecast for global and MENA markets with Nou...
The tumbling oil price has had a catastrophic effect in Venezuela, which has the dubious privilege of having the world's highest inflati...
The inconclusive Spanish election result hit the market in Madrid, where stocks hit their lowest levels in three months and government bonds...
'Tis the season for reflection, so Real Economy host Maithreyi Seetharaman has returned to Brussels to sit down with European Commission...
_Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President, European Commission_ Yeah, I am confident that we will manage to finance projects in worth 315 billion in 2...
_Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President, European Commission_ Well, I think, if – today or this year’s result is that there will be more or less 50 ...
_Guntram Wolff, Director, Bruegel:_ The methodology that supposedly is applied is that it's not political projects, it's based on ob...
The cost of Toshiba's accounting scandal continues to hit hard. The Japanese giant is to cut almost a third of its workforce in its cons...
The Force well-and-truly awakened box office tills at the weekend, as the latest Star Wars movie rang up record-breaking receipts. Figures f...
Paris // French police on Monday detained a retired policeman over the discovery of a fake bomb on board an Air France flight which made an ...