It's Robert Mugabe's 90th birthday today. The president is hailed as a revolutionary hero by some of Zimbabwe while the West considers him a tyrant, guilty of corruption and widespread human rights abuses. It is not surprising that a man who polarises ...

German prosecutors have arrested three elderly men on suspicion they served as guards at the Nazis' Auschwitz death camp. Also in this section. Earthquake reported in England · Japanese fishermen warn of omens after surge in numbers of giant squid ...

Anti-government protesters use fireworks during clashes with Interior Ministry members and riot police in central Kiev. Reuters. Christopher Miller, Kiev – 20 February 2014. The office of Ukraine's embattled president last night bowed to international pressure ...

What's happening in Ukraine? Ukraine is facing the most serious political crisis in its history. The Euromaidan protests started last November after President Victor Yanukovych abruptly announced that Ukraine will be postponing signing the Association ...

The Ukrainian capital, Kiev, was left burning as clashes erupted between anti-government protesters and police. Download our Free iPhone App Now · Download our iPad app now · Download our Free Android App Now. Comments. Email; Print; Font Size ...

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has asked centre-left leader Matteo Renzi to form a new government following the resignation of former Prime Minister Enrico Letta last week, an official from the president's office said on Monday.

MATTEO Renzi, the 39-year-old mayor of Florence, was poised to be named Italy's youngest-ever prime minister this weekend after forcing Enrico Letta to resign in an internal party coup last week.

When Oscar Pistorius was granted bail in February 2013 shock was expressed from many quarters, resulting in allegations in the media that Pistorius received special treatment due to his celebrity status. This sense of public consternation seemed to heighten ...

As the world went to sleep on 13 February 2013, they mostly had one image of Oscar Pistorius: an against-the-odds inspiration and, occasional moments of bad sportsmanship aside, a top athlete. The previous summer, the "Blade Runner" bagged three ...

A fresh round of heavy wind, rain, and now snow, is beginning to wreak havoc across Britain. The news comes as around 56,000 households remain without power after gusts of up to 108mph battered parts of the country in the "Wild Wednesday" storms, ...

Italian politics was thrown back into crisis yesterday after Matteo Renzi, a 39-year old rising star of the Left, threw down the gauntlet and forced the resignation of Enrico Letta, the prime minister. Also in this section. Acquittal puts spotlight back on probe ...

Belgium has become the first country in the world to allow euthanasia for any age group, after its parliament backed amendments to the existing law which would in very rare cases permit doctors to help end the life of a terminally ill child. Paediatricians and ...

A man is renting out his iPhone 5 for $1 (0.60p) a minute to Flappy Bird users desperate to continue playing the game, after its creator pulled it from online stores. Over the past few days hundreds of smartphones installed with the addictive game have gone on ...

Flappy Bird's removal from the App Store has triggered a spate of tablets and smartphones with the app installed to be listed on eBay. Also in this section. Virgin Atlantic launches Google Glass pilot scheme for staff · Instant messaging app Viber in talks to be ...

Safer Internet Day is a very worthy idea, but unfortunately it's a little like the so-called war on drugs, the good guys can't win. In the first place, it has now emerged that 60pc of teenagers (40pc of 9- to 16-year-olds) own a smartphone of one kind or another, ...

Don't get in a flap if you've missed out on the latest maddeningly addictive computer game featuring our feathered friends. Dong Nguyen, Flappy Birds' frustrated creator, will surely be back. Mr Nguyen might have lived up to his promises by taking down a free ...

Gays and lesbians in Kenya have joined a global effort to protest against an anti-homosexuality bill passed by Uganda's parliament and now in the hands of the country's president. Several dozen gays, lesbians and supporters demonstrated in front of ...