Politics

Ukraine PM says there will never be a new 'Berlin Wall'

Ukraine's prime minister said on Wednesday that Europe would never again have a "Berlin Wall" and that his country wanted to become European, ahead of talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Duration:00:52

May 29, 2014

Colombia bids farewell to children killed in bus fire

With photos, candles and flowers Colombians paid their last respects to the 33 children killed in a bus fire May 18 in northern Colombia. The young victims will be laid to rest today in Fundacion, the town where the tragedy occurred. Duration: 00:47

May 29, 2014

Brazil police fired tear gas at Indigenous protesters

Brazilian police fired tear gas Tuesday night to break up a protest by bow-and-arrow wielding indigenous chiefs who joined forces with anti-World Cup demonstrators to condemn the money spent on the tournament. Duration: 00:58

May 29, 2014

Air raids on Syria's Aleppo kill scores in 24 hours

The death toll from Syrian air raids on rebel-held areas in the northern city of Aleppo has topped 40 over a 24-hour period, a monitoring group said Wednesday. Duration: 00:54

May 29, 2014

S.African man charged with abusing captive family for years

A South African man accused of abusing his five children while allegedly keeping them captive for more than a decade appeared briefly in a court east of Johannesburg Wednesday. Duration: 00:57

May 29, 2014

Pakistan woman stoned to death over honour

A pregnant Pakistani woman was beaten to death with bricks by members of her own family Tuesday for marrying the man of her choice, police said. Duration: 01:05

May 29, 2014

Donetsk PM admits Chechen fighters in Ukraine

The prime minister of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine Wednesday admitted that fighters from Chechnya were enlisted in the separatist brigades. Duration: 00:50

May 29, 2014

Outcry as French police demolish Calais migrant camps

French police expel around 550 people from makeshift camps in the northern port of Calais after a scabies outbreak, drawing criticism from rights groups over the treatment of migrants hoping to reach Britain. Duration: 01:16

May 29, 2014

Rwanda taps 'explosive' methane lake for electricity supply

Beneath the calm waters of Lake Kivu lie vast but deadly reserves of methane and carbon dioxide, which Rwanda is tapping both to save lives and provide a lucrative power source. Duration: 02:02

May 29, 2014

Google unveils prototype of its very own self-driving car

Google unveiled plans to build its own self-driving car -- minus the steering wheel -- that it hopes to begin testing in the coming months. For Google, the car is to pioneer individual transport that needs only a stop-and-go function. Duration: 01:02

May 29, 2014

Seniors cooking up a storm for German start-ups

In Germany people are having to stay in work longer. This has created a new sector in the working population - one that is being capitalised on by a project that gets older citizens to cook meals for company employees in Berlin. Duration: 01:42

May 29, 2014

Malian soldiers wounded in combat with rebels return

Around 50 Malians soldiers have been killed during recent fighting with armed rebels in the northern desert town of Kidal. Duration: 00:44

May 28, 2014

Miners march in Ukraine's coalbelt, waving separatist flags

More than a thousand miners took to the streets in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk city Wednesday waving separatists flags and chanting slogans that compared the new president Petro Poroshenko's team to fascists.

May 28, 2014

Syrians in Beirut stream to their embassy to vote

Thousands of Syrians, filling the streets around their embassy in Beirut, turned out to vote Wednesday in Syria's controversial presidential poll being staged as civil war rages in the country. Duration: 01:01

May 28, 2014

Syria's Assad, unwavering war leader convinced of victory

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is expected to clinch re-election effortlessly next week, believes he has saved his regime from a brutal three-year insurgency, despite international isolation and calls for his departure.

May 28, 2014