Politics

Britain is first country to authorise 'three-parent' babies

Britain becomes the first country in the world to allow the creation of babies with DNA from three people after MPs voted for the controversial procedure.

Feb 4, 2015

Greek Finance Minister Varoufakis meets counterpart in Italy

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis meets Italian counterpart as Greece begins floating proposals to restructure rather than cancel its crippling foreign debt, boosting stock markets as hopes rose for deal with EU partners.

Feb 4, 2015

Thousands of students in Bangui protest for education

A few thousand students took to the streets of Bangui, blocking the city center, to demand the government respects "the right to education", in regards to the teachers strike.

Feb 4, 2015

Remains of more than 20 Yazidis found in Iraq mass grave

Kurdish forces have found the remains of more than 20 members of the Yazidi minority killed by the Islamic State jihadist group in a mass grave in northwest Iraq, officials said Monday.

Feb 4, 2015

Cheap and green technologies to improve shack resilience

Scientists explore innovative solutions to improving the flood and fire resilience in the homes of South Africas poorest.

Feb 4, 2015

Displaced Zimbabwe villagers lack access to "adequate food"

Human Rights Watch calls on the Zimbabwe government to compensate villagers displaced to make way for the construction of a dam south east of the southern African country.

Feb 4, 2015

Jimmy the Groundhog makes incisive confessions to mayor

Forget Punxutawney Phil, Wisconsin's very own Jimmy the Groundhog says spring is coming early, and he did it dramatic fashion... biting the ear of the mayor he was supposedly whispering his weather predictions to.

Feb 4, 2015

Ex-party head charged in Sarkozy campaign finance scandal

The former head of France's right-wing UMP party was charged with "abuse of confidence" over a campaign finance scandal dating back to Nicolas Sarkozy's run for the presidency in 2012. Images and soundbites from his lawyer.

Feb 4, 2015

Hollande pays tribute to airmen killed in F-16 crash

President Francois Hollande pays tribute to nine French airmen killed in an F-16 crash last week in Spain.

Feb 4, 2015

Latest rounds of shelling leave more casualties in Donetsk

Fears grow of an escalation in the mounting bloodshed in east Ukraine as the United States mulls arming Kiev.

Feb 4, 2015

Race row sparks probe at South African private schools

A private South African school has been at the centre of a controversy about pupils being separated in classes based on language or culture, which some parents oppose as racism. Duration: 01:25

Feb 3, 2015

Staff at London's National Gallery begin five-day strike

Staff at the National Gallery in London began a five-day strike on Tuesday in protest against what trade unions say is creeping privatisation of the popular tourist attraction. Duration: 00:53

Feb 3, 2015

Iraqi minister visits Diyala province after its liberation

Iraqi Minister of Transportation Hadi al-Amiri spoke in front of Shiite militants on Monday in the eastern Iraqi province of Diyala, weeks after the Iraqi forces announced its liberation from the Islamic State jihadist group. Duration: 00:49

Feb 3, 2015

Reactions to UN court rejection of rival Balkan genocide claims

The UN's highest court on Tuesday rejected rival claims of genocide by Croatia and Serbia in landmark rulings over their 1991-1995 war, and urged the former foes to turn the page on their bloody history. Duration: 00:57

Feb 3, 2015

Acute Electricity Crisis

Muzaffarabad, February 03, 2015: Angry protests over acute electricity crisis, Muzaffarabad comes to a halt. Amid pitch darkness and no electricity, markets are shut, offices locked. Students, common people, residents of Muzaffarabad take to streets every evening like this, tired of load shedding for up to 20 hours every day, these people are angry and agitated. Water and power development authority or WAPDA is solely responsible for the acute power crisis in PoK. WAPDA is diverting PoK's share of electricity to Pakistani towns and cities. As a result, education, business and people from all walks of life, mostly the poor are the worst affected. It is not the first time that people have shut down their businesses and come out to protest against government's arbitrary diversion of electricity. Many times in the past the protests have turned violent. Despite resistance from public, Mangla Dam was raised to divert PoK's natural resources to Pakistan. Whenever opposition intensifies, Pakistan sends them inflated bills. No one is listening to the cries of common people of PoK. The international community should intervene and stop this open loot of natural resources by Pakistan.

Feb 3, 2015