Politics

French football clubs plan strike over 75% tax plan

French football clubs will go out on strike for the first time in more than 40 years next month in protest at government plans to tax top earners 75 percent, the clubs have announced. Duration: 01:08

Oct 24, 2013

Syria disarmament on track: watchdog

Syria is set to hand over a detailed plan for destroying its chemical arsenal Thursday, the international watchdog said, as a rebel attack near Damascus triggered widespread power outages. Duration: 00:26

Oct 24, 2013

Spying between friends 'just not done': Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the target of US snooping on her mobile phone, said Thursday that such conduct between friends was unacceptable. Duration: 00:53

Oct 24, 2013

Syrian expats lead Bulgaria's refugee relief efforts

Syrian refugees receives medical exams at the recently opened Vrazhdebna shelter in Sofia, a former school that now houses some 380 refugees on October 24, 2013. Duration: 00:40

Oct 24, 2013

Jobless rate dips as Spain fights way out of recession

Spain announced Thursday a dip in its towering unemployment rate in the latest sign that the eurozone's fourth-largest economy is battling its way out of recession. Duration: 01:05

Oct 24, 2013

Political unrest in Tunisia has reached a turning-point: analyst

Political unrest in Tunisia has reached a turning-point, according to one analyst. Duration: 00:55

Oct 24, 2013

Australia fires flare as military blamed, pilot killed

Firefighters prepare to battle approaching flames from a bushfire near Faulconbridge in the Blue Mountains on October 24, 2013. Duration: 00:45

Oct 24, 2013

White House refuses to say whether US spied on Merkel

The White House refused to say Thursday whether the United States has spied on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, amid a growing furore over allegations Washington tapped her mobile phone. Duration: 00:30

Oct 24, 2013

Relatives of Bangladesh tragedy victims demand justice

Orphans who lost their parents when a garment factory complex collapsed in Bangladesh vented their grief and anger at leading Western retailers Thursday on the six-month anniversary of the disaster. Duration 00:53

Oct 24, 2013

NKorea rights investigator recounts harrowing testimonies

UN investigators probing human rights abuses in North Korea have been hearing harrowing evidence in London this week from people who have managed to flee the secretive Stalinist regime. Duration: 1:14

Oct 24, 2013

Red carpet glamour at opening of 7th Abu Dhabi Film Fest

Dozens of celebrities and filmmakers from around the Arab world attended the opening of the seventh edition of the Abu Dhabi film festival on Thursday. Duration: 0:35

Oct 24, 2013

Despite bankruptcy, Detroit's city centre making comeback

Long viewed as the foremost example of US inner-city decline, Detroit is now showing signs of a resurgence in its Downtown and Midtown neighbourhoods. Duration: 2:36

Oct 24, 2013

Museum of African Design opens in Johannesburg

A Museum of African Design opens in a converted warehouse in Johannesburg city centre, promising to showcase the continent's top artists and designers. Duration: 01:15

Oct 24, 2013

No chance Jamaat will win free and fair election: Bangladesh Journalist

Dhaka, Oct 23 (ANI): While talking about the upcoming polls in the country, Bangladesh Journalist, Shahriar Kabir has said that Jamaat-e-Islami would never gain people's support due to the crimes committed by them during the liberation war of 1971, and won't win in case of free and fair elections.

Oct 23, 2013

We welcome criticism of our judgment, but not motives: SC tells VK Singh

New Delhi, Oct 23 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday criticized former army chief General V.K. Singh for his comments against the judiciary. "We welcome criticism of our judgment, but not motives. If one can make such remarks against the highest court like this, we are heading for bad days," the apex court said. General Singh has been given nearly a month's time to reply to a contempt notice.

Oct 23, 2013