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In pictures: Anti-G8 protests

In pictures: Anti-G8 protests

18 June 2013, 15:43 PM

Europe | Demonstrators have staged anti-globalisation and anti-capitalism protests around the UK in the lead up to the G8 summit in Northern Ireland.
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Comment: Why didn't anyone help Nigella?

Comment: Why didn't anyone help Nigella?

18 June 2013, 14:33 PM

Europe | When Charles Saatchi choked, pinched and assaulted Nigella Lawson at Scott’s restaurant in London bystanders gawped and took photographs.
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G8 leaders look for consensus on Syria

G8 leaders look for consensus on Syria

18 June 2013, 12:49 PM

Europe | British Prime Minister David Cameron is hoping to forge a consensus on Syria as the US and Russian leaders acknowledged sharp differences on the conflict. Read more

Malala denounces cowardly Pakistan attack

Malala denounces cowardly Pakistan attack

18 June 2013, 9:20 AM

Europe | Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban, has denounced a deadly attack on a bus carrying female students in Quetta. Read more

Nigella pictures 'a playful tiff': Saatchi

18 June 2013, 8:50 AM

Europe | Charles Saatchi says the pictures of him holding wife Nigella Lawson's neck are "horrific" but it was all just a "playful tiff". Read more

Smiling Prince Philip leaves hospital

Smiling Prince Philip leaves hospital

18 June 2013, 8:47 AM

Europe | Prince Philip smiled and waved as he left the private London Clinic after undergoing surgery 10 days ago. Read more

Merkel says wants answers on US web spies

18 June 2013, 8:29 AM

Europe | German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will call for "transparency" on the scope of the US online surveillance program. Read more

BBC broadcaster jailed for child sex

BBC broadcaster jailed for child sex

18 June 2013, 8:16 AM

Europe | Veteran BBC presenter Stuart Hall has been jailed for child sex abuse, which came to light after investigations into the late Jimmy Savile. Read more

Ecuador would examine Snowden asylum claim

Ecuador would examine Snowden asylum claim

18 June 2013, 7:54 AM

Europe | Ecuador says it would consider any asylum claim by US leaker Edward Snowden meaning he could one day potentially join Julian Assange in Latin America. Read more

Greek court blocks broadcaster's closure

Greek court blocks broadcaster's closure

18 June 2013, 7:37 AM

Europe | A court has "temporarily" cancelled the Greece government's shock decision to close state broadcaster ERT. Read more

Turkey summons UK over spy reports

Turkey summons UK over spy reports

18 June 2013, 6:30 AM

Europe | Turkey has summoned Britain's charge d'affaires over allegations that Britain spied on its finance minister at the G20 in 2009. Read more

Iceland resumes controversial whale hunt

18 June 2013, 6:30 AM

Europe | Iceland has resumed its disputed commercial fin whale hunt. Fin whales are the second largest whale species after the blue whale. Read more

Turkey probes 'scandalous' British spying

18 June 2013, 6:30 AM

Europe | Documents leaked by US former spy Edward Snowden appear to show that Britain spied on foreign delegates including fellow NATO member Turkey. Read more

Millions of moths mass on Madrid

18 June 2013, 5:25 AM

Europe | No-one is sure of precisely where they came from, but millions of moths have been lured to Madrid, inspiring stories, jokes and a Twitter trend. Read more

Robot that runs like a cat springs to life

17 June 2013, 23:57 PM

Europe | A new Swiss-designed robot, dubbed the 'cheetah-cub," can move as fast as a human adult walking briskly, and could be used for search and rescue. Read more

Assange could stay in embassy for 5 years

Assange could stay in embassy for 5 years

17 June 2013, 22:17 PM

Europe | Ecuador says it hopes Julian Assange doesn't get old and die inside its London embassy but it isn't about to hand him over to the United Kingdom. Read more

Cameron refuses comment on G20 spy claims

Cameron refuses comment on G20 spy claims

17 June 2013, 21:06 PM

Europe | Revelations that the UK intercepted communications of G20 countries risk embarrassing Prime Minister David Cameron as he prepares to host the G8 summit. Read more

Northern Ireland peace will be test: Obama

Northern Ireland peace will be test: Obama

17 June 2013, 19:58 PM

Europe | Barack Obama has warned young people of Northern Ireland that there is "more to lose now than there has ever been". Read more

Turkey unions strike after PM defends crackdown

Turkey unions strike after PM defends crackdown

17 June 2013, 19:42 PM

Europe | Two of Turkey's main trade unions began a nationwide strike to protest at police violence against anti-government demonstrators, a day after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended his crackdown on an Istanbul protest park.
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Obama arrives in Northern Ireland for G8 summit

17 June 2013, 19:36 PM

Europe | US President Barack Obama arrived in Northern Ireland on Monday for the first day of the G8 summit and potentially vexatious talks on Syria with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Read more

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