A neighbour’s phone call saved one Turkish family from certain death, alerting them just five minutes before their house collapsed. Others were not so lucky. Two people died when a giant boulder crushed their home, and four others have died in other incidents. ...
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An inquiry is under way in Indonesia following the sinking of a ferry off the Sumatran coast. The ship went down in heavy seas, claiming the lives of 29 people. Another 17 are missing. The ship went down in inland waters so rescuers were swiftly on the scene. 245 passenge...
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The American Senate has voted in favour of a full debate on the radical overhaul the country’s healthcare system. Healthcare reform is the Obama administrations top domestic priority. The Senate will now debate the changes at the end of November. The process is...
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Rescue teams are still heading underground, but hopes are dimming in China that any more survivors from the Xingxing mine accident will now be found. 92 workers are now known to have died, and another 16 remain unaccounted for, but more than a day after the gas explosion, t...
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Lebanon is celebrating its 66th anniversary of independence from France, and the president has used the occasion to call for the setting up of a committee that the 1989 constitution said should have been formed no later than 1992. Its role is to change the Lebanese politica...
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Romanians have spent the day voting for a new president in the hope of ending the political and economic crises facing the eastern European nation. Sunday’s polls are the climax to a closely-fought competition between the current President, Traian Basescu, and his main op...
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Mediators say progress has been made at the Munich a meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia. As they seek a resolution to the thorny issue of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan sat down with the threat of war, issued by Azeri President Ilh...
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On Sunday, Ukrainians marked the fifth anniversary of the Orange Revolution, a popular protest that led to the annulment of the 2004 presidential election result. As the opposition candidate in the disputed poll, President Viktor Yushchenko was swept to power following the ...
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For an outside look at Europe moving forward, euronews sought out an American expert in international relations who specialises in the EU: Dr. Kathleen McNamara, an associate professor at Georgetown University. euronews: “Symbolism has always been an important part of socia...
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Reinforcing Europe’s influence on the world stage is one of the big goals behind the EU’s streamlining of its highest positions. Europe wants to be seen as a global presence like the US and China. Trade and human rights rows continue between China and the EU and individual EU countries. ...
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This edition of Agora took us to Switzerland, where amongst the Alpine tranquility a controversy is raging over the construction of minarets around mosques. At the end of November the Swiss people will vote in a referendum on whether minarets should be banned. ...
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Death toll rises in Turkey storms
