German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen is dismissed after being blamed for the governing Christian Democrats’ heavy losses in a regional

A young penguin which escaped from Tokyo’s Sea Life Park has reportedly been spotted swimming in waters around the Japanese

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff inaugurates a truth commission to investigate rights abuses, including those committed during military rule from

Passengers flying Virgin Atlantic from London to New York will soon be able to make in-flight phone calls using personal

The euro hits a fresh four-month low against the dollar as political uncertainty in Greece fuels speculation it could leave the single

A pioneering UK project to test technology for a climate “technical fix” has been postponed and perhaps cancelled due to problems with patents and

Villagers in south-eastern Turkey sound the alarm after mistaking a migratory bird – a common European bee-eater – for an Israeli

The BBC Trust confirms children’s shows will no longer be shown on BBC One and BBC Two after digital

Andy Carroll and John Ruddy are included in England’s 23-man squad for Euro 2012, but Rio Ferdinand is

Liberian ex-President Charles Taylor accuses the prosecution of paying witnesses to testify against him in his war crimes trial in The

Communist Party veterans write to China’s president to urge him to sack security chief Zhou Yongkang for supporting disgraced politician Bo

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has accused the prosecution of paying and threatening witnesses in his war crimes

Rangers in Australia’s Northern Territory on Tuesday shoot dead a saltwater crocodile that had developed a taste for dogs and other oddities, local media

A study of the world’s largest subway networks shows they share a number of mathematical features, irrespective of their age or

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