Thousands of aspiring British university students from poorer backgrounds could have up to two years of their tuition fees paid for them under plans unveiled by the government on Sunday amidst criticism
Firefighting aircraft from four countries flew into Israel on Friday to help battle a huge forest fire close to the northern city of Haifa that has killed at least 40 people and
Japan's farm ministry on Friday confirmed the country's first outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu at a poultry farm since 2007. Chickens which died on the farm in
Russia won the right to put on the 2018 World Cup and Qatar will stage the 2022 finals, both first-time hosts, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Thursday. FIFA's executive committee voted
A huge forest fire swept northern Israel on Thursday, killing up to 40 people, many of them prison guards who were trapped in a bus trying to flee the flames. Israeli television
Greek police fired teargas on Thursday in clashes with protesting university students and at least three demonstrators were injured, Reuters witnesses said. Over 1,000 students tried to break through a police cordon
Cyprus's consumer price inflation fell sharply to 1.5% year-on-year in November from 3.0% a month earlier due to a drop in food prices and electricity costs. The consumer price index (CPI) fell
– Snow closes airports, disrupts roads and rail – Cold spell expected to continue in northern Europe – Above average temperatures, drought in southern Europe Heavy snow and sub-zero temperatures disrupted
Women living near major, heavily-trafficked roads were more likely to give birth prematurely, perhaps due to traffic-related air pollution, according to a Japanese study. But Takashi Yorifuji, of the Okayama Graduate School
An agreement to finance development projects in Nicosia amounting to 40 million euros was signed by the Governor of the Council of Europe Development Bank Raphael Alomar, Finance Minister Harilaos Stavrakis and
