Bashar al-Assad says Syrian air defence forces shot down a Turkish fighter last week because they believed it was an Israeli aircraft.
President Francois Hollande must find up to 100-billion if the eurozone’s second biggest economy, France, is to meet deficit-reduction targets.
Melinda Taylor and three colleagues from the ICC, accused of smuggling documents to Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, have been freed after apologising.
European leaders have drafted a radical plan to turn the eurozone into a fully fledged political federation in an attempt to calm financial markets.
A Fox News reporter has been chosen to polish the Vatican’s image amid signs of a power shift in the upper echelons the Roman Catholic Church.
Julian Assange’s decision to seek asylum in Ecuador is "a tragedy" for the women who have accused him of sexual assault in Sweden, says their lawyer.
Germany’s Angela Merkel is poised to remove opposition to direct lending by rescue fund in a move seen as a step towards sharing the debt burden.
The Rio+20 conference is billed as a "once in a generation" opportunity for global sustainability but it’s expected to end with a whimper, not a bang.
Anders Behring Breivik, on trial for the murder of 77 people in Norway’s worst terrorist act, is convinced the court trying him will find him "sane".
Chinese astronauts have carried out the country’s first manned docking mission, taking it a step closer to building a space station within the decade.