Roland Lloyd Parry

Spain has begun to build its first homosexual retirement residence away from the prejudices which remain since decades of dictatorship.

Founder Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is not to thank for the Arab Spring, as business leaders prepared to lobby the G8 for more online regulation.

France Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday she is running as a candidate to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

G8 powers have shied away from imposing a no-fly zone to protect Libyans from assault by ruler Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.

Fears of fresh violence overshadowed results trickling in on Tuesday from Côte d’Ivoire’s landmark presidential election.

Police cleared protestors blockading French fuel depots on Wednesday as the government warned of economic damage from prolonged strikes.

Prosecutors on Wednesday investigated claims that President Nicolas Sarkozy’s campaign received illegal cash from France’s richest woman.

Thierry Henry met Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysée palace on Thursday as the president demanded answers over the French team’s humiliating exit.

Accused rogue trader Jerome Kerviel went on the attack against his former bank employers before they gave their first evidence on Wednesday.