Irish boss of a leading Swiss bank has said that Ireland since the beginning of the 2000s was gripped by greed, complacency and materialism.

Italian politics has been thrown into a state of renewed uncertainty after Silvio Berlusconi – enraged by his conviction for tax dodging – warned that he was considering bringing down Mario Monti's government and pitching the country into a snap election.

Berlin has ruled out allowing public creditors to write off Greek debt as a way of helping the country overcome its financial woes. However, Germany’s finance minister said he is open to other ways of helping Athens.

At least ten people have been killed, including children, in a suspected car bomb explosion in Jaramana district of southern Damascus, with a mostly Christian and Druze population.

Syrian security forces have killed a local al-Qaeda leader and scores of foreign-sponsored insurgents during heavy clashes near the eastern city of Deir al-Zour.

One fifth of British workers equal to 4.82 million people and their families get paid less than the living wage, struggling to make ends meet, a study has found.

Chairman of the Russian State Duma International Affairs Committee, Alexei Pushkov, said the world countries have to recognize that it is impossible to resolve the crisis in Syria through supporting and arming the terrorist groups, holding the US responsible for spreading and instigating the crisis in Syria.

The head of the European Central Bank (ECB) on Sunday threw his weight behind a German scheme to allow the EU to intervene in countries' budgets and propose changes before they are agreed in parliaments.

The German SS officer was fighting to save himself from the gallows for a terrible war crime and might say anything to escape the noose. But Fritz Knöchlein was not lying in 1946 when he claimed that, in captivity in London, he had been tortured by British soldiers to force a confession out of him.

Lithuanian opposition parties began talks on Monday on forming a government that will determine the country's path into the euro zone, having won an election marked by a backlash against years of austerity.

Police across Canada are urging Ottawa to resurrect a controversial Internet surveillance bill that would allow them to monitor Canadians' digital activities in real-time without a warrant.

Greek prosecutors have issued a warrant for the arrest of one of the country’s top journalists, after his publication Hot Doc released the so-called 'Lagarde list' containing the names of some 2,000 Greeks with funds hidden in Swiss bank accounts.

According to a recent report published by the Arabic Nakhel news agency, Turkish sources said the bombs are kept at Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base in Adana province.

Alleging “al-Qaeda” presence in Mali, the United States has vowed to make the West African country, the next stop in its so-called war on terror.