UN observers counted 92 bodies, at least 32 of which were children, in the Syrian town Houla on Saturday the day after regime forces were accused of “massacring” civilians in the town. The act has outraged the international community.
Four members of NATO staff, one believed to be a British soldier, have been killed in Afghanistan in separate roadside bomb attacks, the alliance announced on Sunday. Their deaths push the number of NATO service members killed this month up to 33.
The 2012 Eurovision Song Contest title was claimed by Sweden's Loreen in Azerbaijan on Saturday after wowing voters with her entry "Euphoria". The singer had earlier caused controversy by meeting with local rights activists before the contest.
Thousands of anti-government demonstrators took to the streets of Montreal on Saturday to protest against a contentious law, which restricts their right to march. Quebec’s government introduced the ruling to try to curb months of student protests.
A gunman clad in camouflage clothing went on the rampage in a Finnish town centre on Saturday killing two teenagers and wounding several others. Police said an 18-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the shootings.
Vatican magistrates charged the Pope’s butler with illegal possession of secret documents on Saturday and said they would launch a wider investigation into the “Vatileaks” scandal to see if others were involved in leaking information to the media.
IMF chief Christine Lagarde told Greeks on Friday to pay their dues and help drag their country out the crippling economic crisis. Lagarde said Greeks could "help themselves" by "all paying their taxes".
Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was confirmed as the new leader of the country's ruling party United Russia on Saturday. Medvedev takes over from Vlamimir Putin vowing to make the party "more understandable to the people".
Barcelona marked the end of manager Pep Guardiola's reign with an emphatic 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in Spain's Kings Cup final on Friday. The triumph was Guardiola's 14th trophy in his eight year spell in charge of the Catalan giants.
Spain’s troubled bank, Bankia, asked the government for a 19-billion euro bailout on Friday, just hours after credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded Bankia and four other banks to junk status.
A documentary by French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy (pictured) about the rebel overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is being screened at the Cannes Film Festival Friday. Lévy was instrumental in persuading France to support the rebellion.
A group of 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims abducted in Syria on Tuesday were freed unharmed, Lebanon’s foreign minister said Friday. Their kidnapping had triggered violent protests in Shiite-dominated suburbs in Beirut.
