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Russia has shut down all gas flowing to Europe, sparking fear and anger in the bitterly cold Balkans, where hundreds of thousands of people were forced to weather sub-zero temperatures without...

Rachida Dati was the most scrutinised of all French cabinet ministers when she arrived at the Elysée Palace yesterday.

The first tentative hope of an end to the war in Gaza came yesterday when
Israel said it accepted "the principles" of a French-backed
Egyptian peace plan providing for international actio...

Israeli forces pressed closer and into cities in the Gaza Strip today despite
new international calls for a ceasefire in an 11-day-old conflict in which
hundreds of Palestinians have been...

An Australian woman has been charged with murder after allegedly setting her
husband's genitals on fire because she thought he was having an affair.

A ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is attainable within days if the smuggling
routes which supply arms and money to Hamas can be shut down, international
envoy Tony Blair said today.

Israeli tanks, planes and ground forces pounded Gaza today and the defence
minister said the offensive against Hamas militants in the Palestinian
enclave would go on until Israel was safe.

A national prosecutor has ordered a Norwegian firm to pay a 5m kroner fine -
almost £500,000 - for a 2007 accident that killed eight people.

Detectives launched a murder inquiry today after a 60-year-old woman was found
stabbed to death in her home.

Combat between Israeli troops and Hamas militants raged today as Israel
pressed home its a ground assault in Gaza in the face of French-led
diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire.