Islamic Contributions to Medieval Europe: Islamic contributions to Medieval Europe, Muslim world, Latin translations of the 12th century, Arab-Norman ... law, Alchemy and chemistry in medieval Islam
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
World leaders will gather in the German capital to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the climactic event of the peaceful revolution of 1989 that ended 62 years of Cold War and paved the way for Germany's reunification a year later
BBC News (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Italy take an unassailable 3-0 lead over the United States to win the Fed Cup for the second time in three years.
France24 (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
US investigators believe the army doctor accused of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at a Texas military base acted alone, but his motive for the massacre was unclear, officials said. President Barack Obama will Tuesday attend a memorial service here to honor victims of the rampage at Fort Hood attributed to Muslim US army doctor Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who is also suspected of wounding 30...
France24 (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Honda rider Dani Pedrosa won the Valencia motorcycling GP here on Sunday, the final race of the season. World champion Valentino Rossi of Italy was second and his Spanish Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was third. The 30-year-old Rossi wasn't too deflated to have bowed out at the end of the season in second place. "We were a lot slower this weekend, but it didn't matter as I was already the world...
France24 (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will not attend an Islamic summit in Istanbul next week, according to Turkish officials, following EU objections. Bashir faces an international arrest warrant on war crimes charges.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
ROME -- Italy is hailing the capture of a wig-wearing mobster who was on the list of the country's top 30 fugitives.
France24 (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Japan's Hiroshi Aoyama claimed the 250cc world title at the season-ending Valencia motorcycling Grand Prix here on Sunday. The title-challenge had gone down to the wire with 28-year-old Aoyama taking a 21-point lead over Italy's Marco Simoncelli into the race. The Honda rider needed to finish 11th or higher to secure his first championship and the final 250cc title before the category is replaced...
France24 (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Berlin warmed up Sunday for the 20th anniversary of the Wall's fall with celebrations throughout the city, as crowds gathered to relive the ecstatic scenes that heralded the demise of European communism. Leaders from across the continent were due in the German capital to join around 100,000 revellers Monday at the Brandenburg Gate, the symbol of national unity since the peaceful revolution that tore...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
The UK's Asset Management Working Group calls for greater transparency for Europe's savers, amid criticism of banks selling their own investmentproducts
IOL (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Two more workers died overnight after a bridge under construction in the Pyrenees principality of Andorra collapsed.
France24 (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Italy claimed their second Fed Cup title in three years as Flavia Pennetta cruised to a 7-5, 6-2 win against American teenager Melanie Oudin on the red clay here on Sunday. The victory in just over an hour and a half gave Italy an unassailable 3-0 lead in what proved to be a damp squib of a contest following the withdrawals of Serena and Venus Williams from the American team.
France24 (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
An Afghan thief the United Arab Emirates has deported on six occasions is again facing trial, this time for 18 counts of stealing from cars, The National newspaper reported. The man, who is in his thirties and was only identified as BH, was arrested after authorities noted methods used in the thefts matched patterns used by convict already on their records. "The suspect has shown unexplainable...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
BRESCIA, Italy -- Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal.
IOL (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Heavy rainfall has flooded parts of Greece, news reports said.
France24 (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Doug Bollinger took 5-35 and Shane Watson hit 49 as Australia thrashed India by six wickets to win the sixth one-day international and the seven-match series 4-2 here on Sunday. Bollinger combined with fellow left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson (3-39) to bowl out India for 170 in 48 overs before Watson's run-a-ball knock guided the world champions to 172-4 with 8.1 overs to spare.
Videos