Fifteen years ago, on the 11th of July, thousands of Bosnian Muslim refugees were killed by the Bosnian Serb army...
Belgium takes on the rotating presidency of the European Union from 1 July, for six months...
On May 31st, Israel attacked a flotilla of boats carrying aid to Gaza.
It was an explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on April 20 that created this oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico, the consequences of which have never been seen before.
The United Nations celebrated “World No Tobacco Day” on May the 31st 2010. The theme of this 22th anniversary of the global initiative is "Gender and tobacco with an emphasis on marketing to women".
French Open: pictures and results for Roland-Garros, Paris tennis tournament, 2010.
Official selections and juries and awards of the 63d Cannes Film Festival.
Coverage of the British election, a cliff-hanger if ever there was one: portrait of the three main candidates, election blog, links etc.
Last spring, President Obama promised to close Guantanamo Bay within a year. But the deadline was months ago and the prison camp is still open.
The Catholic Church is in turmoil after a flood of revelations of child sex abuse committed by members of its clergy in Europe and around the world.
Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano thrown European air traffic and worldwide long-haul flights into chaos and confusion from Friday, April 15 to the end of the month.
April 10: The Polish President was killed in plane crash in Russia, along with several other senior government figures. Lech Kaczynski was due to visit Smolensk to mark the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre.
Iraqi voted on March 7. These elections were the second parliamentary elections since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
Are the euro and the eurozone in crisis? All the latest news on the subject matter...
On the 1st of January, Spain started its EU Presidency, the first after the Lisbon Treaty was signed.
The new EU Commission was voted for on the 9th of February by the EU Parliament. Jose Manuel Barroso kept his post. Hence, the Commission was dubbed "Barroso II". It will remain in power until 2014.
January 12: a massive hearthquake hits Haiti. Pictures, a long report a month after, archives, links...