Government official warns Lebanon is heading the way of Greece unless Beirut keeps to its promise to privatise more, especially in the telecoms sector. Read Article Lebanon urged to privatise more
Greek lawmakers passed a tax bill seeking to raise state revenue by 2.3 billion euros, part of commitments demanded by international creditors in order to continue to receive further bailout funds. Read Article Greeks pass tax bill needed for bailout
Greece and Latvia are two small countries hit worst by the financial crisis and which pursued different policies in trying to escape from the mire. The outcome has produced stark contrasts. Read Article Latvia gives Greece a lesson in austerity
As temperatures drop in the austerity-hit Greece, new taxes have sent the price of heating fuel soaring by 48 per cent from a year earlier. Read Article Greece shivers at fuel tax rise
A ray of hope pierced the long-term gloom over Europe yesterday after a UK index of full-time employment rose and Greece delayed the deadline on a bond programme key to unlocking further aid. Read Article Jobs in UK up as hope glimmers for Greece
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The Dubai-based graffiti stencil artist Steffi Bow, who has created a life-size artwork of the Lebanese rapper Malikah for an adidas campaign, talks about how picking up a spray can five years ago changed her life.
Dubai's Steffi Bow is a girl with a graffiti habit
The United States and the Afghan government announce they will hold talks with the Taliban in Doha this week aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan. US to hold peace talks with Taliban
British scientists have discovered a vaccine that creates an immunity to Traveller's Diarrhoea - the global curse with a handful of names, but one certain unpleasant effect. Vaccine set to vanquish Delhi belly
A zoo in Russia is home to a unique animal – the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. In pictures: Lililger cubs in Russia
