The Germany defender has approved a new three-and-a-half year contract while the veteran midfielder will sign for another year as Arsene Wenger also agrees an extension.more
A website that lets Swedes check each other's criminal records has sparked a debate about the privacy of ex-convicts and their right to move on with their lives.more
Scottish nationalists have hailed an opinion poll showing growing support for independence just eight months before a referendum that will decide the shape of the UK.more
French President Francois Hollande has split with the country’s first lady two weeks after a tabloid reported that the leader was having an affair with an actress, an official said Saturday.more
Premier League leaders Arsenal are set to finally complete their long-awaited capture of highly rated Schalke 04 midfielder Julian Draxler within the next 48 hours, although the north London club plan on immediately loaning the youngster back to the Bundesliga outfit for the rest of the season.more
Three demonstrators have been killed in the Ukrainian capital, one from gunshot wounds to the head, as the political conflict in the ex-Soviet state escalates.more
Marcin Gortat misfired on an exchange with Bradley Beal and watched as Philadelphia 76ers rookie Michael Carter-Williams scooped up the ball and took off up the floor. more
We reveal the top five professions by median weekly wage along with information on what they do and how to become one plus the five worst-paying jobs.more
Pro-EU campaigners are encouraging hundreds of thousands of European migrants in Britain to vote in the country's European elections, in a bid to defeat Ukip and Eurosceptic candidates.more
Jobless migrants from within the European Union will be denied access to housing benefit from April this year, senior government ministers have said.more
Prince Charles is to cut back on campaigning and take on more head-of-state responsibilities as his mother, Queen Elizabeth, cuts down on official trips overseas.
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German Minister of Internal Affair Thimas de Maiziere expressed his concern about radical Islamists from Germany taking part in the civil war in Syria. The Minister is worried that, upon their return, those persons might be a threat to the security of Germany.more