Matadors, philosophers and politicians in Spain are embroiled in a furious debate over the bloody but emblematic sport of bullfighting.

NZ police defend their response after reports of a possible sighting of missing British girl Madeline McCann in a Dunedin shop.

The Independent's John Walsh speaks with the author of In Praise of Older Women as his erotic coming-of-age novel joins the ranks of Penguin Classics.

Man so enraged crew couldn't pay him on the spot that he ate his winning ticket.

A French anti-smoking campaign which showed teenagers having "oral sex" with cigarettes, has been abandoned.

Canada's crushing ice hockey victory over the Russians has given the host country something to smile about, after a frustrating first week.

35-year-old prisoner displays her resourcefulness with cutlery to escape from a prison in the Dutch city of Breda.

Linda Herrick refuses to let an accommodation blunder hinder her much-anticipated Parisian holiday.

No one does luxurious, practical outerwear better than the British label Burberry Prorsum, writes Carola Long.

Controversy has erupted in France over the use of sexually suggestive posters as a smoking deterrent.

A newsreader in Cyprus has been accused of hiring a hitman to murder a TV station boss after he sacked her.