International referee Pedro Proenca has been attacked while out shopping in Lisbon, Portuguese media reported today.

Andre Villas-Boas has tendered his resignation as Porto coach and his contract will be terminated when the release clause is paid, the club have announced in a statement to the Portuguese Securities Market Commission.

The Portuguese government says it does not know yet when it will send its formal request for a bailout to European authorities.

At least 32 people have died in flooding and landslides on the island of Madeira, a Portuguese news agency said today.

At least 32 people have died in flooding and landslides on the island of Madeira, a Portuguese news agency said today.

A LANDSLIDE at a Portuguese seaside resort killed five people and injured four yesterday.

A landslide at a Portuguese seaside resort killed two people and injured at least seven today. Two people are still missing.

Tens of thousands of Angola’s Catholics lined the streets of the capital for a blessing from Pope Benedict XVI, who urged the country’s faithful to reach out and convert people who believed in witchcraft.

The president of tiny African state Guinea-Bissau was assassinated in his palace today hours after a bomb killed his rival, the head of the military.

Rebel soldiers murdered Guinea-Bissau’s President Joao Bernardo Vieira today hours after a bomb killed his rival, the armed forces chief of the West African nation.

Spain and Portugal have formally agreed to submit a joint bid for the 2018 World Cup.

MADELEINE McCann’s father returned to Britain yesterday after making his first visit to Portugal in 16 months.

Portugal’s most senior detective says police are still gathering evidence in their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Portuguese police and crime investigators believe a three-year-old British girl who went missing from a luxury resort in southern Portugal may have been abducted, officials said tonight.

Portuguese police and crime investigators believe a three-year-old British girl who went missing from a luxury resort in southern Portugal may have been abducted, officials said today.

Ex-rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba is being allowed to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo to seek medical treatment in Portugal.

Three Italian women were brutally attacked while on a surfing holiday at a Cape Verde resort island, dragged into the woods, and left for dead at the bottom of a hole, according to the single survivor who recounted the tragedy today.

East Timor’s president gave his beleaguered prime minister a dismal choice today – resign or be fired – saying he no longer had the trust of the people following weeks of bloody street battles in the capital.

Severe storms this week have destroyed more than 1,700 hectares (4,200 acres) of the port wine crop in 17 parishes in northern Portugal, the Agriculture Ministry said.

A Portuguese soldier was killed today in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Portuguese state news agency Lusa reported, citing a Ministry of Defence official.

THE army launched a coup in the West Africa country of Guinea-Bissau yesterday, arresting the president and ordering government ministers detained, according to reports.

Four people died when a light aircraft crashed in Portugal, UK diplomatic sources said today.

A Canadian airliner carrying 291 passengers has narrowly avoided crashing into the Atlantic after its engines shut down.

A civilian plane slammed into a mountain near the Angolan city of Lubango, killing all but one of 17 people on board.

A man armed with a gun and accompanied by his family has forced his way into the Lisbon headquarters of a Portuguese television station.