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The Social Democrats in Germany proposed Olaf Scholz, the vice chancellor and finance minister and their most high-profile and popular politician, to run to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel in next...

A Church of England vicar has tapped in to her Chinese cultural heritage and is using chopsticks to give bread to parishioners during Holy Communion.

Lebanon's justice minister has resigned, the third Cabinet member to do so following last week's devastating explosion in Beirut, the state news agency has reported.

Poland on Monday called for an emergency European Union summit on the situation in Belarus after night clashes in Minsk following a presidential election in the country. “The authorities have...

China has announced unspecified sanctions against 11 US politicians and heads of organisations promoting democratic causes, including senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has defended the Government's decision not to immediately close down all the meat-packing factories in the Midlands once clusters of the virus had occurred.

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested on suspicion of collusion with foreign powers, his aide said, in the highest-profile use yet of the city's new national security...

Marmite-to-Ben & Jerry's giant Unilever has said the move to end its Anglo-Dutch structure and establish a single headquarters in London is set to complete in November.

Belarus police and protesters have clashed after a presidential election in which the country's longtime leader sought a sixth term despite rising discontent with his authoritarian rule.

Peace negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban are expected to start in Qatar within a week once the final batch of Taliban prisoners were released, the US special...

Peace negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban are expected to start in Qatar within a week once the final batch of Taliban prisoners were released, the US special...

Carol Kirkwood surprised viewers when she accidentally said she could see “lots of doggers” in a London park.

Doorstep lender Morses Club has seen shares jump higher after revealing that trading is almost back to levels seen before the Covid-19 crisis struck.

Election officials in Belarus have said the country's long-serving authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has won his sixth consecutive presidential term, taking more than 80% of the vote.

A riot was declared again in Portland after protesters marched to a police union building, blocked a road and started fires.

Irish smartphone users who have seen their batteries drain unusually quickly after downloading the Covid Tracker Ireland app have been promised that that the issue will be resolved today.

Retailer Superdry has cheered a new £70 million financing deal with its banks to help it through the coronvirus crisis as it revealed that stores sales continue to tumble.

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano has erupted, sending a column of volcanic materials as high as 16,400ft into the sky.

Travellers may be able to enjoy guilt-free "green" holidays within years thanks to eco-friendly aeroplane technology being developed in Britain.

'Boxing Grannies!" ran the headline on an article about Johannesburg "Gogos" aged between 60 to 80 who box weekly at a gym there. 'Boxing for grannies? Why not, why let...

Chants of "revolution" rang through Beirut's streets yesterday as protesters confronted security forces, while two government ministers resigned in protest at last week's deadly blast that killed 158 people.

The first drug that could halt Alzheimer's is to be fast-tracked for approval, in what experts say could be the biggest breakthrough yet in the fight against the disease.

A White House official has made discreet inquiries into the possibility of US President Donald Trump's image being carved into Mount Rushmore.

An estimated quarter of a million bikers descended on the small South Dakota town of Sturgis in the largest mass gathering in the US since the start of the coronavirus...

Belarus police cracked down on protests that erupted as veteran President Alexander Lukashenko was set to claim another landslide election victory yesterday in the face of the biggest challenge in...

Brazil has surpassed a grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from Covid-19, with the country showing no signs of crushing the disease five months after its first reported case.

Hospitals and schools, then shattered and bent water pipes, then the crater that once was Lebanon's port.

Deep in the midst of lockdown, Suzanne Minagh decided to do something she'd never managed to do before - give up cigarettes and stay off them.

An aide to Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai says Mr Lai was arrested on Monday under the city's national security law on suspicion of collusion with foreign powers.

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested on suspicion of collusion with foreign powers, his aide said, in the highest-profile use yet of the city's new national security...

Belarus police and protesters have clashed after a presidential election in which the country's longtime leader sought a sixth term despite rising discontent with his authoritarian rule.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has dismissed President Donald Trump's executive orders as “laughable” and another chapter in the federal government's botched response to the coronavirus outbreak.

An Israeli jewellery company is working on what it says will be the world's most expensive coronavirus mask – a gold, diamond-encrusted face covering with a price tag of 1.5...

A further 68 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed by the Department of Health.

A further 68 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed by the Department of Health.

A group of French tourists along with their local tour guide and driver have been shot and killed by gunmen in Niger, AFP reported, citing a local governor. The shooting...

More than 30 participants at the international aid conference for Lebanon have pledged help for a “credible and independent” investigation into the Beirut explosion.

International donors have pledged a total of 252.7 million euro (£228.39 million) in emergency aid during a conference for Lebanon.

Contact tracing and testing will be ramped up in food processing factories across the country to prevent further Covid-19 outbreaks, HSE chief executive Paul Reid has said.

Franca Valeri, an elegant, ironic and versatile actor who pioneered female comic roles in Italy's post-war years and helped the nation laugh at its foibles, has died aged 100.