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The Vatican has told employees they may risk losing their jobs if they refuse to get a Covid-19 vaccination without legitimate health reasons.

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover landed safely on the red planet and immediately beamed back its first images from the Jezero crater, where scientists hope to find ancient evidence of ‘Martians'.

The Biden administration says it is ready to join talks with Iran and world powers to discuss a return to the 2015 nuclear deal, in a sharp rejection of former...

The Biden administration on Thursday rescinded former president Donald Trump's restoration of UN sanctions on Iran, an announcement that could help Washington move toward rejoining the 2015 agreement aimed at...

Level 5 restrictions may remain in place until May under new plans for living with the virus being discussed by the Government.

Bristol Zoo has said a six-month-old gorilla being cared for by keepers in lieu of its mother is making good progress.

Humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unliveable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, a new United Nations report has said.

As sterling soared against the dollar, and trouble brewed in US markets, London's top companies were left as the biggest losers on a bad day for global investors.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz has acknowledged that he travelled to Mexico for a family holiday this week, leaving his home state as thousands struggled without power following a powerful winter...

Dolly Parton has asked that plans to erect a statue of her in Nashville, Tennessee, be put on hold.

The Executive has agreed to extend Northern Ireland's current lockdown to April 1, it is understood.

A team of French investigators will go to Beirut next month to question Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, a Lebanese justice ministry official has said.

The Christmas morning blast in the US city of Nashville caused widespread communications outages which affected police emergency systems and grounded holiday travel at the local airport.

French health authorities have confirmed the country's first case of the virus variant that prompted strict new lockdown measures in Britain and global travel restrictions.

George Blake, who died in Russia on Saturday at the age of 98, was the last in a line of British spies whose secret work for the Soviet Union humiliated...

The first shipments of coronavirus vaccines have arrived across the European Union as authorities prepare to administer the first jabs to the most vulnerable people in a co-ordinated effort on...

A stolen dog who went missing in March has been reunited with her family after being found 170 miles away from home.

Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed in Central African Republic, the UN mission there said on Saturday, as the government and its allies tried to fend off a rebel offensive...

Further testing will take place over the coming weeks to establish how much of a foothold the new strain of Covid-19 has in Ireland.

South Korea has reported another 1,132 new coronavirus cases as its resurgence worsened over Christmas week, putting greater pressure on the government to enforce stricter physical distancing controls.

President Donald Trump spent his Christmas golfing in Florida as a government shutdown looms and Covid relief hangs in the balance.

Celebrity Chrissy Teigen has said she will never be pregnant again following her miscarriage.

An explosion linked to a vehicle rocked central Nashville in the US on Christmas morning, sending shattered glass and debris over a wide area and rocking nearby buildings.

Things can only get better — or at least they can hardly get much worse. The United States limped through 2020, its daily life muted by Covid, its oldest wound...

In his Christmas message yesterday, Pope Francis said political and business leaders must not allow market forces and patent laws to take priority over making Covid-19 vaccines available to all,...

After tossing a grenade that threatens to blow up a massive Covid-19 relief and government funding bill, forcing a government shutdown in the midst of the pandemic, President Donald Trump...

Most regions in Italy were downgraded from status red to orange in early December, which saw some life returning to the streets. However, a stubbornly high Covid-19 death rate and...

Capitol Hill negotiators have sealed a deal on an almost 1 trillion dollar Covid-19 economic relief package.

Capitol Hill negotiators have sealed a deal on an almost 1 trillion dollar Covid-19 economic relief package.

US president-elect Joe Biden will receive his Covid-19 vaccination on Monday.

Several European Union nations have banned flights from the UK and others are considering similar action in a bid to block a new strain of coronavirus sweeping across southern England...

Covid-19 figures have escalated - with 764 new cases - leading chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan to ask citizens if they need to “sacrifice” staying away from older loved...

Nigeria's freed schoolboys have been reunited with their parents after being held captive for nearly a week by gunmen allied with jihadist rebels in the country's northwest.

Workers in the US began packaging shipments of the second Covid-19 vaccine to be authorised in the country in a boost to efforts to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control.

Workers in the US began packaging shipments of the second Covid-19 vaccine to be authorised in the country in a boost to efforts to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control.

People with dementia have enjoyed virtual bingo games during the coronavirus pandemic thanks to the help of two canine callers.

People with dementia have enjoyed virtual bingo games during the coronavirus pandemic thanks to the help of two canine callers.

An award-wining photographer has battled hailstorms, freezing rain and 60mph winds to scale England's highest peak six times in 24 hours in a bid to give a seriously ill baby...

Pantomime performers have said they had to “adapt or quit” as the festive tradition moved online and into car parks to meet coronavirus restrictions this year.

Nepal's president dissolved Parliament after the prime minister made the recommendation amid an escalating feud within his Communist Party that is likely to push the Himalayan nation into a political...