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An Australian court has rejected a newspaper publisher's appeal against Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush's 2.9 million Australian dollars (£1.6 million) payout for defamation.

The Trump administration's move to purchase virtually all stocks of remdesivir for the next three months has set a "dangerous precedent" and will undermine global efforts to tackle the pandemic,...

Meghan Markle was left "undefended by the institution" while pregnant and a member of the royal family, her legal team have said, as they claim her wedding brought £1bn (€1.1bn)...

A New York judge has temporarily blocked the publication of Mary Trump's scathing book about her uncle, President Donald Trump, which describes him as the "world's most dangerous man", saying...

Real estate developers begin as storytellers. They drive a few stakes into an empty expanse and begin spinning a tale of winding streets and welcoming houses, of shops and schools...

They had been warned that merely chanting a slogan could risk prosecution under Hong Kong's brutal new security law. But still the protesters came, first in their hundreds, then in...

Harvey Weinstein and his former studio's board have reached a nearly $19m (€17m) settlement with dozens of his sexual misconduct accusers, New York state's attorney general and lawyers in a...

The accepted wisdom among dog owners is that if you want to know how old your pet is in human terms, you simply multiply its age by seven.

Footage has emerged of around 60 young people being removed from a house party in Waterford on Saturday.

Traditional Orange Order parades will not happen on July 12 despite the easing of lockdown, the organisation's ruling body in Northern Ireland said.

Seattle police showed up in force at the city's “occupied” protest zone, tore down demonstrators' tents and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared...

A majority of Russians have approved amendments to Russia's constitution allowing President Vladimir Putin to hold power until 2036, election officials said.

Fox News has fired presenter Ed Henry after an investigation into sexual misconduct in the workplace.

A bear with a plastic jar stuck on its head has been freed by a passing family in the US.

France has warned that any Israel annexation of the West Bank “could not be left without consequences” and said that it is “examining different options” at a national level and...

Paris has “temporarily” suspended its role in Operation Sea Guardian off the coast of Libya. The French Defense Ministry sent a letter to NATO headquarters announcing the decision and calling...

A majority of Russians have approved amendments to Russia's constitution allowing President Vladimir Putin to hold power until 2036, election officials said.

Just over half of Dublin Bus users are wearing face coverings, according to a study of Irish public transport services, despite the government making them compulsory.

Just over half of Dublin Bus users are wearing face coverings, according to a study of Irish public transport services, despite the government making them compulsory.

An inquisitive child has delighted viewers after she interrupted a live BBC News interview and even struck up a conversation with the newsreader.

Jay-Z's annual festival in Philadelphia, Made in America, will not take place on Labour Day weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Fans of roller coasters would not have been disappointed by their midweek ride as a big fall was followed by an equally dramatic rise on London's main index on Wednesday.

The number of Americans who died from Covid-19 in March through May was likely significantly higher than the official US count due in part to state-level reporting discrepancies, according to...

A Covid-19 vaccine developed by German biotech firm BioNTech and U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has shown potential and was found to be well tolerated in early-stage human trials, the companies...

Egypt has reopened its airports, the Egyptian museum and the famed Giza Pyramids in Cairo, for the first time in more than three months since the Covid-19 closure.

Seattle police showed up in force at the city's “occupied” protest zone, tore down demonstrators' tents and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared...

Nasa has delayed the launch of its newest Mars rover yet again, to the end of July at the earliest, this time for a rocket issue.

Seattle police converged on the city's “occupied” protest zone after mayor Jenny Durkan issued an executive order for protesters to vacate the area.

President Donald Trump dismissed as “fake news” allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing US troops in Afghanistan.

Father Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, who earned renown in his own right as a director of an acclaimed German boys' choir, has died at...

Astronauts performed their second spacewalk in under a week to replace old batteries outside the International Space Station.

The leaders of Spain and Portugal marked the reopening of their land border, more than three months after shutting it because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Prices across UK shops fell by 1.6% last month as retailers looked to tempt in cautious shoppers amid the coronavirus crisis, according to a report.

Ankara has taken aim at France for allegedly ignoring violations of an international arms embargo placed on Libya, claiming that illegal activity was being carried out to benefit commander Khalifa...

Saudi shoppers rushed to buy big-ticket items such as gold, appliances and electronics ahead of the announced tripling of taxes on basic goods as the government tries to shore up...

The UN mission in Afghanistan said its findings indicate the Afghan military had mistakenly fired the mortars this week at a busy market in southern Helmand province that inflicted heavy...

The famously inaccessible town of Timbuktu has been hit by a wave of Covid-19 cases.

A Turkish court is set to review a request to reconvert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque.

Experts have hailed a bit of much-needed stability in the UK manufacturing sector as new figures showed manufacturers have returned to positive territory – though only just.

The Trump administration has bought up virtually all stocks for the next three months of a drug shown to work against Covid-19.