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The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases per day in the US hit an all-time high of 40,000 — eclipsing the mark set during one of the deadliest stretches in...

The US Defence Secretary has sought to reassure allies at Nato that Washington will consult them on any future troop movements, after President Donald Trump surprised the military alliance by...

Germany, Italy and France on Thursday called on forces in Libya to cease fighting, and for outside parties to stop any interference, trying to get political talks back on track....

A spacewalking astronaut has added to the pieces of rubbish orbiting the Earth, losing a small mirror as soon as he stepped out of the International Space Station for battery...

Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met online on Friday met for a summit, as the current chair, Vietnam, warned that the virus pandemic had swept away...

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has postponed her wedding next month because of a European Union summit on the future of the bloc's budget. “The Council meeting in Brussels takes...

Gary Neville could be on a flight to Papua New Guinea after Liverpool's title win, if a viral Sky Sports advert is to be believed.

Physical distancing rules have been relaxed for staff and pupils participating in the summer education programmes.

A Liverpool fan is planning to cut his hair for the first time in 17 years after the club secured their long-awaited Premier League title.

More people are looking to rent as the UK reopens its housing market than in the period before the lockdown, Countrywide said.

More than 839 million US dollars (£666 million) worth of seized illegal drugs were destroyed in Burma on Friday to mark the annual International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit...

Britain's biggest shopping centre-owner Intu says it is likely to appoint administrators after talks with creditors have stalled.

President Donald Trump's administration has asked the US Supreme Court to invalidate the Obamacare law introduced by his predecessor. Government advocate Noel Francisco argued in a filing late on Thursday...

Despite enormous economic headwinds and sky-high unemployment numbers, US president Donald Trump sought to showcase his record as a job creator during a visit to a shipyard in the battleground...

Australia's second-most-populated state, Victoria has seen 10 straight days of double digit new coronavirus cases. Now it has about 200 of the country's total of 270 active cases, Reuters reported....

Unicef has warned that millions of children could be pushed to the brink of starvation as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across war-torn Yemen amid a “huge” drop in humanitarian aid...

The Dutch government has said it will throw national carrier KLM a 3.4 billion euro (£3 billion) lifeline to help the airline survive the aviation slump caused by the coronavirus...

While China moves closer to containing a fresh outbreak in Beijing, the coronavirus has taken a stronger hold in many countries, particularly the United States.

Pakistan's prime minister said the US “martyred” al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden – a term normally reserved for honourable figures slain in battle.

Officials estimate that 20 million Americans have been infected with the coronavirus since it first arrived in the United States.

Campaigners are calling for the removal of twin Emancipation memorials in Washington DC and Boston that depict a freed slave kneeling at Abraham Lincoln's feet.

Donald Trump has been forced by plummeting polls to visit must-win states.

Both smoking and vaping can stiffen the arteries and increase the risk of developing adverse lung conditions, scientists have said.

Holidaymakers face travel chaos as massive uncertainty remains over which countries will be included on a special ‘green list', or how long they will stay on it.

Police in Bournemouth have warned people to stay away from the town in southern England after a "major incident" was declared because thousands ignored social distancing and flocked to local...

Carrots are contaminated with microplastics that could be harmful to humans, scientists have found in separate studies.

Children infected with Covid-19 and who also have other viruses are more likely to end up in intensive care, a major study involving Ireland and other European countries reveals today.

Imran Khan has caused an outcry after telling Pakistan's parliament the al-Qa'ida founder Osama bin Laden was a martyr.

Johnny Depp asked his assistant for "happy pills", a court heard, as a lawyer for 'The Sun' claimed the actor assaulted his ex-wife after looking for Ecstasy.

The GAA is expected to give guidance today on the protocols to be followed by clubs if a player contracts Covid-19.

These past few months have been a crash course for all of us in the ways that fear can be used - and misused.

Dozens of Secret Service officers and agents who were on-site for US President Donald Trump's rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last week were ordered to self-quarantine after two of their colleagues...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's estate is suing Netflix, claiming a new film which shows the "human" side of Sherlock Holmes is an infringement of copyright.

The coronavirus crisis is deepening in the US as the number of daily confirmed cases closes in on the peak reached in late April.

A small-scale miner in Tanzania has become an overnight millionaire after unearthing two of the biggest rough tanzanite gemstones ever found.

Donald Trump has taken issue with New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to paint “Black Lives Matter” in giant letters on the street in front of the US...

IT'S the latest twist in the face-covering saga – anyone travelling on public transport will soon have to wear a DIY or shop-bought mask to quell the spread of Covid-19.

The coronavirus crisis is deepening in the US as the number of daily confirmed cases closes in on the peak reached in late April.

Two brothers who admitted helping actor Jussie Smollett stage a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago say they are willing to co-operate with prosecutors.