A British-American explorer has officially become the first woman to reach Earth's highest and lowest points.
June 18, 2020
A “guard llama” has been filmed by laughing officers chasing down a police car in Australia.
June 18, 2020
Facebook has removed campaign adverts by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that featured an upside-down red triangle, a symbol used by Nazis to designate political prisoners in...
June 18, 2020
Anne Hathaway has added a coronavirus-related spin to one of The Devil Wears Prada's best-loved scenes.
June 18, 2020
A further four more people with coronavirus have died, bringing the death toll to 1,714.
June 18, 2020
The Supreme Court has rejected Donald Trump's effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants.
June 18, 2020
Serbia will reject EU membership without concessions over Kosovo deal, Vucic says as he meets Lavrov
President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday he would reject European Union membership for Serbia if it does not receive concessions in return for recognizing Kosovo and dropping attempts to stop...
June 18, 2020
London's FTSE 100 drifted on Thursday as some investors were disappointed by a Bank of England intervention designed to boost the economy.
June 18, 2020
French President Emmanuel Macron visited London on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of General de Gaulle's call for wartime resistance, and to discuss post-Brexit agreements and the coronavirus pandemic...
June 18, 2020
The United States is still in talks with Japan about its concerns with US-made Aegis Ashore missile defense radar stations, a senior US official said on Thursday. David Helvey, the...
June 18, 2020
Iran test fired cruise missiles in a naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman and northern Indian Ocean, state media has reported.
June 18, 2020
Hero doctors during the worst of the Covid-19 crisis are now being told they will have no jobs from July.
June 18, 2020
Two baby otters have been exploring outside for the first time at a newly reopened zoo.
June 18, 2020
India will take part in a trilateral meeting with Russia and China next week, India's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The statement came days after Indian and Chinese troops clashed...
June 18, 2020
China has found the trading sections for meat and seafood in Beijing's wholesale food market to be severely contaminated with the new coronavirus and suspects the area's low temperature and...
June 18, 2020
A post-Brexit trade deal needs to be done by the end of October, the EU's ambassador to the UK has said.
June 18, 2020
Emeritus Pope Benedict arrived in Germany to be with his brother, who is in poor health, the Vatican has said.
June 18, 2020
American diplomat and former US Ambassador to Ireland, Jean Kennedy Smith, has died aged 92.
June 18, 2020
Ankara plans to set up more temporary military bases in northern Iraq after stepping up its strikes against Kurdish militants there, a senior Turkish official said, according to Reuters. Turkey...
June 18, 2020
Hanoi is holding talks aimed at easing the entry of citizens from China, South Korea and Japan into Vietnam after restrictions on foreign visitors amid the coronavirus pandemic. Vietnam intends...
June 18, 2020
Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and a former ambassador to Ireland, has died aged 92, her daughter confirmed.
June 18, 2020
European Union leaders are expected on Friday to back extending the bloc's main economic sanctions against Russia until the end of January, 2021, Reuters reported, citing diplomatic sources. The restrictions...
June 18, 2020
Visitors to Spain's Balearic Islands are finding that some of the excesses of pre-pandemic holidays have been rolled back as the authorities look to ensure public safety while luring back...
June 18, 2020
The government in Copenhagen will allow citizens from European countries with a low number of Covid-19 infections to enter Denmark from June 27. EU member states, non-EU countries in the...
June 18, 2020
Former US national security adviser John Bolton's book contains a series of claims about President Donald Trump's time in office, accusing the commander in chief of ignorance of world affairs...
June 18, 2020
The contentious issue of the billions being spent on the postponed Tokyo Olympics has entered the debate in the race for governor of Japan's capital.
June 18, 2020
China said on Thursday it has no intention of interfering in the US elections. According to US President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, John Bolton, Trump had sought Chinese...
June 18, 2020
The company that helps keep Britain's lights on has said it will take a £400 million hit from the coronavirus crisis, as electricity demand dropped to record lows and customers...
June 18, 2020
Nepal's upper house of parliament has signed off on a proposed constitutional amendment that would change the nation's political map to include strategically important territory also claimed by India.
June 18, 2020
Sweden will lift its advice against non-essential travel to 10 European countries from June 30, the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm said on Wednesday. The countries include Greece, Croatia, Spain, Italy,...
June 18, 2020
Former US national security adviser John Bolton's book contains a series of claims about President Donald Trump's time in office, accusing the commander in chief of ignorance of world affairs...
June 18, 2020
‘A rapid and sustained increase” in the number of children reporting domestic violence to child protection services since the Covid-19 lockdown period began.
June 18, 2020
Nearly one in four people thinks it may take more than a year for their life to return to normal – or that it may never happen at all, a...
June 18, 2020
The Ukrainian parliament, Verkhovna Rada, on Thursday refused for the second time to support the government's action program presented by PM Denys Shmygal. Only 207 lawmakers voted for the document...
June 18, 2020
PepsiCo Inc said on Wednesday it will change the name and brand image of its Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup which have been criticised as racist amid a national...
June 18, 2020
President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help him win the 2020 US election, telling Xi during a summit dinner last year that increased agricultural purchases by Beijing...
June 18, 2020
President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help him win the 2020 US election, telling Xi during a summit dinner last year that increased agricultural purchases by Beijing...
June 18, 2020
Noodle chain Wagamama has said UK sales and earnings fell in its first quarter as the Covid-19 crisis brought an abrupt end to its run of strong trading.
June 18, 2020
Senior Turkish officials have discussed a lasting ceasefire in Libya, as well as energy cooperation, during a visit to Tripoli, according to Turkey's Foreign Minister. Mevlut Cavusoglu, along with Turkey's...
June 18, 2020
China's ceremonial legislature has passed a draft of a national security bill for Hong Kong that has been strongly criticised as undermining faith in the semi-autonomous Chinese region's legal and...
