The Solar Orbiter has successfully sent back its first scientific measurements since being launched into space last week.
February 18, 2020
More than 1,000 former US Justice Department officials have called for Attorney General William Barr to resign over his handling of the trial of a long-time adviser of President Donald...
February 17, 2020
A Downing Street adviser who once suggested enforcing the uptake of contraception to stop unplanned pregnancies "creating a permanent underclass" has quit his post.
February 17, 2020
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says that he plans to spend 10 billion US dollars (£7.7 billion) of his own fortune to help fight climate change.
February 17, 2020
Syrian President Bashar Assad has congratulated his forces over recent gains in north-estern Syria that led to his troops consolidating control over Aleppo province.
February 17, 2020
A leaked database has exposed in detail reasons for the detentions of hundreds of people in the Chinese territory of Xinjiang.
February 17, 2020
A Norwegian man suspected of killing his stepsister and then storming an Oslo mosque with firearms “with the intention to kill as many Muslims as possible” has been charged with...
February 17, 2020
OFFICIALS in Burundi say they have opened six mass graves containing more than 6,000 bodies from unrest that occurred decades ago.
February 17, 2020
The son of a British couple stuck on board the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship has renewed appeals for the UK Government to help his parents.
February 17, 2020
Denmark said it will send military personnel back to the Iraqi Al-Asad base on March 1 to restart training of Iraqi security forces in the fight against Islamic State (IS,...
February 17, 2020
A suicide bombing at an Islamist rally has killed eight people and wounded 16 others in Pakistan's Baluchistan province.
February 17, 2020
The movement of the Cosmos-2542 satellite, a matter of concern for the US, posed no threat and did not violate international law, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. It...
February 17, 2020
Theresa May has told how she once had to undress in the cockpit during a flight when she was prime minister.
February 17, 2020
A small number of customers in the failed mini-bond scheme London Capital and Finance (LCF) have been given the first payout from a fund set up to protect investors.
February 17, 2020
The Russian Embassy in Tokyo did not receive an evacuation request from the Russian national stranded on the ‘Diamond Princess' cruise ship who was diagnosed earlier with the COVID-19 coronavirus....
February 17, 2020
The 'ghost ship' which washed up on the Cork coast at the height of Storm Dennis boasts a story bizarre enough to rival that of famous phantom ships including the...
February 17, 2020
Travelodge is set to create more than 500 new jobs as part of a major expansion in London over the next five years.
February 17, 2020
A military veteran who lost part of his arm in Afghanistan has become the first person to receive a 3D-printed “hero arm” on the NHS.
February 17, 2020
India's top court has ordered the federal government to grant permanent commission and command positions to female officers in the army on par with men, asserting that the government's arguments...
February 17, 2020
THE BODY of a Pakistani journalist has been found dumped in a canal just hours after he went missing while on his way to work.
February 17, 2020
An unlikely intruder was caught on CCTV by a homeowner in the West Midlands in the wake of Storm Dennis.
February 17, 2020
North Macedonia's MPs have voted to dissolve parliament ahead of an early election. The voting on April 12 will take place eight months before the normal expiration of the parliament's...
February 17, 2020
The body of a Pakistani journalist has been found dumped in a canal just hours after he went missing on his way to work.
February 17, 2020
Two charter flights carrying American cruise ship passengers from Japan have landed at military bases in California and Texas.
February 17, 2020
Gunmen have killed 24 men, including a church pastor, and kidnapped three others in Burkina Faso, AP reported, citing an official. The attack on Sunday was the latest in a...
February 17, 2020
Macau, the world's biggest gambling hub, will allow casinos to resume operations from February 20, after authorities imposed a two-week suspension to curb spreading of the coronavirus, authorities said on...
February 17, 2020
Gale force winds from Storm Dennis has injured nine people in weather-related car accidents in Germany and caused flooding and power outages elsewhere in northern Europe.
February 17, 2020
High street retailer Laura Ashley is desperately trying to unlock more money from one of its main lenders after Wells Fargo started to tighten the purse strings.
February 17, 2020
Mainland China has reported a slight upturn in new coronavirus cases but a lower daily death toll than 24 hours earlier.
February 17, 2020
A group of Americans have cut short a 14-day quarantine on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in the port of Yokohama, near Tokyo, to be flown back to the US.
February 17, 2020
An Israeli aircraft has flown through Sudanese airspace for the first time, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He described the development as another example of warming ties with formally...
February 17, 2020
General Motors says it is pulling out of Australia, New Zealand and Thailand as part of a strategy to exit markets that do not produce adequate returns on investments.
February 17, 2020
A Russian artist who published a sex video online that forced Emmanuel Macron's candidate for Paris mayor to quit the race has been arrested along with his girlfriend.
February 17, 2020
Syrian government forces made significant advances yesterday in the country's north-western Aleppo province, seizing most of the rebel-held region.
February 17, 2020
Native British dog breeds including Jack Russells and corgis saw a surge in popularity in the build-up to Brexit, the UK's Kennel Club has said.
February 17, 2020
Democratic presidential candidates over the weekend turned their guns on Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former New York mayor, as he rises swiftly in the polls.
February 17, 2020
Elton John has said he was "deeply upset and sorry" for cutting short a concert in New Zealand after being diagnosed with walking pneumonia.
February 17, 2020
Within moments of stepping out of a gay club with his partner one morning in Moscow, Roman Yedalov was lying on the ground bleeding to death.
February 17, 2020
When the subject of Attorney General William Barr comes up these days, it's hard not to think of John McCain. Not the late senator, mind you, but the USS John...
February 17, 2020
An American woman who disembarked a cruise ship in Cambodia and travelled to Malaysia has tested positive for the coronavirus, raising concerns that the incubation period could be longer than...
