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The World Health ­Organisation has issued the following advice for those who could be in ­contact with infected people or in an area hit by the virus.

A government helicopter was shot down and its crew killed yesterday in Syria's north-west, where a military offensive against opposition fighters is unfolding, a Syrian military official and activists said.

US Attorney General William Barr has put himself on a possible collision course with Donald Trump by saying the president's tweets about legal matters make it impossible for him to...

German police detained 12 men yesterday suspected of setting up a far-right organisation with the goal of carrying out attacks against politicians, asylum seekers and Muslims, the Federal Prosecutor's Office...

Harvey Weinstein believed he was so powerful he could get away with denigrating aspiring actresses drawn into a world where he considered them "complete disposables", a prosecution lawyer has said.

Thirteen children died in a fire at an orphanage outside the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, a child-care worker said yesterday.

Hundreds of UK children as young as six have been deemed suspects in "sexting" offences, Scotland Yard has revealed.

US Defence Secretary Mark Esper yesterday defended his decision to divert billions of dollars in funding for Navy and Air Force aircraft and other military programmes to help pay for...

Democratic presidential candidates hoping to revive their flagging campaigns increasingly took aim at Mike Bloomberg, blasting their billionaire rival for trying to buy his way into the White House and...

Germany's president took an indirect swipe at US President Donald Trump yesterday in accusing Washington, China and Russia of stoking global mistrust and insecurity with a "great powers competition" that...

Climate change could reduce the lifespan of hundreds of species, new research suggests.

Ben Kavanagh, a teacher from Kildare, was relieved to be finally leaving quarantine this week after his evacuation from the city at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak.

The death toll from a strain of coronavirus – also known as Covid-19 – in mainland China has passed 1,500 after health authorities reported another 143 deaths early on Saturday...

A pack of peacocks that has wreaked havoc on a Miami neighbourhood will be relocated after city commissioners voted to side with residents and agreed to have the birds taken...

Updated federal charges filed against US singer R Kelly include sex abuse allegations involving a new accuser.

Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who represented porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against US President Donald Trump, has been convicted of trying to extort sportswear giant Nike.

The entire leadership of the Cesar Awards, France's version of the Oscars, has stepped down in a row over controversial director Roman Polanski.

A cabinet maker from North Yorkshire has been the subject of more than 50 abusive messages – because his name is Storm Denniss.

A mix of healthcare and bank stocks pulled the FTSE 100 lower as it finished the week with a whimper, dipping below last Friday's close.

A bundle of snakes has been found abandoned in a Toy Story pillowcase outside a fire station.

Harvey Weinstein believed he was so powerful he could get away with denigrating aspiring actresses drawn into a world where he considered them “complete disposables”, a prosecutor has said.

The United States has reached a reduction of violence agreement with the Taliban that could lead to a US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Reuters quoted a senior administration official as...

The US and the Taliban have reached a truce agreement that will take effect “very soon” and could lead to withdrawals of American troops from Afghanistan, according to a senior...

A Briton who was stranded at sea for two weeks after five ports refused to allow a cruise ship to dock amid coronavirus fears has said he is “really thankful”...

A writer has urged the British Museum to end its sponsorship deal with BP as she delivered a lecture in its theatre.

Global spending on defense rose by four percent in 2019, the largest growth in 10 years, led by big increases in the US and China, according to a study published...

Facebook has decided to allow a type of paid political message that had sidestepped many of the social network's rules governing political ads.

NATO will resume its training mission in Iraq in the coming days or weeks, the alliance's top military commander said on Friday. US General Tod Wolters said the 500-strong mission...

A fund formerly run by investment manager Neil Woodford has been named the worst performer in the UK as Invesco dominated a list of the poorest funds to invest in.

A suspected shoplifter in Georgia was caught after a quick-thinking customer helped take him down – using a shopping trolley.

The RSPCA had to rescue a bedraggled badger in Bradford after she fell 6ft down a drain which had been left uncovered after the recent bad weather.

Serbia and Kosovo on Friday signed US-brokered deals on restoring railway and highway links. The deals were signed during an international security conference in Munich, Germany, according to Richard Grenell,...

The Royal Bank of Scotland is to stop financing oil majors such as Shell and BP, unless they can satisfy the bank that their businesses are in line with the...

Lloyds Banking Group will lay bare the toll taken on its bottom line from the payment protection insurance scandal when it posts annual results on Thursday.

Houthi rebels have dropped a threat to tax aid in Yemen, AFP quoted a UN official as saying on Friday. The move is seen as a significant step towards resolving...

A former government spokesman for French leader Emmanuel Macron has pulled out of the race to become mayor of Paris after media reports of leaks on to the internet of...

The US justice department has added new criminal charges against Chinese tech giant Huawei and several subsidiaries, accusing the company of a brazen scheme to steal trade secrets from competitors...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said he would help Pakistan stay off a terrorism financing blacklist at a meeting of a global finance watchdog. The move, he said,...

The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, with the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy metals including...

Democratic presidential candidates hoping to revive their flagging campaigns have taken aim at billionaire Mike Bloomberg for trying to buy his way into the White House.