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Notre Dame Cathedral is unable to host Christmas services for the first time since the French Revolution because the Paris landmark was too deeply damaged by this year's fire.

Notre Dame Cathedral is unable to host Christmas services for the first time since the French Revolution because the Paris landmark was too deeply damaged by this year's fire.

US president Donald Trump has said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be planning to give him "a nice present" such as a "beautiful vase" for Christmas rather...

US president Donald Trump has said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be planning to give him "a nice present" such as a "beautiful vase" for Christmas rather...

Turkey may need to draft a bill to allow for deployment of its troops to Libya and its parliament is working on the issue, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on...

Iraq's parliament approved on Tuesday a new electoral law, a key demand of protesters to make elections fairer. However, political deadlock is still holding up the selection of an interim...

US president Donald Trump has said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be planning to give him “a nice present” such as a “beautiful vase” for Christmas rather...

US president Donald Trump has said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be planning to give him “a nice present” such as a “beautiful vase” for Christmas rather...

US president Donald Trump has said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be planning to give him “a nice present” such as a “beautiful vase” for Christmas rather...

US president Donald Trump has called members of the military stationed across the world to share greetings ahead of the Christmas break.

US president Donald Trump has called members of the military stationed across the world to share greetings ahead of the Christmas break.

US president Donald Trump has called members of the military stationed across the world to share greetings ahead of the Christmas break.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday that excessive monitoring of Mexico's diplomatic facilities in Bolivia had eased since his government issued a complaint about it a day earlier....

President Vladimir Putin has said Russia is the only country in the world that has hypersonic weapons.

Traders were in a buoyant mood on Tuesday, sending the FTSE 250 index to an all-time high on its 12.30pm close as they prepared for the Christmas break.

Traders were in a buoyant mood on Tuesday, sending the FTSE 250 index to an all-time high on its 12.30pm close as they prepared for the Christmas break.

India's ruling party has lost a key state legislature election, a setback for the party as it faces massive anti-government protests against a contentious new citizenship law.

India's ruling party has lost a key state legislature election, a setback for the party as it faces massive anti-government protests against a contentious new citizenship law.

India's ruling party has lost a key state legislature election, a setback for the party as it faces massive anti-government protests against a contentious new citizenship law.

China's prison labour practices are in the spotlight after a six-year-old in Britain found a Christmas card saying it had been packed by foreign prisoners who were victims of forced...

China's prison labour practices are in the spotlight after a six-year-old in Britain found a Christmas card saying it had been packed by foreign prisoners who were victims of forced...

China's prison labour practices are in the spotlight after a six-year-old in Britain found a Christmas card saying it had been packed by foreign prisoners who were victims of forced...

Thousands of Christian pilgrims descended on the West Bank town of Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, ahead of Tuesday's annual Christmas Eve celebrations.

Thousands of Christian pilgrims descended on the West Bank town of Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, ahead of Tuesday's annual Christmas Eve celebrations.

Iraqi protesters stepped up their demonstrations on Tuesday, making clear their opposition to names touted by the establishment to fill the post of prime minister, AFP reports. The main avenues...

Notre Dame Cathedral is unable to host Christmas services for the first time since the French Revolution because the Paris landmark was too deeply damaged by this year's fire.

Notre Dame Cathedral is unable to host Christmas services for the first time since the French Revolution because the Paris landmark was too deeply damaged by this year's fire.

Four stranded deer have been named Dancer, Prancer, Dasher and Blitzen, after being rescued in Greater Manchester during the festive season.

A Turkish court ruled on Tuesday to keep businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala in jail, despite a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) call for his release, as his trial...

St Mark's Basilica suffered at least five million euros (£4.2 million) in damage during last month's floods in Venice, officials said as they described efforts to preserve its historic features.

St Mark's Basilica suffered at least five million euros (£4.2 million) in damage during last month's floods in Venice, officials said as they described efforts to preserve its historic features.

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met on the sidelines of a trilateral summit with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in the Chinese city of Chengdu....

A top-of-the-line fighter jet has crashed on a training mission in Russia but its pilot bailed out safely, Russian officials said.

A top-of-the-line fighter jet has crashed on a training mission in Russia but its pilot bailed out safely, Russian officials said.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to jet off to the private island of Mustique in the Caribbean with girlfriend Carrie Symonds for some winter sun.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to jet off to the private island of Mustique in the Caribbean with girlfriend Carrie Symonds for some winter sun.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to jet off to the private island of Mustique in the Caribbean with girlfriend Carrie Symonds for some winter sun.

A puppy with a tail on its head, an oversized rescue cat and Liverpool-supporting parrot were among the animals who took social media by storm in 2019.

A puppy with a tail on its head, an oversized rescue cat and Liverpool-supporting parrot were among the animals who took social media by storm in 2019.

A puppy with a tail on its head, an oversized rescue cat and Liverpool-supporting parrot were among the animals who took social media by storm in 2019.