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Investors in troubled manager Neil Woodford's flagship fund will see their first payouts as the fund winds up in the middle of January after it won permission from the Financial...

BORIS Johnson's comprehensive victory in the UK general election will have far-reaching consequences for years to come and has arguably changed the landscape of British and Irish politics forever.

Council chiefs are searching for the owner of a wedding ring that was left in a ballot box during the General Election.

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Interior Ministry have detained five members of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), who plotted terrorist attacks, the FSB said on Friday. An...

Sports Direct shareholders are set to vote on whether the group rebrands as Frasers Group, as it also reports how sales performed during a tough six months for retailers.

A man who allegedly lunged at a Paris police patrol with a knife and threatened to kill the officers has been shot dead in the French capital's main business district,...

European Union leaders have debated Britain's departure from the bloc amid some relief that Boris Johnson has secured a parliamentary majority that should allow him to push the long-stalled Brexit...

India's new citizenship law is “fundamentally discriminatory in nature,” the United Nations human rights office said on Friday. The Citizenship Amendment Bill does not extend the same protection to Muslim...

Abdelmadjid Tebboune, a former prime minister and loyalist of Algeria's influential army chief, has been elected the country's new president in a vote boycotted by members of a nationwide protest...

Ten-pin bowling company Hollywood Bowl has reported a major increase in profits, smashing through analysts' expectations for the full year to the end of September.

The head of the Catalan government, Quim Torra, has congratulated the nationalists on their victory in Scotland, Reuters reports. Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon earlier said it must be...

One person has died and 11 were injured in an explosion at an apartment building in eastern Germany, authorities said.

One person has been killed and around 25 others injured in an explosion at an apartment block in eastern Germany, according to police.

One person has been killed and around 15 injured in an explosion at an apartment building in eastern Germany, according to police.

Friday 13th brings disaster to the DUP, but it has only itself to blame. Misfortune had no role in its downfall.

The European Union hopes for a quick British parliament vote on Britain's withdrawal from the bloc and clarity on PM Boris Johnson's plans following his triumph in elections, the head...

The US special envoy for North Korea will arrive in Seoul on Sunday ahead of a year-end deadline set by Pyongyang for Washington to soften its approach to stalled denuclearization...

New Zealand military specialists wearing protective gear have recovered the bodies of six victims of a volcanic eruption on Monday.

A vote on articles of impeachment against US President Donald Trump has been abruptly postponed.

Hopes for a US-Chinese trade truce rose on Friday, though Beijing accused Washington of unfairly attacking its economy and said a settlement to the costly 17-month-old conflict must be “mutually...

The Trump administration and China are expected to announce a modest trade agreement on Friday that would suspend tariffs that are due to start on Sunday.

Boris Johnson may have clinched the Tory majority he wished for, but results in Scotland and Northern Ireland bring the future of the Union back into focus.

DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds has lost his seat in a disastrous election for his party.

Donald Trump has congratulated Boris Johnson on his "great win" in the General Election, and said the UK and US would be free to strike a "massive" new trade deal...

Donald Trump has congratulated Boris Johnson on his "great win" in the General Election, and said the UK and US would be free to strike a "massive" new trade deal...

Former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said it was “never in doubt” that she would avoid skinny dipping in Loch Ness.

Controversial, colourful and chaotic, Boris Johnson gambled the highest office in the land with a General Election - and won his longed-for majority.

Boris Johnson will now rapidly move forward with Brexit after securing a historic victory in the British general election.

Boris Johnson will rapidly move forward with Brexit after securing a historic victory in the British general election.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to heal the divisions of Brexit, as he returned to Downing Street after securing a crushing General Election victory over Labour.

Boris Johnson will rapidly move forward with Brexit after securing a historic victory in the British general election.

A vote on articles of impeachment against US President Donald Trump has been abruptly postponed.

A 16-year-old who shot and killed six people in Baghdad's mass protests has been killed by an angry mob, with the teen's corpse being strung up by the feet from...

Normally, polling day is drab and uneventful. The excitement doesn't begin until the release of the exit poll at 10pm. This time, though, things felt somehow different. Vaguely unreal. Something...

Attacks by Iranian-armed militias on Iraqi bases hosting US-led forces are heading towards a red line. If it is crossed, the coalition would respond with such force that "no one...

Donald Trump's team have edited his face on to the body of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg after she was named 'Time' Person of the Year.

For a man known for decades in Hollywood as a giant in status, stature and ego, Harvey Weinstein cut a particularly small and pathetic figure in court this week. Flanked...

A dangerous mission to recover the bodies from New Zealand's White Island began last night with rescuers landing on the island amid warnings that the chances of a new eruption...

A Russian television channel has abruptly stopped airing the sitcom that launched the political career of Ukraine's president, after viewers noticed it had edited out an obscene joke about Vladimir...

Russia has expelled two German diplomats in what it called a standard diplomatic response to a similar move by Germany last week.