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The head of the European Central Bank has said the economic slowdown in the countries that use the euro shows signs of bottoming out.

Budget carrier Wizz Air has teamed up with a state-run holding company in the United Arab Emirates to launch its first non-European airline.

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has urged countries and companies to tackle climate change, saying failure to do so would mean “economic disaster”.

A pensioner whose wish for a stripper to visit her care home was granted by management said that she “loved every second” of it.

A lonely pensioner was moved to tears when BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker surprised him with a Christmas tree.

A lonely pensioner was moved to tears when BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker surprised him with a Christmas tree.

A Harry Potter book signed by JK Rowling and bought for a penny has been sold at auction for £2,300.

A deer has been saved by two modern-day cowboys who lassoed it out of a frozen lake.

Construction giant Balfour Beatty said profits are ahead of expectations as it reported a bumper order book for the end of 2019.

Former Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu, once a close ally to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, applied on Thursday to establish a political party which could erode support for Erdogan and his...

A 48-year-old man has been arrested after a suspicious device was found near a polling station in North Lanarkshire.

Britain's election campaign has delivered funny, strange and surreal moments, from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit-branded boxing to a stranded train full of journalists on their way to a...

Thousands of Thais and tourists flocked to witness an ancient ceremony of a royal barge procession on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, marking the end of the coronation ceremony...

Outsourcing giant Serco has finally put its electronic tagging scandal behind it by revealing that revenues from its UK operations have grown for the first time since 2013.

Birmingham Bullring owner Hammerson has sold its majority stake in a Paris shopping complex as it looks to turn around its fortunes.

Imposing the ban on RT's broadcasting in Ecuador was a purely technical decision, the country's ambassador to Russia, Julio Cesar Prado Espinosa, has said. In an interview with Sputnik published...

Dogs at polling stations were out in force as voters took their canine friends to join in the democratic process.

Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday to extend regulations giving limited self-rule to eastern regions, a prerequisite for a deal to settle the five-year conflict there. Lawmakers gave a one-year extension...

Pub group Fuller's said profits have jumped higher for the past six months after a £164.5 million boost from the sale of its brewing arm.

Fewer properties came onto the UK housing market in the last six months than at any point in a decade, online estate agent Purplebricks said as it blamed a declining...

The United Nations says dozens of observers expelled from its annual climate meeting in Madrid will be allowed back into the venue.

Shares in Saudi Aramco have gained on the second day of trading, pushing the oil and gas company to a more than 2 trillion US dollar (£1.51 trillion) valuation.

Shares in Saudi Aramco gained on the second day of trading, propelling the oil and gas company to a near-two trillion dollar valuation.

Voting in the General Election is under way across Northern Ireland.

Greenpeace activists have unfurled a banner on the European Union's new headquarters warning of a “climate emergency” hours before leaders gather to discuss plans to combat global warming.

The tough retail conditions on Britain's high streets means difficult times lie ahead for Dixons Carphone, with significant losses in its UK and Ireland business, but experts have said the...

The founder of Superdry has vowed to stay with the business until at least April 2021 as he works through his turnaround plans following a boardroom coup earlier this year.

A 25 million US dollar (£18.9 million) settlement to end nearly every sexual misconduct lawsuit brought against Harvey Weinstein and his former film studio's board has received a mixed reaction.

Spain's King Felipe VI has asked caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to try and form a government, even though the Socialist leader appeared short of political support, AP reported. The...

PZ Cussons is to part with its long-serving chief executive after warning that profit and revenue fell in the first half of the financial year.

A prison inmate who killed a supervisor in a row over working in a shoe factory has been executed.

Voting is continuing in the final hours of the UK General Election.

A poll carried out only days before votes are counted suggests the Conservatives will win the General Election - but a quarter of the electorate have said they could still...

Polling booths have opened across Britain as voters head to ballot boxes in what has been billed as the most important General Election in a generation.

Voting is continuing in the final hours of the UK General Election.

Polling booths have opened across Britain as voters head to ballot boxes in what has been billed as the most important General Election in a generation.

Voting is continuing in the final hours of the UK General Election.

Voting is continuing in the final hours of the UK General Election.

Police have arrested dozens of people in India where thousands protested against legislation granting citizenship to non-Muslims who migrated from neighbouring countries.

New Zealand has placed an order for 1,300 sq ft of skin from the US to help treat patients who were severely burned in the volcanic eruption on White Island.