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All German accusations against Russia in connection with a murder of a Georgian citizen in Berlin are unfounded and unacceptable, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday. The German Foreign...

Pirates have kidnapped 19 crew members from a crude oil tanker off Nigeria in an area where acts of piracy are on the rise, an official with the ship's operator...

An activist group has apologised to Jewish organisations outraged over their use of purported Holocaust victims' remains in an installation outside Germany's parliament building.

A young mother, nominated for an inspirational individual award, who was forced to leave her school as a pregnant 15-year-old held her daughter's hand as she graduated from university six...

Washington has spent “the past couple years” working to make sure its allies around the world are aware of the risks of working with companies such as Huawei, US Secretary...

Elon Musk's defamation trial could be in the hands of jury by the end of Thursday after the billionaire and the diver who is suing him sparred over the meaning...

Eight people were killed when a three-story building in the southern Polish ski resort of Szczyrk collapsed on Wednesday following a gas explosion, local authorities said on Thursday.

At least 58 people are dead after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the West African nation of Mauritania, the UN migration agency said.

A sailor shot three civilians, killing two of them, before taking his own life at Pearl Harbor, just days before thousands were scheduled to gather at the military base to...

Stockbroker and investment platform AJ Bell has revealed a record-breaking profit haul after completing its first year as a public company.

The amount that banks are lending to business is growing slower than at any point in the last five years as Brexit and other political uncertainty weighs on the market,...

Moscow has expelled a Bulgarian embassy employee in a tit-for-tat response to Sofia's move to declare a Russian diplomat persona non grata, TASS reported on Thursday, citing a Russian Foreign...

Fashion retailer Joules has cheered rising sales in the run-up to Christmas, despite the challenging retail backdrop.

Washington has said it will name an ambassador to Sudan for the first time in 23 years as it welcomed the country's new reformist civilian leader. The United States hailed...

A sailor shot three civilians, killing two of them, before taking his own life at Pearl Harbour, just days before thousands were scheduled to gather at the military base to...

Homeware and furnishings retailer Dunelm has said it expects to beat original profit forecasts for the year as it cheered the launch of its new digital platform.

Travel to and from France will be severely disrupted from Thursday morning owing to large-scale strikes across the country in protest at plans to overhaul its retirement system.

The United States has completed its military pullback in northeastern Syria, settling into a more stable posture of about 600 troops in the rest of the country after repositioning and...

Air New Zealand has begun trialling a new innovation in its battle against waste - an edible coffee cup.

Samoa has begun a two-day shutdown as the government tries to curb a measles epidemic that has killed 62 people.

Prince Andrew was summoned to Sandringham to face "strong words" from Prince Charles, a week after a similar meeting with his father.

Donald Trump committed offences worse than Richard Nixon during Watergate and should be impeached for "high crimes and misdemeanours", three legal scholars selected by Democrats told Congress yesterday.

The first samples brought back from Mars could be quarantined on the Moon to avoid contaminating Earth with alien life, experts have suggested.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and veteran of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle Desmond Tutu has been admitted to hospital for the treatment of an infection, his office said yesterday.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened a three-day hearing at which prosecutors and victims aim to overturn a decision scrapping a proposed investigation into alleged crimes in Afghanistan's brutal...

Czech Republic's prime minister is facing fraud charges after the country's chief prosecutor overturned a previous decision to drop the case.

France was facing paralysis today as it braced itself for nationwide strikes in a stand-off between Emmanuel Macron and unions that police fear could turn violent.

Germany said yesterday it had expelled two Russian embassy employees in protest over what it said was Moscow's lack of co-operation in an investigation into the murder of a Georgian...

The first birth-control pill that can be taken just once a month will soon be tested on humans, scientists have said.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un rode a white horse up a sacred mountain in his second symbolic visit in less than two months, state media has reported, as his military...

Humanity's ancestors may have been saved from extinction because they developed the ability to digest alcohol, scientists claim.

Donald Trump left a Nato summit yesterday after world leaders were caught on camera mocking him at Buckingham Palace.

A same-sex couple has become the first in the world to carry the same baby in both their wombs in a "shared motherhood" procedure.

Christmas lights are being controlled by an electric eel at one aquarium in the United States.

US President Donald Trump called Justin Trudeau "two-faced" on Wednesday after the Canadian Prime Minister appeared to be caught on camera joking about his press appearances during a chat with...

SpaceX has delayed its delivery to the International Space Station because of dangerous wind gusts.

The boss of under-fire Metro Bank will step down at the end of 2019 after a bruising year for the high street lender.

Currency traders have been betting on a Conservative win in next week's election, sending the pound to its highest level against the euro in two-and-a-half years.

The House judiciary committee's first impeachment hearing quickly burst into partisan infighting as Democrats claimed President Donald Trump must be removed from office for enlisting foreign interference in US elections.