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Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has criticized the EU's former executive branch and Finland, which currently holds the rotating presidency, for failing to push on with enlarging the bloc. Szijjarto...

An inflatable evacuation slide has fallen from an airliner into the garden of a suburban American home.

Shareholders in Premier Inn owner Whitbread should vote against a new pay package for its top executives, according to an influential advisory group.

Virginia Giuffre, who claimed she was forced to have sex with British royal Prince Andrew, has implored the UK public to "stand up beside me to help me fight this...

Virginia Giuffre, who claimed she was forced to have sex with British royal Prince Andrew, has implored the UK public to "stand up beside me to help me fight this...

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres urged countries not to lose hope in the fight against climate change, as representatives from nearly 200 countries gathered in Madrid for a two-week meeting on...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif voiced support on Monday for reducing tensions in the Gulf as he hosted his counterpart from traditional mediator Oman for talks in Tehran. The...

The Philippines evacuated 200,000 people in coastal and mountainous areas due to fears of flooding and landslides as a powerful typhoon was set to make landfall on Monday night. Typhoon...

Energy firms are sometimes keeping customers on hold for more than half an hour before they can get through – and around a fifth typically take over 10 minutes to...

France has honoured 13 soldiers killed when their helicopters collided over Mali while on a mission fighting extremists affiliated with the so-called Islamic State group.

Climate change, gun violence, the very nature of democracy and an angst-ridden little movie star called Forky helped propel “existential” to Dictionary.com's word of the year.

An international relief group has said another five years of fighting in Yemen will cost as much as $29 billion just to sustain the current level of humanitarian aid –...

Taiwan plans to invite US military experts to visit and to provide advice on bolstering the island's defenses, the military in Taipei said on Monday. The Defense Ministry said it...

Pope Francis has sent a cardinal to the Greek island of Lesbos to bring back to Rome 33 asylum-seekers, the Vatican said.

A nine-year-old girl spent her Saturday afternoon delivering chocolates to emergency service workers to let them know “you're awesome”.

Hundreds of people gathered in New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and other Indian cities on Monday to demand justice in the case of a veterinarian who was gang-raped and killed last...

The Governor of Montana Steve Bullock said on Monday he was quitting his bid for the Democrats' 2020 presidential race, Reuters reports. The governor is the latest to drop out...

The Governor of Montana Steve Bullock said on Monday he was quitting his bid for the Democrats' 2020 presidential race, Reuters reports. The governor is the latest to drop out...

A grandfather's garden has become a larger-than-life Christmas attraction, drawing in visitors from across the UK — including Santa Claus himself.

Israel's attorney general has officially submitted his indictment against prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, giving him 30 days to appeal for immunity.

Protests over the alleged rape and murder of a 27-year-old veterinary doctor spread to cities across India on Monday as people demanded tough and swift punishments, including public lynchings, to...

President Donald Trump has accused Argentina and Brazil of hurting US farmers through currency manipulation and has said he will slap tariffs on their steel and aluminium imports.

Shoppers appeared to temporarily brush Brexit concerns to one side in November as the focus shifted to finding Christmas bargains, according to an index.

Amazon has removed "Christmas ornaments" and other merchandise bearing the images of the Auschwitz death camp that had been available on its online site.

Spacewalking astronauts have ventured out to install new pumps on a cosmic ray detector outside the International Space Station.

Hundreds of Parisians lined the streets of Paris on Monday to pay their respects to 13 French soldiers killed in Mali last week as hearses bearing their flag-draped coffins crossed...

Veteran Argentine diplomat Rafael Grossi was sworn in on Monday as the new director-general of the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Grossi had been serving as...

Patriotism is the theme of Christmas at the White House this year.

Facebook has taken down Conservative Party UK general election adverts which used edited versions of BBC content.

Nissan's new chief executive Makoto Uchida has reaffirmed the importance of the Japanese carmaker's alliance with Renault as it strives to puts its financial scandals behind it.

Argentinian diplomat Rafael Mariano Grossi is set to take the helm at the UN nuclear watchdog this week after being confirmed as its new leader.

More people lost their jobs in the UK manufacturing sector in November than any other month for more than seven years, as the industry continued a months-long losing streak.

China on Sunday put into effect new regulations that require Chinese telecom carriers to scan the faces of users registering new mobile phone services, a move the government says is...

The leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has rejected a radical renegotiation of the agreement underpinning Germany's governing coalition after its junior partner elected left-leaning leaders who want new concessions,...

Property development giant Capital & Counties (Capco) has completed the £425 million sale of Earls Court to investment firms APG and Delancey.

The chairwoman of a two-week climate summit attended by nearly 200 countries has warned that those refusing to adjust to the planet's rising temperatures “will be on the wrong side...

Online supermarket and tech firm Ocado has launched a £500 million bond to fund new warehouses and expansion into global markets, the company has announced.

Bosses at Ted Baker have uncovered that the fashion brand's inventory has been overstated by between £20 million and £25 million, the company has said.

Private equity firm DBAY has called for the backing of Eddie Stobart shareholders ahead of a crunch vote over its £55 million bid to buy the trucking firm, saying the...

Hundreds of flights have been cancelled in the United States as a storm swept across across the country, leaving travellers scrambling to get home after Thanksgiving.