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Nigel Richards won the Mattel World Scrabble Championship for the second year running after a 140-point score helped him across the finish line.

Protesters in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Beni set the town hall on fire on Monday after suspected Islamist rebels killed eight people in an overnight raid,...

Dutch energy company Eneco has agreed to a proposed 4.1 billion-euro (£3.5 billion) takeover by Japanese corporations Mitsubishi and Chubu.

Thieves grabbed jewels and other treasures worth up to a billion euros from an eastern German museum in the early hours of Monday, Bild newspaper reported.

THIEVES have carried out a heist at Dresden's Green Vault, one of the world's oldest museums containing priceless treasures and jewels, German officials have said.

The proof was in the pudding as Cake Box recorded a big jump in profits for the first six months of the financial year.

Intu has completed the £40 million sale of a retail park in Northern Ireland as the property owner continues with its disposal programme in a bid to revive its fortunes.

Turkey is fully abiding by the agreements it reached with Russia and the US regarding northeast Syria and is not resuming its military offensive, Reuters quoted a security source as...

A lorry driver accused over the deaths of 39 migrants has pleaded guilty to plotting to assist illegal immigration.

President Donald Trump has nominated a new Navy secretary following the removal of Richard Spencer over the case of a Seal who was facing disciplinary action following his acquittal over...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could die in prison without urgent medical care, according to an open letter signed by more than 60 doctors.

Hong Kong's pro-democracy opposition won a stunning landslide victory in weekend local elections in a clear rebuke to city leader Carrie Lam over her handling of violent protests that have...

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper fired the Navy's top civilian on Sunday over his handling of the case of a Navy SEAL who was convicted of battlefield misconduct in Iraq...

Britain will take back 42 containers filled with plastic scrap that had been illegally shipped to Malaysia, authorities said on Monday. Malaysia last year became the world's main destination for...

Hong Kong's pro-democracy opposition won a stunning landslide victory in weekend local elections in a clear rebuke to city leader Carrie Lam over her handling of violent protests that have...

The boss of restaurant chain Wagamama has warned the company will face industry-wide headwinds as it prepares for 2020.

French luxury giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton has said it has reached a deal to buy US-based jewellery outfit Tiffany & Co for 16.2 billion US dollars (£12.58 billion).

The Small Group of the Syrian Constitutional Committee will gather for the second round of discussions in Geneva on Monday following a two-week break. The group will work on initiatives...

The boss of Takeaway.com has said he is still “strongly committed” to buying UK food delivery firm Just Eat amid a battle with fellow Dutch company Prosus.

A European-led maritime mission to monitor Gulf waters will be stationed at the French naval base in Abu Dhabi, the French defense minister has said. Since May, tensions in the...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops to practice firing artillery near a disputed sea boundary with rival South Korea, Pyongyang's state media reported, drawing a quick rebuke...

A small passenger plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Congo's eastern city of Goma, killing at least 25 people, including several on the ground.

The bodies of five migrant women have been recovered off the coast of Italy as search efforts continued for another dozen people feared missing in the capsizing of a crowded...

Democratic impeachment inquiry chairman Adam Schiff has refused to rule out more hearings in the probe into US President Donald Trump.

Hong Kong voters turned out in record numbers yesterday for district elections, with early results showing pro-democracy candidates triumphing over those who have sided with Beijing in the six-month-long protests.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to 'get Brexit done' by Christmas if he is re-elected.

A man from Northern Ireland has been charged with human trafficking offences after the bodies of 39 migrants were found in a refrigerated lorry container in Essex.

Scotland Yard was last night under pressure to explain why it failed to carry out a full investigation into allegations a teenager had been trafficked to the UK to have...

Nine people were killed in rallies across Iraq yesterday after security forces opened fire on groups of largely unarmed people demonstrating against government corruption.

Billionaire and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the world's richest men, has formally launched a Democratic bid for the US presidency.

Pope Francis travelled to Hiroshima and Nagasaki to demand that world powers renounce their nuclear arsenals, declaring the use and possession of atomic bombs an "immoral" crime and a dangerous...

At least two people died in France and a landslide collapsed a stretch of elevated road in Italy as heavy rains pounded Europe over the weekend.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to 'get Brexit done' by Christmas if he is re-elected.

Scotland Yard was last night under pressure to explain why it failed to carry out a full investigation into allegations a teenager had been trafficked to the UK to have...

Harry Morton, a restaurant mogul who was the son of the Hard Rock Cafe chain co-founder and grandson of the Morton's The Steakhouse founder, has died. He was 38.

US Defence Secretary Mark Esper has fired the secretary of the Navy in connection with the controversy over a Seal whose case has been championed by President Donald Trump.

Pro-democracy candidates won nearly half of the seats in Hong Kong's local elections, according to partial returns, as voters sent a clear signal of support for the anti-government protests that...

The Chinese government has detained more than a million Uighurs, Kazakhs and other ethnic minorities for what it calls voluntary job training.

Spanish police intercepted a submarine that appeared to be transporting drugs in waters off the northwestern region of Galicia on Sunday, a source with the central government's delegation to the...

The Chinese government has detained more than a million Uighurs, Kazakhs and other ethnic minorities for what it calls voluntary job training.