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Sri Lanka's former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared victory in the nation's presidential election.

British investors are seeing lacklustre dividend growth and have been forced to rely on one-off special payments from the FTSE's bankers and miners to boost their returns this quarter.

A US website which connects buyers and sellers of trainers could start looking beyond its core “sneakerhead” client base and rope in traditional investors with funds linked to the price...

EasyJet has managed to enjoy the peak summer period more than its rivals this year, with strikes hitting British Airways and Ryanair.

A Hong Kong police officer has been hit by an arrow as authorities used tear gas and water cannons to try to drive back protesters occupying a university campus and...

Listen up, young people: want to know what age you'll be when you start shifting from 'left-wing' to conservative?

A US diplomat has told Congress he overheard Donald Trump on a phone call asking about getting the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden.

Claims in the UK that Tory party officials offered peerages to bribe Brexit Party figures could amount to "political corruption of the highest order", warned the Labour Party chairman, as...

The UK's Prince Andrew, Duke of York, last night vigorously denied claims he had slept with an underage woman - saying he had been at a PizzaExpress in Woking with...

The UK's Prince Andrew, Duke of York, last night vigorously denied claims he had slept with an underage woman - saying he had been at a PizzaExpress in Woking with...

Flight Lieutenant Bill Paton, who has died aged 101, was a Canadian navigator who used his baseball skills to distract German guards in Stalag Luft III while soil was dispersed...

Bob Norris, who has died aged 90, was an American rancher who spent 14 years as the face of Marlboro cigarettes, before giving up for fear that he was setting...

James Le Mesurier, who has died aged 48, was a former British army officer who founded Mayday Rescue, the charity that trained the civilian White Helmets first-response teams that saved...

Transcripts released on Saturday in the impeachment inquiry show the US Ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, playing a key role in President Donald Trump's effort to have the country...

It was six months in the making and was intended to "create a new narrative" around Prince Andrew's friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Following years of scrutiny over...

It was six months in the making and was intended to "create a new narrative" around Prince Andrew's friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Following years of scrutiny over...

US President Donald Trump is undergoing medical tests as part of what the White House said was his annual check-up.

Eyebrows were raised when goalkeeper Tony Breeden stepped up to take a penalty for Nuneaton Borough and – like the ball he struck – they continued to rise afterwards.

Impeachment investigators met in private on Saturday with a White House budget official, as the historic inquiry produced new testimony offering direct insight of President Donald Trump's actions towards Ukraine.

Bolivia's political crisis again turned deadly when security forces opened fire on supporters of Evo Morales.

Chinese troops came out of the barracks in Hong Kong on Saturday – not to quell protests but to help clean up.

French police used a water cannon and fired tear gas in Paris on Saturday to drive back protesters marking the first anniversary of anti-government "yellow vest" demonstrations.

An investigation is under way into the cause of a blaze at an English student accommodation block which spread "extremely rapidly" to the upper floors of the building.

Tourists and residents have been allowed back into St Mark's Square in Venice a day after it was closed due to exceptionally high tidal waters that swept through most of...

A car bomb has killed at least 18 people in a Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed opposition fighters, activists have said.

Police in Paris fired tear gas on Saturday to push back yellow vest protesters trying to revive their movement on the first anniversary of the sometimes-violent uprising against policies seen...

A 16-year-old boy who killed two students and wounded three others at his southern California high school before turning a gun on himself died on Friday without investigators discovering the...

A 16-year-old boy who killed two students and wounded three others at his southern California high school before turning a gun on himself died on Friday without investigators discovering the...

Buses carrying Muslim voters in northern Sri Lanka were attacked by gunfire and stones and blocked by burning tires hours voting began in Saturday's presidential elections, according to a group...

Rebellious students and anti-government protesters abandoned their occupation of at least one major Hong Kong university on Saturday.

Bolivia's political crisis turned deadly after security forces opened fire on supporters of Evo Morales in a central town, killing at least five people.

Former US President Barack Obama has warned the Democratic field of White House hopefuls not to veer too far to the left.

While the world watched the first day of public impeachment hearings this week, Ukraine was at war.

The longtime friend and ally of US President Donald Trump Roger Stone has been found guilty of witness tampering and lying to Congress about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging...

The longtime friend and ally of US President Donald Trump Roger Stone has been found guilty of witness tampering and lying to Congress about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging...

The longtime friend and ally of US President Donald Trump Roger Stone has been found guilty of witness tampering and lying to Congress about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging...

Scientists have urged governments to fund a mission to find out if an asteroid could be nudged off its trajectory to avoid a collision with Earth.

American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift (29) has told fans that her forthcoming performance at a music awards ceremony is in doubt after two record executives said she could not...

US President Donald Trump launched a Twitter attack on a former US ambassador to Ukraine yesterday while she was testifying to an impeachment hearing in Congress, in an extraordinary moment...

US President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to stop a prosecutor's investigation of his personal finances, a bold assertion of presidential power that seeks a landmark decision from...