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Oscar-winning visual effects business DNEG has pulled its planned listing on the London Stock Exchange less than a month after first revealing its intentions.

Israel says it has completed a series of airstrikes on targets linked to the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza, after rocket fire that rattled a day-old truce.

Chile said on Friday it will stage a referendum to replace the country's dictatorship-era constitution next year – a key demand of protesters after nearly a month of sometimes violent...

The 16-year-old boy suspected of killing two students in a burst of gunfire at a school outside Los Angeles has been described as a quiet, smart kid you would never...

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper pressed Seoul on Friday to pay more for the cost of stationing US troops in South Korea and to maintain an intelligence-sharing pact with...

Australia braced on Friday for strong winds that began to whip up bushfires in two states, potentially adding to a toll of more than 270 homes destroyed and 2.5 million...

The creator of the children's song "Baby Shark," which has become a global phenomenon, says the firm is eyeing the Chinese market, where the tune did not quite catch on,...

North Korea has called former US Vice President Joe Biden a "rabid dog" that "must be beaten to death with a stick" in its latest swipe against foreign and political...

North Korea has called former US Vice President Joe Biden a “rabid dog” that “must be beaten to death with a stick” in its latest swipe against foreign and political...

Protesters who have barricaded themselves in a Hong Kong university partially cleared a road they were blocking and demanded the government commit to holding local elections on November 24.

US President Donald Trump has said the impeachment probe against him has been “very hard” on his family.

Gaza militants fired a barrage of rockets into Israel yesterday, hours after a ceasefire was declared to end two days of intense fighting between Israel and the Islamic Jihad group,...

They looked the part. If Donald Trump were to cast the characters for career US diplomats specialising in Eastern Europe, William Taylor and George Kent would have made the cut.

A 70-year-old man became the second person to die in a week of unrest in Hong Kong yesterday, after he was reportedly hit with a brick during a clash between...

Nigel Farage threatened last night to report the Conservatives to the police, after accusing Downing Street of offering Brexit Party candidates "jobs and peerages" to withdraw from the UK general...

Victims of Francisco Franco have demanded that Christie's halt the sale of £350,000 (€409,000) of family jewels to stop the descendants of the Spanish dictator profiting from his ill-gotten gains.

Investigators have released audio recordings that they say may implicate senior Russian officials close to Vladimir Putin in the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17.

A California high school student pulled a .45 calibre semi-automatic handgun from his backpack and fired on fellow students as classes began yesterday, killing two and wounding three others.

An 18-year-old given an electronic cigarette for his birthday is thought to be the first person in Belgium to die from vaping.

Britain is braced for the return of dozens of home-grown Isil fighters after Turkey yesterday began the process of sending back captured UK citizens.

The human behind Lord Buckethead's 2017 election campaign against Theresa May is set to run in Boris Johnson's constituency under a new alias.

A California high school student dressed in black opened fire on campus on Thursday, killing a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy and wounding three other teens before shooting himself...

A couple in Honolulu took extreme sports to the next level by getting engaged while surfing.

Italy's government has declared a state of emergency in flood-ravaged Venice.

China has lifted a ban on US poultry and poultry products that has been in place since the December 2014 avian flu outbreak, opening the door to a potential $1...

London's top flight joined markets worldwide in dropping into the red as worrying Chinese economic data and fears over the US-China trade war dented investor sentiment.

At least five people were wounded after a shooter opened fire at a high school in Santa Clarita, California, a city north of Los Angeles, officials said.

University College Dublin (UCD) has advised its students on exchange in two universities in Hong Kong to return home.

A student gunman opened fire at a Southern California high school, killing one pupil and wounding four other people before he was captured after shooting himself in the head.

Authorities say a second victim of a Los Angeles area high school shooting has died.

At least three people have been injured during a shooting at a southern California high school.

At least five people have been injured during a shooting at a southern California high school.

Authorities say one person was killed and several others were injured during a shooting at a Southern California high school.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel visited the town at the gates of the American naval base at Guantanamo Bay on Thursday and said President Donald Trump's hardening of the US embargo...

Syrian state media is reporting that government forces have started deploying in areas close to the Turkish border in the northeast. Troops are deploying between the towns of Jawadiyeh and...

Moldova's parliament has voted to back a new, technocratic government led by a former finance minister. Over 60 of 101 deputies voted in favor of Prime Minister Ion Chicu's cabinet,...

Three cows presumed dead after being swept out to sea by Hurricane Dorian have been found on North Carolina's Outer Banks having apparently swum several miles to safety.

Pyongyang has said the US is proposing a resumption of stalled nuclear negotiations in December as they approach an end-of-year deadline set by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the...

Italy's government is set to declare a state of emergency in flood-ravaged Venice.

Italy's government has declared a state of emergency in flood-ravaged Venice.