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Hashim Thaci, who resigned as Kosovo's president to face charges including murder, torture and persecution, will make his first courtroom appearance before a judge at a special court in the...

High street stalwart WH Smith is set to post an annual loss after the coronavirus pandemic hammered its travel stores.

IN New York, where tension is making the city feel like a veritable pressure cooker waiting to explode, another uneasy-sounding, kitchen-related term is on everyone's lips.

Spanish Supreme Court prosecutors have opened a third corruption investigation involving former monarch Juan Carlos I of Spain, officials said.

Joe Biden has taken the lead in the race for the state of Pennsylvania for the first time.

The Secretary of State in Georgia has said that votes will be recounted in the state because the margins are so narrow. This will delay the result from Georgia for...

Joe Biden has taken his lead in Georgia to 1,096 with 99pc of the votes counted this morning. It is expected the final counts will be announced later this afternoon....

Joe Biden is expected to give a prime time televised address tonight as he edges closer to securing enough votes to win the presidency.

Joe Biden is expected to give a prime time televised address tonight as he edges closer to securing enough votes to win the presidency.

Climate change and changes of land use have caused mammals, birds and amphibians to lose on average 18pc of their habitat worldwide since 1700, research indicates.

A Surrey care home has handcrafted a Remembrance Day art installation in what was described as a “team effort”.

Housebuilder Redrow has seen huge demand for houses with home offices as the shifting nature of work during the pandemic looks set to stick, bosses said.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said that whoever wins the US presidential election should end interference in the internal affairs of her city and China overall.

The Co-operative Bank has nearly halved its loss in the first nine months of the year.

Indonesian authorities began evacuating people living on the volatile Mount Merapi volcano's fertile slopes on Friday following an increase in volcanic activity.

More than a third of doctors have revealed how they have suffered verbal or physical abuse from patients or their relatives during the Covid-19 outbreak – including assault and being...

Democrat Joe Biden is now leading President Donald Trump in the battleground state of Georgia.

Buncrana in Donegal (594) has the highest 14-day rate of incidence per 100,000 of Covid-19 in Ireland while Dingle in Kerry did not even register a figure as there were...

Buncrana in Donegal (594) has the highest 14-day rate of incidence per 100,000 of Covid-19 in Ireland while Dingle in Kerry did not even register a figure as there were...

The average UK house price has topped a quarter of a million pounds for the first time, according to an index.

The Irish-American community in Ireland have been watching closely to see whether Democratic candidate Joe Biden will make a final surge forward to become President of the United States.

Shakespeare and Company, the Paris book store that published James Joyce's Ulysses in 1922, hailed the response following an appeal to readers for support after pandemic-linked losses and France's spring...

Japanese carmaker Honda has reported that profit rose 23% in the last quarter, despite a pandemic that has hit businesses around the world.

The remnants of Hurricane Eta unleashed torrential rains and catastrophic flooding on Central America, with fatalities sharply up on Thursday mostly because of mudslides as streets turned into rivers and...

Joe Biden has taken another step towards the White House as he has overtaken President Donald Trump in Georgia by 917 votes with 99pc of the votes counted.

Joe Biden has taken another step towards the White House as he has overtaken President Donald Trump in Georgia by 917 votes with 99pc of the votes counted.

Philadelphia police are investigating an alleged plot to attack the city's Pennsylvania Convention Center, where votes from the hotly contested presidential election are being counted.

With Joe Biden on track to win the presidency, his deputy Kamala Harris has history in her sights as the first woman, and first person of colour, to serve as...

Fears generated by the tsumani of second wave Covid-19 infection gripping parts of Europe could curb the extent to which this country will open up for Christmas, despite signals the...

House Democrats have cast blame for their disappointing US election results on their main message, their tactics on the ground, and their leadership under Speaker Nancy Pelosi's team after expectations...

Facebook on Thursday banned a large group called Stop the Steal that supporters of Donald Trump were using to organise protests against the presidential vote count.

Facebook on Thursday banned a large group called Stop the Steal that supporters of Donald Trump were using to organise protests against the presidential vote count.

Control of the US Senate hung in the balance last night, a cliffhanger created after Republicans trounced Democratic challengers in crucial states but failed to lock down the seats needed...

Ethiopia has mobilised for war in the northern Tigray region, dashing international hopes of averting a conflict between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government and the powerful ethnic faction that led...

Thousands of people took to the streets across the US as protesters from Arizona to Pennsylvania fought over whether votes should continue to be counted in the hotly contested election.

Donald Trump is battling through the courts as he seeks to keep alive his diminishing hopes of retaining the White House.

The United States reported a record number of new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, topping 100,000 for the first time.

Russian ex-presidents' immunity from criminal prosecution could be extended to any offences committed in their lifetimes, not merely while in office, under a bill submitted to parliament on yesterday

The first fossils of a duckbilled dinosaur have been discovered in Africa, suggesting that dinosaurs crossed oceans to get there.

The final US election result is not just a momentous one for the American people, but has huge ramifications for the rest of the world. In terms of US foreign...