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A former banker has said he feels “reborn” after he set the world record for running a marathon in every country in the world.

Protesters blocked a border point on the AP-7 highway that connects the Spanish region of Catalonia with France on Monday, stopping traffic in both directions, Reuters reported, citing a Catalan...

A man has been set on fire following an apparent dispute over national identity in Hong Kong, where police also shot a protester on a day of escalating violence.

Funeral provider Dignity has predicted fewer Britons will die this year than in any year since 2014, as it pinned its 2020 financial performance on changes to the figures.

A US national who is a member of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) has been deported home, a Turkish official said Monday after Ankara began repatriating captured foreign IS fighters....

Prosus has lowered the bar on its hostile takeover offer for food delivery giant Just Eat, but refused to offer sceptical shareholders more money as a bidding war intensified.

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper will visit Vietnam and then meet with his Chinese counterpart in Thailand during a trip to Asia this week, AP reports. While Vietnam is...

The United States has called on Iraq's government to stop using violence against protesters, reform its electoral system and hold early elections, the White House press secretary said. The US...

Greggs has revealed that sales jumped in the last six weeks, meaning profits are now expected to be higher than first thought, the sausage roll specialist said.

Two people have been killed after a convertible they were travelling in at high speed went airborne and crashed into the second floor of a commercial building in the US...

Authorities declared a state of emergency across a broad swath of Australia's east coast on Monday, urging residents in high risk areas to evacuate ahead of looming "catastrophic" fire conditions.

A man has been set on fire following an apparent dispute over national identity in Hong Kong, where police also shot a protester on a day of escalating violence.

A Hong Kong protester was shot by police Monday in a dramatic scene caught on video as demonstrators blocked train lines and roads during the morning commute.

Australia's most populous state declared a fire emergency on Monday, with worsening conditions expected from wildfires that have claimed three lives and more than 150 homes.

Australia has issued a "catastrophic" fire warning across Sydney, the country's largest city, as firefighters battle a rapidly worsening bushfire crisis.

A Wall Street regulator is opening a probe into Apple's new credit card after a viral tweet from a tech entrepreneur alleged sexist discrimination in the algorithms deciding credit limits.

At least 22 people were injured as security forces fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in Baghdad following weeks of unrest.

Bolivian President Evo Morales has bowed to pressure to quit after the military called on him to step down and allies tumbled away amid a fierce backlash over a disputed...

A 15-year-old boy was killed and another teenager critically injured when unknown attackers opened fire on a pizza parlour in the Swedish city of Malmo.

A Russian professor has admitted to murdering his lover after he was found drunk in a river with a backpack containing a woman's arms.

Police fired tear gas and water cannon to break up rallies as activists blocked roads and trashed shopping centres across Hong Kong during the 24th straight weekend of anti-government unrest.

US Republicans have demanded that Joe Biden's son and an anonymous whistleblower should give evidence during highly anticipated televised impeachment hearings this week.

Spain turned out wearily to vote in its fourth general election in as many years yesterday as polls suggested nearly a third of voters stayed at home with no obvious...

A Russian professor has admitted to murdering his lover after he was found drunk in a river with a backpack containing a woman's arms.

Two people have been killed after a convertible they were travelling in at high speed went airborne and crashed into the second floor of a commercial building in the US...

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard has said that his country would grant asylum to former Bolivian President Evo Morales, if he seeks it. Ebrard said that two dozen Bolivian lawmakers...

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialists have won Spain's national election, but large gains by the far-right Vox party appear certain to widen the political deadlock.

Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Sunday he would resign after the military called on him to step down and allies tumbled away amid a fierce backlash over a disputed...

AT LEAST 14 people have been killed as a strong cyclone lashed northeastern India and Bangladesh.

Bolivian President Evo Morales has announced his resignation, seeking to calm the country after weeks of unrest over a disputed election that he had claimed to win.

Bolivia's political crisis deepened as the country's military chief called on President Evo Morales to resign after his re-election victory set off weeks of fraud allegations and deadly violence.

Spain's Interior Ministry says early results show Socialists winning the national election, but without a clear end to the country's political deadlock.

A well-known history professor pulled from a river with a backpack containing severed arms has been detained by police in the Russian city of St Petersburg.

A giant Baby Trump protest balloon was knifed and deflated by someone unhappy with its appearance during the US president's trip to Alabama, organisers said.

EIGHT civilians have been killed and 20 others wounded in a car bomb attack in northern Syria, Turkey's Defence Ministry has said.

THE devastated twin sister of an Australian woman who was killed in a crash involving an Irish driver who had drank "maybe 15 schooners of beer" has pleaded with the...

THE devastated twin sister of an Australian woman who was killed in a crash involving an Irish driver who had drunk "maybe 15 schooners of beer" has pleaded with the...

A shop has banned cheesy Christmas songs for the sake of staff morale, the owners have said.

A small truck exploded outside a bakery in the Syrian village of Suluk, located southeast of the town of Tel Abyad on Sunday, according to the Turkish military and local...

Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) terrorist group has been defeated in the Afghan eastern province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan's acting interior minister, Massoud Andarabi, told reporters in the provincial capital of...