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Bolivian president Evo Morales is calling for new elections following nationwide protests over a disputed vote he claimed he had won.

Iran has started construction on a second nuclear reactor at its Bushehr power plant, a facility Tehran cites as its reason for breaking the enrichment limit set by the unravelling...

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.

Scottish craft brewer Innis & Gunn has announced plans to secure a major cash injection to drive plans for a new Edinburgh Brewery.

Scottish craft beer maker Innis & Gunn has announced plans to secure a major cash injection to drive plans for a new Edinburgh brewery.

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

Households across the country could be billed twice as unscrupulous energy suppliers left a £71 million hole in a green tax fund intended to pay for renewables, industry insiders have...

Protesters in Hong Kong have smashed windows in a subway station and a shopping centre following the arrest of pro-democracy politicians.

Barclays UK chairman Sir Ian Cheshire has insisted British businesses would “get on and deal with” whichever government wins the election, despite City fears over Jeremy Corbyn.

Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country's south with an estimated 50 billion barrels of crude oil, its president said.

People in Spain have begun voting in the country's fourth election in as many years.

Masked vandals targeted Hong Kong shopping malls and MTR light rail stations at several locations around the city during the 24th consecutive weekend of violent anti-government protests. The Sha Tin...

The e-scooter revolution took a leap forward as one of Europe's biggest operators revealed it has raised 85 million US dollars (£66.5 million) in new funding from investors in Delivery...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako have waved and smiled from an open car in a motorcade marking his enthronement before hundreds of thousands of people.

Yvette Lundy, who died last Sunday aged 103, was a member of a French Resistance network known as the Possum Escape Line. She was arrested in June 1944, taken to...

A Ukrainian dwarf adopted in the US has denied claims she masqueraded as a child and tried to kill her adoptive parents, as she spoke out for the first time.

A Ukrainian dwarf adopted in the US has denied claims she masqueraded as a child and tried to kill her adoptive parents, as she spoke out for the first time.

Police guards outside Bolivia's presidential palace abandoned their posts on Saturday, increasing pressure on President Evo Morales after a disputed election.

Woody Allen and Amazon have ended their legal battle.

Germany has marked the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall, a pivotal moment in the events that brought down Communism in eastern Europe.

A Labour candidate's daughter has won fans on both sides of the political divide with her own manifesto which includes pockets for women's clothing.

Germany has marked the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall, a pivotal moment in the events that brought down Communism in eastern Europe.

Photographer Robert Freeman, who helped define the image of The Beatles with some of the band's best-known album covers, has died at the age of 82.

IRAN has acknowledged for the first time that it has an open case before its Revolutionary Court over the 2007 disappearance of a former FBI agent during an unauthorised CIA...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he is looking into reports that a member of his shadow cabinet sang "Hey Jews" to the Beatles song "Hey Jude".

A MAN wanted over the disappearance of UFC fighter Walt Harris's stepdaughter has been apprehended in Florida, but the whereabouts of the missing teenager remain a mystery.

Four anti-government protesters have been killed and more than 100 others have been injured amid violence in the capital Baghdad.

Six people have been killed and more than 100 others have been injured as Iraqi security forces fired live ammunition at anti-government protesters in central Baghdad.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has accused the United States of breaking international law by taking control of oil fields in eastern Syria. “They openly admit that they are there...

Photographer Robert Freeman, who helped define the image of The Beatles with some of the band's best-known album covers, has died at the age of 82.

A heavily indebted man seeking to make a false insurance claim has confessed to setting off explosions which killed three firefighters at his house in north-west Italy, prosecutors have said.

Leaders from Germany and other European nations are attending ceremonies to mark the 30th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall came down.

Iraqi security forces used stun grenades and tear gas on Saturday to capture the Al Sinak bridge, one of the flashpoints of mass protests in Baghdad. The demonstrators were pushed...

Germany is marking 30 years since the Berlin Wall fell, a pivotal moment in the events that brought down Communism in eastern Europe.

Enthusiasts flocked to the 10th International Tattoo Convention in Bucharest.

Germany is marking 30 years since the Berlin Wall fell, a pivotal moment in the events that brought down Communism in eastern Europe.

India's supreme court has ruled in favour of a Hindu temple on disputed religious ground and ordered that alternative land should be given to Muslims to build a mosque.

At least two people are dead, several remain missing and dozens have been injured as wildfires continue to raze Australia's drought-stricken east coast.

At least three people are dead, several remain missing and dozens have been injured as wildfires continue to raze Australia's drought-stricken east coast.

Seven Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians have either been detained or faced arrest on Saturday, with a police statement saying one of them had been charged.