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A lawyer for the whistleblower who raised alarms about US President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine has said his client is willing to answer written questions submitted by House Republicans.

Iraq's Prime Minister has called on anti-government protesters to reopen roads after a month of rallies demanding wide-ranging political change.

Grey seals with their newborn pups have arrived at a beach in Horsey, Norfolk, as the pupping season begins at one of the UK's most important breeding grounds for the...

President Donald Trump has threatened to cut US funding to California for aid during wildfires that have burned across the state.

Four people are seriously injured and 25 others hurt after a bus heading from Paris to London overturned in France.

Four people are seriously injured and 25 others hurt after a bus heading from Paris to London overturned in France.

Four people are seriously injured and 25 others hurt after a bus heading from Paris to London overturned in France.

Terminator: Dark Fate has opened well below expectations at the US box office.

Character actor Brian Tarantina, most recently known for his role in The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, has died in his Manhattan home aged 60.

A knife-wielding man has slashed several people and bit off part of the ear of a local pro-democracy politician in Hong Kong.

Licenses that would allow American companies to resume selling parts and software to blacklisted Chinses tech giant, Huawei, “will be forthcoming very shortly,” US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, told...

Nigel Farage will not be standing as a candidate at the UK General Election.

Following a week of renewed demonstrations against the government, rioters have blocked traffic in the Iraqi capital on Sunday, burning tires and bringing barbed wire, AP reports. It is estimated...

An Italian offshore supply vessel which rescued 151 migrants in waters off Libya has arrived in Sicily.

Riot police stormed several malls in Hong Kong on Sunday in a bid to thwart more pro-democracy protests.

Fans of Ridley Scott's 1980s sci-fi movie Blade Runner have branded November Blade Runner Month as it was pointed out the film is no longer set in the future.

Iraqi protesters blocked roads in Baghdad on Sunday to increase pressure on the government to resign after more than a week of renewed mass demonstrations.

Iran will continue to reject talks with Washington because such negotiations would have no benefit for the Islamic Republic, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has argued. "One way to block...

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the plight of the 730,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Burma's Rakhine state.

Hong Kong awoke to what is expected to be a day of relative calm on Sunday following a violent night in which protesters set fire to metro stations and vandalised...

Tens of thousands of Islamists waited at a massive protest camp in Pakistan's capital on Sunday as the deadline set by their leader for the prime minister to resign approached.

China's state-owned Xinhua News Agency has denounced the attack on its office in Hong Kong by pro-democracy protesters on Saturday as “barbaric”.

The UK economy is expected to only grow by 1% next year – down from previous predictions of 1.5%, new data shows.

Two in five tenants living in rented property believe they will never be able to buy their own home, according to a new report.

US President Donald Trump presided over a bruising Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) showdown on Saturday in his first visit to New York City after declaring his exodus from the Big...

UK-listed companies saw profits fall in the third quarter of the year on average in the first quarterly drop since 2016, new research has found.

Marks & Spencer is set to unveil a bloodbath in its clothing and home divisions when it announces half-year results on Wednesday.

The tight black trousers and leather jacket sported by Olivia Newton-John in Grease have been sold for more than £300,000.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sparked an angry backlash from Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage yesterday after he rejected calls to drop his Brexit deal and embrace a clean break...

One of the Iranian student leaders in the 1979 US Embassy takeover has said he regrets the seizure of the diplomatic compound and the 444-day hostage crisis that followed.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who has died aged 47 or 48, apparently by his own hand, was a former religious scholar and keen football player who emerged as the leader of...

Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority (CMA) has approved the application by the world's largest oil company “for the registration and offering of part of its shares,” the regulator said on...

Venezuelan diplomats were told to leave El Salvador within 48 hours, according to a statement released through the Twitter account of the country's president, Nayib Bukele. The announcement cited the...

Saudi Arabia has formally announced the start of its initial public offering (IPO) of the state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco.

Business confidence in Scotland has risen, but is still at the lowest level in the UK, new research has found.

Restaurants in gyms are helping to attract Britons to spend more as they exercise, as spending at the country's top 15 chains rose 8% last year.

A 310-year-old antique violin worth £250,000 which was stolen from a train in London has been returned to its owner with no damage.

Airbnb has vowed to ban “party houses” in the wake of a deadly shooting at a rented property in California.

Five people have died in a shooting at a Halloween party at a house let on Airbnb, police said.

A teenager has been charged with attempted murder after a seven-year-old girl was shot in the neck while out trick or treating.