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Adorable, close-up photographs show red squirrels foraging for food and energetically running around in their forest habitat.

We are currently watching the runaway trains that are Brexit and the Trump presidency as they become train-wrecks. How can this have happened?

Just €280bn - that is the money needed to stop the rise in greenhouse gases and buy up to 20 years of time to fix global warming, according to United...

Horror fans took the streets of Kiev for Ukraine's annual Zombie Walk.

Catholic bishops from across the Amazon have called for the ordination of married men as priests to address the clergy shortage in the region, in a historic proposal that would...

Police and protesters in Catalonia have clashed after a massive rally in Barcelona against the imprisonment of nine separatist leaders for their roles in an illegal 2017 secession bid.

Chile's president has asked all his cabinet members to offer their resignations as he shakes up his government in response to a massive wave of protests.

Hundreds of thousands of people are protesting in Barcelona against the imprisonment of nine Catalan separatist leaders for their roles in an illegal 2017 secession bid.

Steps that undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Syrian state must be avoided, Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as the two...

Police in the Republic of Ireland have arrested a man in his 20s at Dublin Port in connection with the discovery of 39 bodies in a refrigerated truck near London,...

England fans celebrated their side's Rugby World Cup semi-final victory with an Oasis singalong.

Russia's defence ministry has harshly criticised the US decision to send armoured vehicles and combat troops into eastern Syria to protect oil fields.

Six protesters have been killed in clashes with Iraqi security forces during nationwide anti-government protests, officials said.

Seven protesters have been killed in clashes with Iraqi security forces during nationwide anti-government protests, officials said.

The Democratic-led impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump resumes with testimony from a senior State Department official on Saturday, a day after a judge buoyed the probe by dismissing a...

Protesters demonstrating against corruption, unemployment and a lack of services set fire to the provincial council building in Diwaniya, Iraq, some 200 kilometers south of Baghdad (124 miles). At least...

Torrential rain that caused flooding and mudslides in Tokyo has left at least 10 people dead and added fresh damage in areas still recovering from recent typhoons.

The company behind hit TV shows Big Brother and MasterChef is to be bought by a French firm to form a worldwide production group.

Hundreds of thousands of protesters have marched in Chile's capital, intensifying pressure on a government struggling to contain deadly unrest over economic hardship.

Russian national Maria Butina, who was jailed in the United States in April after admitting to working as a Russian agent, arrived in Moscow on Saturday, greeted by her father...

The death toll from protests in Iraq has climbed to 42.

The woman convicted of being a covert Russian agent has returned to her homeland, deported by the United States after serving a prison sentence.

Lebanese security forces have dragged away protesters who refused to move from roadblocks in central Beirut, to reopen roads closed during a campaign of civil disobedience.

The United States will send armoured vehicles and combat troops into eastern Syria to keep oil fields from potentially falling into the hands of Islamic State militants, US Defence Secretary...

Howling winds fuelling wildfires across California began to die down on Friday, but residents in the north of the state braced for another round of power outages aimed at preventing...

Howling winds fuelling wildfires across California began to die down on Friday, but residents in the north of the state braced for another round of power outages aimed at preventing...

Actress Felicity Huffman has been released from a federal prison in California on the 11th day of a 14-day sentence for her role in the college admissions scandal.

Actress Felicity Huffman has been released from a federal prison in California on the 11th day of a 14-day sentence for her role in the college admissions scandal.

The federal prosecutor asked by US Attorney General William Barr to examine the origins of the FBI's probe of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign is conducting what officials consider to...

Around 300 more Russian military police have arrived in Syria, the Russian defence ministry said yesterday, under an accord between Ankara and Moscow which halted Turkey's military incursion into north-east...

A soldier has gone on a shooting spree in Siberia, killing eight fellow servicemen and wounding two others before being apprehended, the Russian defence ministry said.

Iran has executed at least 12 child offenders since the start of 2018, while at least 90 are currently sitting on death row, the United Nations has heard.

At least 40 protesters were killed in Iraq yesterday when security forces used tear gas and an Iranian-backed militia opened fire to try to quell renewed demonstrations against corruption and...

As the first full month of his impeachment investigation closes, President Donald Trump has been lashing out in all directions.

A fast-moving wildfire, spurred by powerful winds, forced thousands of people to evacuate parts of Sonoma County in northern California - the rural wine region still recovering from a 2017...

Two women in New York have been kicked out of a bar after furiously confronting Harvey Weinstein during a stand-up comedy show.

China's Communist Party leaders will on Monday start their most important meeting this year, with President Xi Jinping expected to champion the Chinese model of governance while fighting protracted economic...

Nature seemed to be siding with indigenous Australians' demand for Uluru to be respected as a sacred site yesterday when high winds threatened to prematurely end the generations- old tradition...

Nasa has revealed a "breathtaking" selfie taken by its Curiosity rover on Mars, as never seen before.

As the first full month of his impeachment investigation closes, President Donald Trump has been lashing out in all directions.