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The FTSE 100 benefited from a falling pound on Thursday, as Brexit jitters once again sent sterling down against the dollar.

Bolivian President Evo Morales has rebuked a regional election observer mission on Thursday for questioning the legitimacy of what he said was an outright win for him in the first...

A student athlete paid homage to Forrest Gump by running straight off the field during a baseball match in Texas on Wednesday.

Russian military police on Thursday carried out patrolling along a new route on the Syrian-Turkish border, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The length of the patrol route from the city...

More than a million small UK businesses are at a greater risk of having their energy supply disconnected than the average household, Citizens Advice has warned.

Visitors have been crowding into the Louvre museum in Paris to see a major retrospective of Leonardo Da Vinci's paintings.

Crabs can navigate their way around a complex maze and remember the route to find food, research has found.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Turkey and its Syrian rebel allies had launched a large land offensive targeting three villages on Thursday despite a truce. The SDF also...

Spain has exhumed the remains of dictator General Francisco Franco from his mausoleum outside Madrid so he can be reburied in a small family crypt north of the capital.

The principal of a religious school in Bangladesh was among 16 people sentenced to death on Thursday for the murder of a teenage girl who refused to withdraw a complaint...

China has never wanted “to replace” the United States, and has no interest in playing power games, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Thursday. The statement comes amid strained ties...

Evo Morales has declared himself the winner of Bolivia's presidential election.

Mobile operator O2 is trialling new outlets within four Next stores as both brands seek to adapt to “current challenges” facing the high street.

British electricity generators can expect a £1 billion windfall after a European Commission decision that could restart a controversial subsidy scheme which was accused of favouring fossil fuels.

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey has insisted the company is cracking down on abusive content and spotting problem accounts faster.

A wind-driven wildfire has forced people to evacuate from an area north of San Francisco in California.

A California wildfire has exploded in size as dangerously windy weather prompted the state's largest utility company to impose electrical blackouts in an effort to prevent any catastrophes.

Islamabad and New Delhi signed an agreement Thursday on a visa-free corridor between the two countries that will allow Sikh pilgrims in India to visit the shrine to their religion's...

There is no fixed timeframe for the presence of Turkish forces in northeast Syria, RIA Novosti reported, citing the Russian Foreign Ministry. Moscow said Kurdish forces had begun withdrawing from...

Two Liverpool fans were left red-faced after travelling to Ghent instead of Genk and therefore missing their side's Champions League match on Wednesday.

Protests in Lebanon entered a second week on Thursday with demonstrators blocking Beirut's main roads and other parts of the country. The protests began on October 17, sparked by a...

The International Red Cross has warned of an imminent “humanitarian catastrophe” at an overcrowded makeshift migrant camp on Bosnia's border with Croatia.

The body of Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco is being exhumed from the grandiose mausoleum in the Valley of the Fallen so it can be transferred to a more discreet,...

Spain has exhumed the remains of dictator General Francisco Franco from his mausoleum outside Madrid so he could be reburied in a small family crypt north of the capital.

Work has begun on exhuming the remains of Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco from his mausoleum outside Madrid so he can be reburied in a small family crypt.

US gymnastics hero Simone Biles kicked off the second game of the Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series in true Simone Biles style – with a stunning backflip twist.

Scientists have created a green-fingered robot that can prune roses and trim bushes, making light work of gardening chores.

Japanese and South Korean prime ministers agreed on the importance of improving ties but made no apparent breakthrough on Thursday during the first high-level meeting since the neighbors' relations nose-dived...

Investment platform AJ Bell, whose shares have become a favourite with investors in a turbulent time for rival Hargreaves Lansdown, has boosted the number of customers it attracted in its...

Edinburgh Zoo have revealed their newest arrivals are two boys and a girl.

Shares in Shoe Zone have leapt higher after the retailer said it made “strong progress” despite challenging trading conditions in the second half of the financial year.

New cancer treatments and an impressive emerging markets performance has helped drugs giant AstraZeneca hike its full-year sales outlook for the second quarter running.

President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday that he has proposed former economy minister Thierry Breton as France's candidate for a major portfolio in the European Commission. Atos technology group CEO...

A car crash may have saved the lives of a young family after it diverted a driver who had run a red light.

Asset manager Schroders is to take control of the listed fund previously managed by Neil Woodford.

The families of two Burmese migrant workers sentenced to death for murdering two British tourists in Thailand in 2014 have appealed to the Thai king to spare their lives.

Republicans briefly brought the Democrat-led impeachment investigation to a halt on Wednesday when around two dozen House members stormed into a closed-door deposition with a Defence Department official.

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un enjoy a “special relationship,” but the Washington ‘swamp' is preventing warmer ties, Pyongyang said. “The relationship between [Kim] and President...

Lawyers for former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, who is awaiting trial in Japan, said they have requested that financial misconduct charges against him be dismissed.

Ukraine's new president Volodymyr Zelenskiy was already worried about pressure from Donald Trump to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden more than two months before the phone call that has led...