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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he is “confident” that the joint actions of Ankara and Washington in Syria, where Turkey plans to create a 30-kilometer deep ‘safe zone'...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has drawn criticism after restrictions were placed on news coverage of an event he was speaking at to promote free expression.

A pair of identical twin babies has been delivered by a pair of identical twin nurses at a US hospital.

The US and Turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in the Turks' deadly attacks on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.

A Mars lander's digger is burrowing into the red planet again after hitting a snag seven months ago.

The White House has acknowledged it held up military aid to Ukraine as President Donald Trump pushed the country's leader to investigate the Democratic National Committee in the 2016 US...

US Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday he had reached a deal with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan for a ceasefire in northern Syria to end an eight-day-old Turkish offensive...

Alicia Alonso, the revered ballerina and choreographer whose nearly 75-year career made her an icon of artistic loyalty to Cuba's socialist system, has died at the age of 98.

US vice president Mike Pence has said Turkey has agreed to a ceasefire in Syria.

Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland) passed away at the age of 68 on Thursday, due to “complications concerning longstanding health challenges,” according to his spokeswoman. Cummings was chair of the House...

The White House has chosen President Donald Trump's golf resort in Miami as the site for next year's G7 summit.

The President of the European Parliament David Sassoli on Thursday called for tougher EU sanctions against Turkey because of Ankara's invasion of north Syria. Sassoli also told EU leaders that...

A roller-coaster day for FTSE firms saw the London markets close higher despite tailing off slightly in afternoon trading as optimism over a new Brexit deal softened.

A police officer from Utah has been hailed a hero after he rescued a man who had crashed on to a train track, seconds before the car was hit by...

The US ambassador to the EU has said that President Donald Trump directed him and other envoys to work with his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, on Ukraine policy – and...

A surge in US tourists has helped Eurostar notch up its busiest ever peak summer season with more than a million customers travelling on the high speed cross-Channel rail service...

Mining giant BHP was stung by a shareholder rebellion as almost a quarter of investors called on the company to stop lobbying against climate change reform.

The number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan spiked to a quarterly high of 4,313 from July to September of this year, the UN's Assistance Mission UNAMA said in a report...

Syria will respond to a Turkish aggression on any part of its territory with all legitimate means available, state media quoted President Bashar Assad as saying on Thursday. The comments...

Damascus said on Thursday that Syrians were unified against a cross-border Turkish assault, in its first statement since deploying troops in Kurdish-controlled areas to contain the offensive, AFP reports. “The...

A 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard has gone on trial in Germany accused of 5,230 counts of accessory to murder.

Community toilets and a field for a pet dog are among the surprising items National Lottery winners have bought with their cash windfalls.

Two lawyers linked to the so-called Panama Papers are asking a US judge to stop Netflix's release of The Laundromat which they say depicts them as criminal masterminds.

A pride of Asiatic lions gingerly took their first steps into their new home on Wednesday, which has been specially created at Chester Zoo to help conserve the world's rarest...

A man who paid the rent on a Dutch farmhouse where six members of a family were found locked away in a secret room will appear in court on Thursday...

Moscow is aware of Turkey's concern but urges Ankara to balance its operation in Syria against the announced goals, Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, said after a...

A US delegation is pressing Turkey to accept a ceasefire in northern Syria hours after Donald Trump declared the US has no stake in defending Kurdish fighters who died by...

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said Iran and Saudi Arabia have indicated a willingness to pursue diplomacy to end their disputes after Pakistan's prime minister traveled to both...

Ursula von der Leyen will have to wait a bit longer before she takes over as the next European Commission president after the European Parliament delayed a vote on the...

Banksy has opened an online store, giving people the chance to apply to buy his artwork – including the Union Jack stab vest worn by Stormzy at Glastonbury this year.

National Express looked to North America, Spain and Morocco for growth as it controlled rising wages for school bus drivers in the US, helping to drive up margins.

Hungary would have to “use force” at its southern border with Serbia to protect the EU's frontier if Turkey delivers on a threat to open the gates for refugees through...

Banks and building societies expect to cut the length of interest-free periods on new credit card lending as Christmas approaches, a Bank of England survey has found.

The chairman of a Congress committee which investigated President Donald Trump has died aged 68.

Unilever has posted muted growth in the third quarter, missing City forecasts after a slowdown in key international markets and weaker growth in ice cream.

Germany will not deliver any weapons to Turkey under current circumstances, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. She added that she had urged Turkey several times to end its military...

Pest control business Rentokil saw business surge in the last three months faster than any third quarter in the last decade, the company revealed.

UK retail sales were flat in September compared with the month before, taking sales growth over the last three months to a steady 0.6%, official figures show.

Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said on Thursday it could not support the Brexit deal being proposed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union, Reuters reports. “As...

Moneysupermarket found comfort in its energy division in the last three months as fears that Ofgem's new price cap would make customers less likely to change energy supplier, proved false.