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Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co has named the head of its China business, Makoto Uchida, to be its new chief executive.

Tehran opposes any Turkish military operation in Syria, Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. It has been following “worrying news of the possibility of the Turkish military forces entering Syrian...

Sir Martin Sorrell has said he expects to make another acquisition “shortly” after merging his Dutch company MediaMonks with the largest independent advertising agency in Silicon Valley, in a deal...

Three scientists have won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for the Nobel Prize in Physics for their contribution to the understanding of the evolution of the universe and “Earth's...

The United Nations is running a deficit of $230 million, and may run out of money by the end of October, Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said. In a letter...

Tyson Fury found himself in a ‘brawl' with American wrestler Braun Strowman as he stepped into the WWE ring at Monday Night Raw.

France's interior minister has posthumously bestowed France's highest award, the Legion d'honneur, on the four victims of last week's knife attack at the Paris police headquarters.

Selfridges has credited a raft of new customer experiences such as an indoor skating bowl and a crystal-encrusted Damien Hirst artwork as it posted another year of record sales.

Consumer confidence has fallen ahead of the crucial Christmas trading period as just a fifth think they will have more disposable income over the next year, research suggests.

Ankara said on Tuesday it had completed preparations for a military operation in northeast Syria after the US began pulling back troops, opening the way for a Turkish attack on...

A teenager who suffered one of the worst facial injuries her doctors have seen outside a war zone in a horror horse riding accident has asked for a knighthood for...

A teenager who suffered one of the worst facial injuries her doctors have seen outside a war zone in a horror horse riding accident has asked for a knighthood for...

Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir are allowing tourists back into the region two months after ordering them to leave, citing security concerns.

A reptile lover says thieves who made off with his duffle bag probably thought they were taking swag – but it was actually full of snakes.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver has said the league is not apologising for Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's since-deleted tweet showing support for anti-government protesters in Hong Kong.

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV will no longer air NBA pre-season games set in China after Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted an image that supported anti-government demonstrations in Hong...

Recruiters PageGroup and Robert Walters saw shares tumble after laying bare the impact of Brexit and global political uncertainty on the jobs market.

Paris will not sign the EU-Mercosur farming deal struck between the EU and the Mercosur countries of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay under current conditions, France's environment minister said on...

Hollywood Bowl Group has seen shares push higher after it said new openings and refurbishments helped to drive profits ahead of expectations.

The head of the latest investigation into the 1961 plane crash that killed UN secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold is reiterating that an external attack may have downed the aircraft and is...

Boris Johnson has urged the US to reconsider its decision to give immunity to a diplomat's wife wanted by British police over a road crash that killed a teenager.

Boris Johnson has urged the US to reconsider its decision to give immunity to a diplomat's wife wanted by British police over a road crash that killed a teenager.

The FBI says the man who claims to have killed more than 90 women across the country is the most prolific serial killer in US history.

The FBI says the man who claims to have killed more than 90 women across the country is the most prolific serial killer in US history.

Lego is testing a way for US customers to ship their unwanted bricks back and get them into the hands of other children.

Lego is testing a way for US customers to ship their unwanted bricks back and get them into the hands of other children.

Budget airline easyJet has hailed solid trading in the final quarter as demand was boosted by strikes at rivals Ryanair and British Airways.

Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam has warned that the Chinese military could step in if an uprising for democratic reforms that has rocked the city for months “becomes so bad”...

The leading candidate to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada's prime minister attacked him during the second debate of the campaign, calling him a phoney and fraud who cannot even recall...

US President Donald Trump has defended his decision to abandon Kurdish fighters in Syria as fulfilling a campaign promise to withdraw from “endless war” in the Middle East,

The US businesswoman at the centre of a storm over her links to Boris Johnson insisted she "never, ever" received favouritism, but refused to say whether they had an affair.

A woman known for posting images of herself online trying to look like a lead character from Tim Burton's film 'The Corpse Bride' has been arrested in Iran, according to...

Warner Bros' 'Joker' has set a new record at the October box office.

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Hong Kong shopping malls yesterday demanding "freedom" ahead of expected new protests after overnight turmoil brought a warning from the last British governor that people...

At least 104 people have been killed and more than 6,000 wounded in less than a week of unrest in Iraq, interior ministry spokesman Major General Saad Maan said.

A number of US diplomats have been called to Capitol Hill for closed-door testimony as Democrats build their impeachment case against President Donald Trump.

Boris Johnson has urged the US to reconsider its decision to give immunity to a diplomat's wife wanted by British police over a road crash that killed a teenager.

A homeless man wielding a long metal pipe rampaged through New York City attacking other homeless people who were sleeping, killing four and leaving a fifth in critical condition.

I've never seen anything like it. On ITV's 'Good Morning Britain', Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid spent an entire hour interviewing Jennifer Arcuri, but at times they could barely get...

US President Donald Trump defended himself in a series of tweets yesterday as allies deplored his decision to pull forces out of Syria ahead of a Turkish offensive against the...