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Opposition party leaders in the UK will meet for further talks in Westminster on Monday in a bid to ensure Boris Johnson cannot push through a no-deal Brexit against the...

Past and current heads of states are gathering in Paris to pay tribute to former French president Jacques Chirac.

Fashion retailer Forever 21 Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday as it joined a growing list of US brick-and-mortar players who have succumbed to the onslaught of e-commerce.

The House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over his request that a foreign power investigate a domestic political rival is set to intensify this week with testimony...

Activist Wei Xiaobing was held in detention for two weeks, harassed daily at work and is now confined with guards watching his every move, because he shared links online in...

Sebartian Kurz was on the brink of returning to power in Austria last night as his party made sweeping gains in elections while the far-right Freedom Party suffered a crushing...

A reclusive millionaire is facing calls to down tools on his 20-year hunt for billions of pounds worth of buried gold on Robinson Crusoe Island near Chile over fears the...

Hong Kong police toughened their crowd control measures yesterday, pushing back forcefully with tear gas and water cannons against pro-democracy protesters, as tensions continued to spike ahead of China's National...

US president Donald Trump and the Republican Party are using the prospect of impeachment to raise a record election war chest, firing up supporters.

A new ultrasound technology that could pick up far more cases of cancer and cut the need for biopsies has been developed by scientists.

A New York City police officer grappling with an armed man has died after being shot three times, possibly with his own gun.

A collection of 25 supercars seized from Equatorial Guinea's vice-president as part of a Swiss money-laundering probe fetched nearly 27 million Swiss francs (€25m) at an auction.

A feline funeral crasher is helping to give people the purrfect send off.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said in a TV interview that he takes “full responsibility” for the grisly murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but he denies allegations...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said in a TV interview that he takes “full responsibility” for the grisly murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but he denies allegations...

Montana Governor Steve Bullock declared an emergency on Sunday as a snowstorm dumped record amounts of wind-driven snow that caused hazardous travel conditions and scattered power outages.

Downing Street has been forced to deny claims that Boris Johnson squeezed the thigh of a woman journalist under the table during a private lunch.

Three off-duty firefighters, including a husband and wife, came to the rescue when a man suffered a cardiac arrest on a beach.

More than 400 people named Nigel gathered in a country pub for a special party designed to “celebrate Nigelness”.

Car lovers from around the world have splashed out more than £22m (€24.7m) at an auction for dozens of luxury motors seized from the son of Equatorial Guinea's president amid...

Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has said he would co-operate with the Congress impeachment inquiry only if the president gave him permission.

Migrants protesting at an overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos have set fires and clashed with police, authorities said.

Conservative ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz is leading a snap election in Austria, called after his coalition with the far-right Freedom Party collapsed in May, according to exit polls.

Austria's conservative ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz looks set for a major election victory in a snap poll called after his coalition government with the far-right Freedom Party collapsed in May.

About 20,000 people have rallied in Moscow to demand the release of people who were arrested during a wave of opposition demonstrations this summer.

Car lovers from around the world have splashed out more than £22 million at an auction for dozens of luxury motors seized from the son of Equatorial Guinea's president amid...

An albino hedgehog found in a back garden has been rescued and transported to a new home.

Hundreds of people have lined up in front of the Invalides monument in Paris to pay public tribute to former French president Jacques Chirac, who died on Thursday at 86.

Thousands of mourners have paid tribute to Jacques Chirac after the former French president died at the age of 86.

Libya's coast guard has rescued about 70 Europe-bound migrants after days in distress in the Mediterranean Sea, according to the UN refugee agency.

Pope Francis has denounced “the culture of comfort”, which he says leads to indifference in the face of a global migration and refugee crisis.

Thousands of protesters regrouped after police fired tear gas at them and marched along a thoroughfare in Hong Kong in a second straight day of defiance, sparking fears of more...

Protesters and police have clashed in Hong Kong for a second straight day, throwing the territory's business and shopping belt into chaos and sparking fears of more ugly scenes leading...

Hurricane Lorenzo has strengthened into a category five storm in the central Atlantic Ocean, making it the strongest storm ever observed so far north and east in the Atlantic basin.

Hurricane Lorenzo has slipped back to Category 4 force in the central Atlantic Ocean after several hours as a Category 5 — which made it the strongest storm observed so...

Fashion marketplace app Depop has revealed plans to push further across Europe and into Asia next year as it continues to take the millennial world by storm.

Mexican crooner Jose Jose, the elegant dresser who moved audiences to tears with melancholic love ballads and was known as the Prince Of Song, has died at the age of...

Barron Hilton, who died, aged 91, on September 19, inherited the leadership of the global hotel empire founded by his father and bolstered its fortunes by expanding into owning Las...

Jacques Chirac, who died last Thursday aged 86, fulfilled a lifetime's ambition in 1995 when he became president of France; he had previously served two terms as prime minister and...

All last week US State Department officials made a concerted effort to portray the annual UN General Assembly as a productive week of high-level meetings which cemented bonds and mitigated...