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Some 2,500 people are still listed as missing in the Bahamas more than a week after Hurricane Dorian pummeled the Caribbean island chain, although that number may include evacuees who...

Some 2,500 people are still listed as missing in the Bahamas more than a week after Hurricane Dorian pummeled the Caribbean island chain, although that number may include evacuees who...

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello have shared a bizarre video of themselves kissing.

US president Donald Trump has proposed a ban on flavoured vaping products. following concerns about underage use of e-cigarettes.

Tongan Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva, who helped wrest power from the royal family and bring greater democracy to the small Pacific island nation, has died.

Donald Trump has moved to ban flavours used in e-cigarettes following a series of deaths linked to vaping.

US President Donald Trump vowed to hit the Taliban "harder than ever" as the United States marked the 18th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks that led to its...

French police are appealing for victims and witnesses to come forward to aid their probe into Jeffrey Epstein and anyone else involved in the disgraced financier's alleged sexual exploitation of...

The front-runners for the Democratic Party nomination for president will appear together in a live televised debate tonight.

Pope Francis said he does not fear a schism within the Catholic Church, as criticism grows among conservatives of his liberal views on migrants, the protection of the environment and...

A doctor has been acquitted in a landmark trial prosecutors and the medical profession hope will clarify how the Netherlands' euthanasia law can be applied to people with severe dementia.

Genetic information has been extracted from a 1.7 million-year-old rhino tooth, raising hopes that crucial data about extinct animals could be retrieved, or lost species revived.

Iran is believed to be holding two British-Australian women captive in the hope of exchanging one of them for an Iranian imprisoned in the US.

Scientists have made a "world first" discovery - a distant planet that hosts both water and temperatures which could support life.

A no-deal Brexit could trigger major hold-ups at channel ports, electricity price increases, shortages of some foods and delays to medicine imports, documents released by the British government reveal.

Palestinians tilling the fertile Jordan Valley yesterday said they had been rooted for generations to the West Bank land that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to annex, and they...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, admired abroad for his progressive policies but damaged by scandals at home, kicked off a six-week re-election campaign yesterday with opinion polls suggesting his hold...

A Scottish court ruled that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament for more than a month was "unlawful". So what happens next and what impact will it...

A woman who claimed to be a psychic fortune teller has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison in the US state of Florida for taking $1.6...

A baby boy rescued from a river has died in hospital.

Fires are still breaking out in Brazil's Amazon and Cerrado regions.

The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the United States.

Scientists in the UK have made a "world first" discovery on a distant planet that hosts both water and temperatures which could support life.

Fires are still breaking out in Brazil's Amazon and Cerrado regions.

The Bahamas government says there are 2,500 people on its list of those missing after Hurricane Dorian.

A Chinese businesswoman has been convicted of trespassing at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club and lying to Secret Service agents.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ruled out a Northern Ireland-only backstop being part of a deal to break the Brexit impasse.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ruled out a Northern Ireland-only backstop being part of a deal to break the Brexit impasse.

The Philippines foreign secretary said on Wednesday that China has sought to restrict the presence of foreign military powers in the South China Sea and foreign involvement in oil and...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar have agreed to form a transitional government by the middle of November, the country's information minister said on Wednesday. The...

A car thief-turned-arsonist appeared to almost burn himself as he torched a stolen vehicle in dramatic CCTV footage.

The total amount of investment assets under management in the UK was “resilient” last year despite concerns over Brexit and the global economy, according to new research.

Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards who support the secession of Catalonia gathered in Barcelona on the region's main holiday just weeks before a highly anticipated verdict in a case against...

Alleged damp in a section of the British Museum housing the Parthenon Sculptures is an “insult” to the 2,500-year-old works, Greece's culture minister has said.

The London markets surged higher on the back of news that Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing tabled a £31.6 billion bid for the London Stock Exchange Group.

A Walter White lookalike has gone viral after a police mugshot caught the attention of Breaking Bad fans.

An international consortium of scientists and conservationists says they have succeeded in creating two embryos of the near-extinct northern white rhino.

A balloon released in memory of a Birmingham father ended up crossing Europe before landing in a Polish field.

A balloon released in memory of a Birmingham father ended up crossing Europe before landing in a Polish field.

The Constitutional Court of Thailand on Wednesday declined to rule on a controversy over the new prime minister omitting a vow to uphold the constitution when he was sworn in...