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A video of a driver appearing to sleep whilst at the wheel of a Tesla has raised eyebrows in the US.

Former Turkish deputy PM Ali Babacan will form a new political party by the end of the year to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party, Reuters reports. Babacan,...

Former Japanese Empress Michiko has left hospital after undergoing breast cancer surgery.

Equipment rental firm Ashtead has notched up higher first quarter profits as another bumper performance in the US offset tougher UK trading.

JD Sports has defied the high street gloom by posting a searing set of results, as bosses attempted to contrast their success with the tumultuous time faced by arch rivals...

One person has died and 19 more have been injured in a fire at a hospital in the western German city of Duesseldorf, officials say.

Seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher is being treated with a cutting-edge stem-cell therapy in a Paris hospital, according to reports in France.

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, who helped launch China's online retailing boom, has stepped down as chairman of the world's biggest e-commerce company.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has renewed an appeal to pro-democracy protesters to halt their violence and engage in dialogue.

The British Airways pilots' strike continues into its second and last day on Tuesday, after their union reported strong support for the industrial action.

The British Airways pilots' strike will continue into its second and last day on Tuesday, after their union reported strong support for the industrial action.

The British Airways pilots' strike will continue into its second and last day on Tuesday, after their union reported strong support for the industrial action.

Irish actor Adrian Dunbar was among the big winners at the 23rd TV Choice Awards last night.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow was a secret early source for journalists investigating Harvey Weinstein, and played a "much more active" role than previously known in the events that ultimately led to...

Irish actor Adrian Dunbar was among the big winners at the 23rd TV Choice Awards last night.

US president Donald Trump has dismissed Democrats' allegations of impropriety over Vice President Mike Pence's stay at his Doonbeg resort and over a Scottish airport near a Trump-owned golf course.

House of Commons Speaker John Bercow, champion of Britain's parliament in its move to rein in Prime Minister Boris Johnson over Brexit, said yesterday he would stand down, issuing a...

Rescue workers wearing white hazard suits continued their grim search for bodies and survivors in the hurricane-ravaged Bahamas yesterday, as relief agencies worked to deliver food and supplies over flooded...

Italy's prime minister said yesterday his new coalition combining the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the pro-Europe Democratic Party (PD) would avoid rows and rancour and usher in a new wave...

Norwegian authorities haven't been able to detect the cause behind an unexplained disease that is estimated to have killed dozens of dogs in the country in recent days, officials said.

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, has claimed a "historic" victory for his tactical voting campaign after Kremlin-backed candidates lost 13 seats on the Moscow city council following major protests...

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow was a secret early source for journalists investigating Harvey Weinstein, and played a "much more active" role than previously known in the events that ultimately led to...

Irish actor Adrian Dunbar was among the big winners at the 23rd TV Choice Awards last night.

North Korea said yesterday that it was ready to resume disarmament talks with the United States, raising the possibility of a breakthrough over the fate of its nuclear programme.

US forces are preparing to redouble efforts to kill Taliban commanders in Afghanistan, in an attempt to put more pressure on the insurgents after Donald Trump called off negotiations.

Irish actor Adrian Dunbar was among the big winners at the 23rd TV Choice Awards last night.

One of the strongest typhoons to hit eastern Japan in recent years struck just east of the capital Tokyo yesterday, killing one woman.

France says the time has come to start bringing Russia in from the cold, as ministers held talks in Moscow yesterday for the first time since the Russian annexation of...

Coast Guard rescuers have pulled four trapped men alive from a capsized cargo ship, drilling into the hull's steel plates more than a day after their vessel overturned while leaving...

North Korea has launched two unidentified projectiles into the sea, according to South Korea's military.

North Korea launched at least two unidentified projectiles toward the sea on Tuesday, South Korea's military said.

U.S. authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into the fiery dive boat disaster that killed 34 people off the coast of California, two officials said Monday.

New satellite images published by the European Space Agency show an increase in air pollution in the Brazilian Amazon as fires burned in the region last month.

Police searching for a man they believe made a photocopy of his own face and left it behind after breaking into a building have made an arrest.

US peace talks with the Taliban are “dead”, Donald Trump has declared, a day after he abruptly cancelled a secret meeting with Taliban and Afghan leaders aimed at ending America's...

US Coast Guard rescuers are pulling trapped crew members from a capsized cargo ship, finding them alive more than a day after the vessel overturned while leaving a port on...

Several people were shot in the Dutch city of Dordrecht "in a very serious" incident early on Monday evening, Dutch officials said.

A Dutch police officer shot and killed two family members and himself at a home in the city of Dordrecht on Monday evening, a police source said.

A Dutch police officer shot and killed his two young children and himself at a home in the city of Dordrecht on Monday evening, a police official said.

US Coast Guard rescuers have made contract with four crew members trapped inside a capsized cargo ship, confirming the men were still alive more than a day after the vessel...