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The UK's biggest vaping retailer has attacked Government cuts to smoking support services, and said it is investing to help address the issue.

The United States and China have gone ahead with their latest tariff increases on each other's goods, potentially raising prices Americans pay for some clothes, shoes, sporting goods and other...

Five people have died after a gunman who hijacked a postal service vehicle in West Texas shot more than 20 people, authorities said.

The death toll in a west Texas shooting rampage has increased to seven as authorities investigate why a man stopped by state troopers for failing to signal a left turn...

Last week was a tale of two constitutional crises, one in the UK and one in Italy. While British prime minister Boris Johnson was announcing the latest twist in the...

Sirhan Sirhan, imprisoned for more than 50 years for the 1968 assassination of Robert F Kennedy, was hospitalised this weekend after being stabbed by a fellow inmate at a San...

Hong Kong yesterday witnessed some of its most in intense clashes since anti-government protests began, as a hardline faction of demonstrators took to the streets with petrol bombs.

New York investigators examining Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking network are turning their attention to a woman who served as his teenage recruiter, it has been claimed.

Ferdinand Piech, the former chairman and chief executive of Volkswagen, who has died aged 82, was the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, the designer of the VW Beetle, Adolf Hitler's 'Car...

A dangerous Hurricane Dorian closed in on the northern Bahamas early on Sunday, threatening to batter islands with 150mph winds, pounding waves and torrential rain as people hunkered down in...

Businesses are facing an increase of more than £660 million to rates bills next year, as companies band together to ask the Government for an overhaul of the system.

At least five people are dead after a man stopped by Texas state troopers for failing to signal a left turn opened fire and fled, shooting more than 20 people...

The death toll in a west Texas shooting rampage has increased to seven as authorities investigate why a man stopped by state troopers for failing to signal a left turn...

Five people have died and at least 21 have been injured by gunfire in a shooting in West Texas.

Police say there are “multiple gunshot victims” in central Texas after one or more suspects opened fire.

Police say there are “multiple gunshot victims” in West Texas after reports of two suspects opening fire in the area of Midland and Odessa.

An anonymous flyer denying that Bigfoot is behind the prolonged closure of a bridge in a town in Vermont, in the US, has got locals talking about the mythical forest...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took to Twitter to denounce the US' actions towards his country. In his latest message, directed at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Zarif...

THOUSANDS of people have flooded the streets of Britain today to rally against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's controversial plan to suspend Parliament.

French police are hunting for at least one suspect after a knife attack near Lyon that left one dead and six injured.

One person was stabbed to death and nine others injured by a knifeman outside a station near the French city of Lyon, before police managed to detain him.

Parents of babies and toddlers in Spain who have developed abnormal body hair plan to sue a pharmaceutical company that put a treatment for hair loss into packages meant for...

The Greek government announced it will introduce a set of new actions in order to deal with a renewed migrant flow. The move comes as over a dozen migrant boats...

A man sentenced to life in prison in the US for stealing $50.75 (€46) is to walk free after having his jail term reduced to time served.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's official account has been hacked, sending racist and vulgar tweets to his 4.2 million followers.

Government troops regained control over Kunduz, repelling a massive attempt by the Taliban to capture the city, TOLO News reported on Saturday, citing acting Defense Minister Asadullah Khaled. At least...

Sirhan Sirhan, imprisoned for more than 50 years for the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F Kennedy, has been stabbed in prison.

Hurricane Dorian has gained strength as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm, bearing down on the north-western Bahamas en route to Florida's east coast.

Hong Kong police fired rounds of tear gas and briefly fired blue-dyed water from cannons on Saturday outside the local headquarters of the China People's Liberation Army to try to...

A 96-year-old British Second World War veteran said he has broken his own world record as the oldest Scuba diver.

The long-stalled war crimes trial of five men being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison on charges of planning and aiding the September 11 terrorist attacks will begin in 2021.

Dorian has become an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane, forecasters said.

An Iranian official has published an image of a satellite after an apparent rocket explosion at the space centre where it was meant to be launched.

Protesters in Hong Kong threw petrol bombs at government headquarters and set fires in the street on Saturday, while police fired tear gas and blue-coloured water from cannons in the...

Hundreds of people are rallying in a football field in central Hong Kong as a 13th straight weekend of pro-democracy protests gets under way.

Large crowds of protesters are marching in central Hong Kong as police prepare for possible confrontations near the Chinese government's main office and other locations in the city.

Protesters in Hong Kong threw petrol bombs at government headquarters and set fires in the streets on Saturday, while police stormed an underground rail carriage and hit passengers with batons...

Hong Kong police are using tear gas and a water cannon to try to drive back a fresh wave of pro-democracy protesters outside government headquarters.

Sirhan Sirhan, imprisoned for more than 50 years for the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F Kennedy, has been stabbed in prison.

IN 1996, then Archbishop of Melbourne George Pell had just officiated a Mass when he grossly molested two 13-year-old choirboys.