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Software giant Micro Focus has warned sales will be lower than previously expected as bosses said the economic uncertainty is slowing business.

Hurricane Dorian caused limited damage in the northern Caribbean as it left the region on Wednesday night, setting its sights on the US mainland.

The UK is one of four European countries to have lost its measles elimination status, according to the World Health Organisation.

The Gym Group has hailed surging membership and a rise in premium members, as it saw profits jump in the six months to June.

The conviction of two migrants sentenced to death for the murder of two British backpackers in Thailand has been upheld.

Hurricane Dorian caused limited damage in the northern Caribbean as it left the region on Wednesday night, setting its sights on the US mainland.

US President Donald Trump has approved an emergency declaration for the US Virgin Islands, an unincorporated territory of the US to the east of Puerto Rico, after the storm caused...

Italy was on the verge of having a new government last night after the centre-left Democratic Party and the anti-establishment Five Star Movement said they were prepared to form a...

The Taliban said yesterday it was close to an agreement on a deal that would see US forces withdraw from Afghanistan in exchange for a promise that the country would...

An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein who claims she was also sent to London and elsewhere for sex with Britain's Prince Andrew has challenged the British royal to speak up,...

New York prosecutors have given renewed hope to accusers of Jeffrey Epstein that justice may yet be served, sitting down with them amid increasing speculation that British heiress Ghislaine Maxwell...

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has crossed the Atlantic on a zero-emissions sailboat to attend a conference on global warming.

An attack on a bar in Mexico's Gulf coast city of Coatzacoalcos has left 25 people dead.

Leaders of the 76th Venice International Film Festival have kicked off the event by debating the inclusion of a film by Roman Polanski and the limited numbers of female directors...

Scientists have announced the landmark discovery in Ethiopia of a nearly complete skull of an early human ancestor that lived 3.8m years ago - a species boasting an intriguing mixture...

Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey is to join the University of Texas as a professor in the autumn.

The Italian Five Star Movement has struck a deal with an unlikely partner – the center-left Democratic Party – late on Wednesday. The two formerly feuding parties agreed to form...

Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida has issued a state of emergency for 26 counties in the path of Hurricane Dorian, projected to reach Category 3 strength by the time it...

Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand is dropping out of the presidential race.

Jussie Smollett's PR team says “every iota” of his account of being the victim of a racist, anti-gay attack in Chicago is supported by police evidence despite police repeatedly saying...

Dorian became a category one hurricane as it struck the US Virgin Islands, with forecasters saying it could grow to category one status as it nears the US mainland as...

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has arrived in New York City following a trans-Atlantic trip on a sailboat to attend a global warming conference.

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has arrived in New York City to chants and cheers after a trans-Atlantic trip on a yacht to attend a global warming conference.

Italy's populist Five-Star Movement has formally asked the nation's president to give caretaker premier Giuseppe Conte the mandate to try to form a new coalition government in a bid to...

Jetcar racer Jessi Combs has died in a desert crash while trying to break a speed record.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido is naming a shadow cabinet in a new phase of his campaign to force President Nicolas Maduro from power.

Italy's populist Five-Star Movement has asked the nation's president to give caretaker premier Giuseppe Conte the mandate to form a new coalition government, a week after the one he led...

The US will not release the long-delayed political portion of its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan before Israel's elections, according to White House Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt. The move appeared to...

The pound tumbled on Wednesday following news that Boris Johnson had gained the Queen's permission to suspend Parliament.

Brazil's president has said he has accepted four planes from Chile to help fight Amazon fires, and he accused the French president of portraying himself as “the one and only...

More than 20,000 people have pelted each other with ripe tomatoes in the annual Tomatina street battle in a town in eastern Spain.

The leadership of Italy's opposition Democratic Party has given its backing to Giuseppe Conte as the possible premier of a new government coalition with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement. After days...

Marvel Comics is celebrating its 80th anniversary with a massive issue that pays tribute to its history and introduces a new object with implications for the superhero universe going forward.

Italian aid group Mediterranea Charity says a ship it operates has rescued about 100 migrants, and is asking Italian authorities to provide a safe port for them. The Italian NGO...

British tourists have described the moment a volcano erupted on the Sicilian island of Stromboli.

Viral footage shows the moment a teenager with autism walked without assistance for the first time in eight years.

Facebook Inc is tightening its political ad rules in the United States, it said on Wednesday, requiring new disclosures for its site and photo-sharing platform Instagram ahead of the U.S....

Yemen government forces on Wednesday captured Aden airport from southern separatists and attacked the city's eastern suburbs, Reuters reported, citing residents and officials. The renewed fighting has deepened a rift...

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was expected to sail into New York Harbor on Wednesday in a zero-carbon emissions vessel, completing her 14-day journey from England to partake in a...

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has crossed the Atlantic on a zero-emissions sailboat to attend a conference on global warming.