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A cat who swallowed a metal clip while stealing his favourite treat has made a full recovery after life-saving surgery.

France has proposed Sylvie Goulard, the deputy governor of the Bank of France and a former European lawmaker, as its candidate for EU commissioner, President Emmanuel Macron's office said on...

France has proposed Sylvie Goulard, the deputy governor of the Bank of France and a former European lawmaker, as its candidate for EU commissioner, President Emmanuel Macron's office said on...

Oilfield firm Petrofac said it expected revenues to decline next year, as fraud investigations continue into its contract dealings in Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

New British finance minister Sajid Javid said he will announce higher public spending on health, education and the police next week in order to “clear the decks for Brexit.” The...

Twin red panda cubs born at Chester Zoo have been described as “wonderful” by keepers.

Lingering smoke in the Amazon is causing concern among Brazilians who say that respiratory problems - particularly among children and the elderly - have increased as fires in the region...

A creative teenager has found a novel way to embarrass and entertain his younger brother when he gets home from school.

The Taliban on Wednesday said it was close to a “final agreement” with US officials on a deal that would see US forces withdraw from Afghanistan. “We hope to have...

A teenager with an inoperable brain tumour ticked another dream off her bucket list when she met Ed Sheeran.

Sales at Pizza Express were higher in the first half, as the restaurant chain focused on upgrading its eateries.

Britain's government is considering extending the period in late September and early October, during which parliament does not normally sit, until October 14 as part of its push to get...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he would schedule a Queen's Speech for October 14 in order to launch new legislation and he denied he was seeking to...

A British composer, his musician wife and their baby daughter have been killed in a plane crash in the Swiss Alps.

Japan's top carmaker, Toyota, and smaller rival Suzuki have announced they are partnering in the development of self-driving car technology.

Australian universities will be required to work with security agencies to ensure they guard against foreign interference, Minister for Education Dan Tehan said on Wednesday. Foreign students are worth about...

The owner of Franco Manca has affirmed its expansion plans as the restaurant business reported a rise in sales.

Seoul summoned Japan's ambassador to protest a decision to remove South Korea's fast-track export status, which took effect on Wednesday amid a deepening political and economic feud. Japan dropped South...

British and American police are attempting to locate a 16-year-old girl who flew from New York to the UK on the weekend, reportedly after being in contact with an older...

An attack on a bar in Mexico's Gulf coast city of Coatzacoalcos has left 25 people dead and 13 others injured.

Cafe-bar operator Loungers has reported surging annual sales on the back of a raft of new openings in its first set of results since floating in April.

A succession of women who said Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused them at a young age voiced anger and defiance in a packed New York courtroom on Tuesday, some lamenting that...

Lingering smoke in the Amazon is causing concern among Brazilians who say that respiratory problems – particularly among children and the elderly – have increased as fires in the region...

Ted Baker has ended its solo efforts to break into the Japanese market, by signing a five-year licensing deal with local operator Sojitz Infinity to expand across the Asian country.

Puerto Rico is facing its first major test of emergency preparedness since the 2017 devastation of Hurricane Maria as Tropical Storm Dorian neared the US territory at near-hurricane force.

Sir Dawda Jawara, who ruled Gambia for more than 30 years as prime minister and then as its first president after independence from Britain, died on Tuesday in the tiny...

One by one, 16 women who say they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein poured out their anger yesterday.

Emmanuel Macron yesterday shrugged off Brazil's rejection of international aid to fight the wildfires laying waste to the Amazon, saying the money was a sign of friendship - not "aggressiveness."

Drugs giant Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $572m (€516m) for fuelling the opioid addiction crisis in Oklahoma.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said yesterday she had held talks about the protests gripping the city - but showed no signs of breaking the stalemate over the protesters' pro-democracy...

A female Nasa astronaut has been branded as "controlling" and "not the person I married" by her estranged wife.

Iran's president has back-pedalled on possible talks with Donald Trump, saying the US president must first lift sanctions imposed on Tehran, otherwise a meeting would be a mere photo op.

Italy's long-time rivals, the Five Star Movement and the Democratic Party, blamed each other as talks to form a government risked collapsing and throwing the country back on the road...

A man who was shot dead in a Berlin park may have been the victim of a Russian assassination, it is believed.

Racism in America is an institutional “white man's problem visited on people of colour,” Joe Biden has said.

Alerts from new driver assist systems can be so annoying that some motorists are turning the features off, according to a new survey.

A football-sized grapefruit has brought two world records to a Louisiana couple.

A rare uplifting image from cult internet artist Cold War Steve has gone on display at the Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art.

A former Google engineer has been charged with stealing self-driving car technology from the company shortly before he joined Uber.

Istanbul's new opposition municipality cancelled the transfer of funds to some pro-government foundations, Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said on Tuesday, in one of his first moves against Turkish President Recep Tayyip...