South Africa's Equality Court has restricted the display of the country's old apartheid-era flag, ruling that its gratuitous use amounts to hate speech and racial discrimination.
August 21, 2019
Hostelworld counted the cost of disappointing summer bookings, as it saw shares slide after warning that profits will be lower than predicted.
August 21, 2019
Donald Trump has claimed American Jewish people who vote for Democrats show “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty”.
August 21, 2019
About 2,300 people, mostly young men, have been detained in Indian-administered Kashmir during a security lockdown after New Delhi stripped the disputed region of statehood, AP reports, citing Kashmir police....
August 21, 2019
As the deadline for the UK to quit the European Union approaches, thousands of people are signing up for a Brexit beach party in the Netherlands to say a fond...
August 21, 2019
Donald Trump's decision to cancel a visit to Denmark next month after the prime minister described his plan to buy Greenland as “absurd” has taken the Danish royal palace by...
August 21, 2019
The leader of southern Yemeni separatists is in Saudi Arabia for talks over a standoff in Aden port between the separatists and Yemen's Saudi-backed government, who had been allies under...
August 21, 2019
A worker at Britain's Hong Kong consulate has been detained in China's border city of Shenzhen for violating the law, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Wednesday. Britain...
August 21, 2019
A staff member at the British consulate in Hong Kong has been given 15 days of administrative detention in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, China said.
August 21, 2019
EasyGroup founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has accused fund manager ICAMAP of trying to “steal” easyHotel from under investors' noses, in his latest attempt to block a takeover of the business.
August 21, 2019
An abandoned duckling has adopted a soft toy cat as its mother after the fluffy feline helped save its life.
August 21, 2019
An abandoned duckling has adopted a soft toy cat as its mother after the fluffy feline helped save its life.
August 21, 2019
OneSavings Bank has unveiled strong loan growth as it prepares to integrate Charter Court into its business after a £1.6 billion merger.
August 21, 2019
US talk show host Larry King is seeking a divorce from his seventh wife, Shawn King, after 22 years.
August 21, 2019
US president Donald Trump said he is postponing an upcoming meeting with Denmark's prime minister because she is not interested in discussing a proposed sale of Greenland.
August 21, 2019
Limiting marriage to between a man and a woman will remain China's legal position, a parliament spokesman said on Wednesday, ruling out following neighbouring Taiwan in allowing same-sex marriage, despite...
August 21, 2019
Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell lost an appeal against his conviction for sexually abusing two 13-year-old choir boys and will remain in prison for at least another three years,...
August 21, 2019
Living in an area with high air pollution increases the chance of suffering from a major mental illness or depression, scientists have discovered.
August 21, 2019
Germany has for the first time allowed children whose parents were suspected members of Isil to return to Germany from northern Syria.
August 21, 2019
A spokesman for China's ceremonial legislature has condemned US politicians' support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement as "a gross violation of the spirit of the rule of law".
August 21, 2019
Facebook is tweaking its policies to allow users to see and control the data that other websites and apps share with the social network to improve targeted advertising.
August 21, 2019
A woman who organised nightclub parties for top footballers is to stand trial in France on charges of pimping and tax fraud, accused of running a prostitution ring.
August 21, 2019
Italy's prime minister resigned last night, accusing Matteo Salvini, his deputy, of wrecking the populist coalition and seeking "full powers", a reference to the authoritarian regime of Benito Mussolini.
August 21, 2019
US President Donald Trump has posted a light-hearted tweet likely to further inflame sensitivities over his comments about buying Greenland, photo-shopping a picture of his glitzy Las Vegas hotel towering...
August 21, 2019
A woman who organised nightclub parties for top footballers is to stand trial in France on charges of pimping and tax fraud, accused of running a prostitution ring.
August 21, 2019
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said yesterday it fears that a boat packed with migrants sunk off the Libyan coast with more than a hundred people dead.
August 21, 2019
Australian senior Catholic Church figure Cardinal George Pell has lost his appeal against his conviction for sexually abusing choirboys in Melbourne in the 1990s. The decision, adopted by a 2-1...
August 21, 2019
US president Donald Trump said he is postponing an upcoming meeting with Denmark's prime minister because she is not interested in discussing a proposed sale of Greenland.
August 21, 2019
Harvey Weinstein's legal team has asked for the disgraced movie mogul's criminal trial to be moved outside of New York City.
August 20, 2019
An Australian court has upheld convictions against the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of child sex abuse.
August 20, 2019
The UK has many quirks, from its eating habits to its weather, and Reddit users from other countries have been documenting the biggest “culture shocks” they had upon visiting the...
August 20, 2019
Keanu Reeves and Lana Wachowski are returning to the world of The Matrix.
August 20, 2019
Police officers across the UK say they have been given gifts from members of the public thanking them for their service following the death of Pc Andrew Harper.
August 20, 2019
How do you fit 88 pianists on the same piano? With a little patience and a lot of ingenuity.
August 20, 2019
After 5 yrs under jihadist control, militants flee Syrian town where 2017 ‘chemical attack’ occurred
Khan Sheikhoun, a town located on a key road leading to Idlib, the last militant-controlled province in Syria, is on the brink of returning to government control, as jihadist forces...
August 20, 2019
Italian PM Giuseppe Conte has tendered his resignation to Italy's president.
August 20, 2019
President Donald Trump says it would be appropriate for Russia to be readmitted to a group of the world's major industrial nations.
August 20, 2019
President Donald Trump says it would be appropriate for Russia to be readmitted to a group of the world's major industrial nations.
August 20, 2019
There is no evidence to support the crazy cat lady stereotype that owners of the pets are disproportionately depressed, anxious or alone, according to new research.
August 20, 2019
Islamabad said on Tuesday it would take its dispute with India over Kashmir to the International Court of Justice. The move comes after New Delhi revoked the special status of...
