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Britain's Foreign Office is seeking more information about reports that a Hong Kong staff member had been detained in mainland China. “We are concerned by reports that a member of...

Ride-hailing service Uber is to offer users in Cambridge punting trips over the bank holiday weekend.

A woman was killed and at least seven others including a one-year-old child were injured when a car competing at a demolition derby in Montana drove over a chain-link fence...

The founder of Chinese tech giant Huawei has said he expects no relief from US export curbs due to the political climate in Washington, but expressed confidence the company will...

Newly unearthed documents have revealed that former Japanese emperor Hirohito repeatedly felt sorry about the Second World War and tried, unsuccessfully, to express his feelings by using the word “remorse”...

Supermarkets failed to beat last year's bumper summer, according to new figures which show that grocery sales were flat during the last three months.

President Donald Trump has made light of his own idea of buying Greenland from Denmark, tweeting a doctored photo of Trump Tower looming over a small village in the Arctic...

FTSE 100 house-builder Persimmon has posted a dip in profits after its efforts to improve quality slowed down the number of properties being sold.

An unmanned spacecraft India launched last month has begun orbiting the moon before it lands on the far side to search for water.

Scientists are working to develop a vaccine to help guard the world's pork supply as a deadly virus ravages Asia's pig herds.

Hong Kong protest organisers have rejected the city leader's plan to set up a platform for dialogue, calling it a trap which aimed to waste time.

Hong Kong's leader has said she is setting up a “communication platform” to resolve differences in the city after months of anti-government protests.

President Donald Trump has made light of his own idea of buying Greenland from Denmark, tweeting a doctored photo of Trump Tower looming over a small village in the Arctic...

A pair of tourists face up to six years in prison after allegedly stealing a large quantity of sand from the pristine beaches of Sardinia.

The Muslim convert nicknamed 'Jihadi Jack' has appealed to Canada to take him in after being stripped of his British citizenship - as it emerged he will escape prosecution there.

The father of murdered boy James Bulger has warned one of his son's killers could soon be released from prison with a new identity.

New court records show billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he killed himself in the Manhattan federal jail.

A pair of tourists face up to six years in prison after allegedly stealing a large quantity of sand from the pristine beaches of Sardinia.

Authorities in Romania say a patient at a psychiatric hospital has beaten to death five other patients with a drip stand and wounded several more.

Hong Kong is gearing up for further protests this week after hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators braved heavy rain to rally peacefully on Sunday, marking a change to what...

A Gibraltar court has rejected an American attempt to seize an Iranian oil tanker, and the ship has resumed its journey into the Mediterranean under the Iranian flag and with...

Spain yesterday repeated its offer to allow 107 migrants stranded for more than two weeks in the Mediterranean to land in a Spanish port, but it criticised Italy for barring...

Sudan's deposed leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir told investigators he had received millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, a detective said in court yesterday.

Greenland is not for sale and US President Donald Trump's idea of buying the semi-autonomous Danish territory from Denmark is "an absurd discussion," Denmark's prime minister has said.

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...

A young rape victim who was suspected of having an abortion and charged with homicide has been acquitted by a judge at a retrial in a case that has attracted...

Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he killed himself in the Manhattan federal jail, new court records show, opening a new legal front in what could be...

Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he killed himself in the Manhattan federal jail, new court records show, opening a new legal front in what could be...

A council has said plans for public toilets in a seaside town – with design features to deter vandalism, sexual activity and rough sleeping – were submitted in “error”.

Twitter says it has suspended more than 200,000 accounts it believes were part of a Chinese government influence campaign targeting the protest movement in Hong Kong.

The US military has conducted a flight test of a type of missile banned for more than 30 years by a treaty that the US and Russia abandoned this month,...

New York City Police Department has fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of a black man whose dying cries of “I can't breathe” fuelled a national debate...

US attorney general William Barr has removed the acting director of the Bureau of Prisons from his position more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has fired all of his advisers, his office said Monday. The move comes amid a financial crisis in the West Bank that has prompted deep salary...

Italy's fierce battle over immigration has continued to rage, with fights and panic attacks reported among migrants who have been stranded on a rescue ship for up to 18 days...

A youth-focused trio will lobby the Government with knife crime solutions written on chicken boxes distributed by the Home Office.

US President Donald Trump has called on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by at least a full percentage point “over a fairly short period of time”.

The London markets closed higher as they were buoyed by strong performances by British grocers and the surge in Greene King's value.

Bahrain said on Monday it would join US-led efforts to protect shipping in the Gulf amid tensions between Washington and Tehran. Bahrain's King Hamad voiced his country's appreciation of the...

A Venezuelan man who lost his left leg in a traffic accident has walked to the bottom tip of South America.