Police fired tear gas yesterday inside a train station and in several other Hong Kong neighbourhoods where protesters occupied roads in another weekend of anti-government demonstrations.
August 12, 2019
Hundreds of international academics have signed an open letter in support of a jailed Hong Kong law professor being held in solitary confinement, urging his university not to dismiss him...
August 12, 2019
Democratic presidential contenders Beto O'Rourke and Cory Booker slammed US President Donald Trump yesterday for promoting unfounded conspiracy theories about the apparent suicide of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein in his...
August 12, 2019
Hundreds of people protested in Kashmir's main city of Srinagar yesterday against India's decision to curb its autonomy, despite new restrictions on travel and a seventh straight day of communications...
August 12, 2019
Queen Elizabeth showed support for her son, Prince Andrew, yesterday as he was plunged into a further round of damaging allegations following the apparent suicide of his former friend, the...
August 12, 2019
When Frode Berg was a guard on the border near Kirkenes, Norway, in the 1990s, relations with Russia were so good that he would carry out joint patrols and go...
August 12, 2019
Thousands of people who say they were molested as children in New York state are expected to go to court this week to sue their alleged abusers and the institutions...
August 12, 2019
The death toll from a powerful typhoon that hit south-eastern China rose to 33 as rescue workers used rubber dinghies to evacuate stranded people while swift currents swept by their...
August 12, 2019
Ghislaine Maxwell has routinely been lauded as one of the world's best-connected socialites.
August 11, 2019
A comedian who lost his father to kidney cancer returned to the stage just days later to deliver “one of the best shows in terms of atmosphere that I've done”.
August 11, 2019
Authorities say an early morning fire in Pennsylvania claimed the lives of five children and sent another person to the hospital.
August 11, 2019
The 2019-20 Premier League season is just a few days old, and yet the newly implemented VAR technology has already stolen the headlines on multiple occasions.
August 11, 2019
US federal investigators have launched a probe into the death of financier Jeffrey Epstein, following his apparent suicide in his prison cell.
August 11, 2019
A tourist camp and nearby houses on the southern Greek island of Elafonisos have been evacuated for the second day in a row as a wildfire at a nearby landfill...
August 11, 2019
The death toll from a powerful typhoon that hit south-eastern China rose to 33 on Sunday as rescue workers used rubber dinghies to evacuate stranded people while swift currents swept...
August 11, 2019
The death toll from a powerful typhoon that hit south-eastern China rose to 33 on Sunday as rescue workers used rubber dinghies to evacuate stranded people while swift currents swept...
August 11, 2019
A tourist camp and nearby houses on the southern Greek island of Elafonisos have been evacuated for the second day in a row as a wildfire at a nearby landfill...
August 11, 2019
Police in Norway's capital have said the shooting at a mosque that wounded one person is being investigated as an attempted terrorist attack.
August 11, 2019
Monsoon rains have inundated much of Pakistan, leaving large parts of the southern city of Karachi under water and causing at least 17 deaths as of Sunday.
August 11, 2019
A shooting at a Norwegian mosque on Saturday will be investigated as a possible act of terrorism, police said on Sunday.
August 11, 2019
Police have fired tear gas to try to disperse a demonstration in Hong Kong as protesters took over streets in two parts of the Asian financial capital, blocking traffic and...
August 11, 2019
US federal investigators have launched a probe into the death of financier Jeffrey Epstein, following his apparent suicide in his prison cell.
August 11, 2019
Separate protests were being held in two parts of Hong Kong on Sunday, in a continuing series of demonstrations that have generally started peacefully but often ended in violent clashes...
August 11, 2019
Shops selling cannabis extract cannabidiol look set to become a feature of high streets across the UK under plans for the first nationwide chain of its kind.
August 11, 2019
The small business commissioner has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to “walk the walk” and back small businesses against the crippling impact of late payments for larger firms.
August 11, 2019
Thousands of UK business owners are heading towards burnout, with some going without a holiday for as long as five years, according to new research.
August 11, 2019
Clashes have erupted between Muslim worshippers and Israeli police at a major Jerusalem holy site during prayers marking the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha.
August 11, 2019
Marina Wheeler, the estranged wife of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has spoken of her cervical cancer diagnosis and urged women to make time for tests.
August 11, 2019
Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have eased restrictions in most parts of Srinagar, the main city, ahead of an Islamic festival following India's decision to strip the region of its constitutional...
August 11, 2019
Nuon Chea, who died aged 93 last Sunday, was deputy secretary general of the Communist Party of Democratic Kampuchea, as the Khmer Rouge called themselves. Known as "Brother Number Two",...
August 11, 2019
More than 100 people marched through the Texas border city of El Paso yesterday, denouncing racism and calling for stronger gun laws one week after 22 people were killed in...
August 11, 2019
With Italy mired in political chaos, the heirs of the country's fascist past are poised to play a key role in the likely next government.
August 11, 2019
Almost 2.5 million pilgrims have taken part in a symbolic stoning of the devil in the final days of the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, as Muslims around the world...
August 11, 2019
A powerful typhoon left at least 28 people dead in south-eastern China, after a landslide backed up a river that broke through debris and inundated homes.
August 11, 2019
Investors are braced for travel giant Tui to count the cost of problems with the Boeing 737 Max aeroplane on Tuesday, as it updates the market on spring and summer...
August 11, 2019
Banking on your voice could become the new way to check accounts if a NatWest trial using the Google Assistant proves to be right on the money.
August 11, 2019
North Korea has said leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system.
August 10, 2019
A large section of the roof has collapsed at Dutch club AZ Alkmaar's stadium as high winds buffeted the area.
August 10, 2019
More than 100 people have marched through the Texas border city of El Paso, denouncing racism and calling for stronger gun laws one week after 22 people were killed in...
August 10, 2019
Universal Pictures has cancelled the planned September release of its controversial social thriller The Hunt in the wake of recent mass shootings and criticism from President Donald Trump.
