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Canadian police are checking on a possible sighting of two teenagers being sought in the killings of three people in northern British Columbia.

At least five people have been shot at a food festival in northern California.

Iran is to restart activities at its controversial Arak heavy-water reactor, the head of the country's nuclear agency announced yesterday.

French social security officials are to be given classes in discerning lies to prevent fraud estimated to cost the state billions of euro a year.

Hong Kong descended into a second day of pandemonium yesterday as police again fired volleys of tear gas at pro- democracy protesters during increasingly violent clashes.

Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have killed at least 30 people in a shooting at a funeral in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno state, a security source and a resident said yesterday.

Armed miners reportedly invaded a village in a remote part of Brazil and killed a tribal leader.

The political office of the Afghan president's running mate was hit by a large explosion and stormed by several gunmen who remained holed up inside, Afghan officials said yesterday.

A top White House aide has defended Donald Trump's disparaging tweets about an influential black Democratic congressman and his district as a "justified response" to the politician's criticism of the...

Boris Johnson is to launch the biggest advertising campaign since World War II to get Britain ready for a no-deal Brexit, with an unprecedented marketing blitz on billboards, radio and...

The woman who is supposed to replace Puerto Rico's embattled governor announced yesterday that she doesn't want the job as the US territory reels from political crisis.

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has insisted he is "not in the slightest" bit worried about going up against Boris Johnson in a general election.

German soldiers will be encouraged to travel on the country's rail network in uniform as part of a plan by the new defence minister to make the armed forces "more...

US director of national intelligence Dan Coats is to leave his job next month after a two-year tenure marked by Donald Trump's regular clashes with intelligence officials.

A woman, who decided to take a taxi home after happy hour, began to regret her decision after she turned up the next day and found her car trapped in...

Some of Britain's beaches have been left strewn with rubbish and plastic after the July heatwave saw thousands head to the coast.

Twitter was flooded with cat pictures on Friday as owners began sharing photos of their cat glow ups.

Hundreds of bones found in an underground repository near a Vatican cemetery are too old to be those of a 15-year-old girl who disappeared in 1983, authorities said.

Two grooms have gone viral after sharing pictures of their traditional Hindu wedding on social media.

Iran's deputy foreign minister said discussions in Austria with representatives from nations that want to salvage an unravelling nuclear accord were “good”.

US President Donald Trump has attacked a majority-black district represented by a congressional nemesis as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess", broadening a campaign against prominent critics of his...

A story about a couple who don't stick to their own side of the bed every night has blown minds across the internet.

An Italian police commander said an American teenager who is under investigation for the murder of a police officer in Rome was “illegally blindfolded” briefly before his interrogation.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been admitted to hospital after suffering a serious allergic attack while in detention, his spokeswoman said.

Police fired tear gas at protesters in Hong Kong on Sunday for the second night in a row in another escalation of pro-democracy demonstrations.

From homeless to England manager in a matter of years, Craig McManus's attitude and experience epitomise the Homeless World Cup, this year taking place in Cardiff.

One man was killed and 11 people were injured in a shooting at an outdoor event in Brooklyn, New York, police have said.

Jeremy Corbyn has said he is "not in the slightest" bit worried about going up against Boris Johnson in a general election.

A passenger dressed as a clown sparked a mass brawl on a P&O cruise ship, according to reports.

A British woman who claimed she was raped in Cyprus has been arrested after investigators dismissed her allegations.

Israel's Arab political parties have formed an alliance to fight in the September elections. Hadash, Ta'al and Raam have come together, and Balad is expected to reveal whether it will...

President Vladimir Putin has led Russia's first major naval parade in years, a day after hundreds of anti-government protesters were detained in violent clashes with police in Moscow.

One man was killed and 11 people were injured in a shooting at an outdoor event in Brooklyn, New York, police have said.

Representatives from Europe, China and Russia, nations that are still committed to the Iran nuclear deal, plan to meet Iran's representative in Vienna on Sunday to discuss how to salvage...

The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to use billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico.

In the grey light of the Nevada dawn, in a car park beside a tiny rural courthouse, a small group of people board a white bus with tinted windows.

Libya's coastguard has recovered dozens of bodies of migrants who died at sea as searches continued after up to 150 people went missing when their boats capsized in the Mediterranean.

France is pushing ahead with a landmark tax on tech giants like Google and Facebook - despite Donald Trump's threats of retaliatory tariffs on French wine.

Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets while protesters hurled rocks during clashes in a rural Hong Kong town yesterday as several thousand activists gathered to protest against an attack...

Li Peng, who died last Monday aged 90, served as China's premier between 1987 and 1998; he became known as "the Butcher of Beijing", or "the Butcher of Tiananmen", for...