Up to 150 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, were missing and feared drowned after the boats they were travelling in capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, the country's...
July 27, 2019
Two strong earthquakes hours apart have hit a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines, killing at least seven people.
July 27, 2019
Two strong earthquakes hours apart have hit a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines, killing at least eight people and injuring 60.
July 26, 2019
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.
July 26, 2019
Leader of the British House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg has issued a set of rules for staff in his office to follow, including a list of banned words and a...
July 26, 2019
Iran has test-launched a medium-range ballistic missile inside its borders, US officials said.
July 26, 2019
US President Donald Trump has promised to retaliate against France for adopting a pioneering tax on internet giants such as Google, Amazon and Facebook.
July 26, 2019
London's top-flight stocks rallied at the end of the week, benefiting from a weaker pound as tensions between new Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the EU emerged.
July 26, 2019
Meryl Streep will be the first recipient of an acting award bestowed as part of the Toronto International Film Festival.
July 26, 2019
A man US police say came with a backpack full of burglary tools to visit Taylor Swift has been held without bail pending a competency hearing.
July 26, 2019
Tributes have been paid to a young Irish dad, who tragically died in an accident after attending an Australian rules football match on Saturday.
July 26, 2019
Prosecutors set to defend Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction in appeals court next month call the accusations from other women no coincidence, but “the culmination of a decades-long pattern of...
July 26, 2019
Centrica, the owner of British Gas, is set to update the market on Tuesday with its latest set of half-year results.
July 26, 2019
Swedish authorities have released court documents in the assault case in which American rapper ASAP Rocky and two other men are charged, with prosecutors saying that the victim was punched...
July 26, 2019
Manchester Airport staff got some much-needed relief from the heat as an ice cream van arrived on the tarmac to deliver treats.
July 26, 2019
A Syrian refugee who lives in Aberystwyth has won an award for learning Welsh.
July 26, 2019
Libya's coast guard recovered dozens of bodies of Europe-bound migrants who perished at sea as search operations continued on Friday, a day after up to 150 people, including women and...
July 26, 2019
Rap king Jay-Z has pulled out of the 50th anniversary Woodstock festival just weeks before the troubled event is supposed to take place.
July 26, 2019
Oregon Zoo in the United States has posted footage of its resident flamingo chicks learning to swim in a small pool.
July 26, 2019
Police rescued an unusual intruder on a motorway in Hampshire when an inflatable killer whale was retrieved from passing traffic.
July 26, 2019
The UN weather agency has voiced “concern” that the hot air which produced a record-breaking heat wave across much of western Europe this week is heading towards Greenland and that...
July 26, 2019
Twitter reported a rise in revenue and daily active users as the social media platform published its latest financial results.
July 26, 2019
A giant telescope planned for Hawaii's tallest mountain will enhance humanity's knowledge of the universe and bring quality, high-paying jobs, supporters said as protesters blocked construction for a second week.
July 26, 2019
Four teenage boys have been charged with a hate crime after a lesbian couple were subjected to a suspected homophobic attack when they refused to kiss on a bus.
July 26, 2019
A French bulldog puppy has had to undergo life-saving surgery after being left gasping for breath due to her flat face.
July 26, 2019
Foxtons has blamed the downturn in London's property market and Brexit uncertainty after its losses widened in the first half of the year.
July 26, 2019
Eight armed men carried out a sophisticated heist at Sao Paulo's main international airport and managed to escape with some 750kg of precious metals, airport authorities have said.
July 26, 2019
The production of human tissue in space will shortly commence as part of an experiment which sees a 3D bioprinter sent to the International Space Station.
July 26, 2019
Dog owners are being offered the opportunity to give their pets a flavour of their favourite takeaways.
July 26, 2019
John Fogerty has pulled out of Woodstock 50 just weeks before the troubled anniversary event is supposed to take place.
July 26, 2019
Two hundred relatives and survivors from the Christchurch mosque shootings are travelling to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage as guests of King Salman.
July 26, 2019
A village in central Turkey where Boris Johnson traces his ancestry to is abuzz with excitement and pride over the news that a man they see as one of their...
July 26, 2019
TSB said it has begun a “new chapter” following last year's IT meltdown, as it returned to profit in the first half.
