An explosion at a gas factory in central China has left at least 12 people dead, authorities said.
July 20, 2019
House Democrats will try to focus US Special Counsel Robert Mueller's testimony on clear examples of conduct by President Donald Trump that would lead to criminal charges against any other...
July 20, 2019
Germany's Angela Merkel threw her weight behind her embattled new defence minister and heir-apparent yesterday, while insisting she herself was fit to carry on serving as chancellor through to the...
July 20, 2019
Ivanka Trump and senior Republicans yesterday looked to be trying to distance themselves from the chants of "send her back" at her father Donald Trump's North Carolina rally.
July 20, 2019
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattled the Greek capital Athens yesterday, briefly knocking out power and telecommunications in parts of the city and sending people running from buildings in panic.
July 20, 2019
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands has upheld an earlier ruling that found the Dutch state partly liable for the deaths in 1995 of 350 Bosnian Muslim men who were...
July 20, 2019
Former South African president Jacob Zuma agreed to continue giving evidence at a public inquiry into state corruption yesterday after earlier complaining of "relentless cross-examination" and saying he would pull...
July 20, 2019
Two British oil tankers were believed to have been seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards last night in a major escalation of tensions in the Gulf.
July 20, 2019
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has described Donald Trump's remarks about four US congresswomen as "racist".
July 20, 2019
A man suspected of torching an animation studio and killing 33 people in Japan's worst mass killing in two decades carried out the attack because he believed his novel had...
July 19, 2019
A judge has ordered R&B singer R Kelly to be transferred from Chicago to New York City for an August 2 hearing on federal sex charges.
July 19, 2019
Iranian Revolutionary Guards say they have captured British oil tanker named Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz.
July 19, 2019
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he is "extremely concerned" by the "unacceptable" seizure of two oil tankers by Iranian authorities in the Persian Gulf.
July 19, 2019
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he is "extremely concerned" by the "unacceptable" seizure of two oil tankers by Iranian authorities in the Persian Gulf.
July 19, 2019
England have received congratulations for their Cricket World Cup win from an unlikely source – wrestling legend Triple H.
July 19, 2019
A tiger was found relaxing on a bed in India after heavy flooding wreaked havoc in south Asia.
July 19, 2019
President Donald Trump is marking the 50th anniversary of the first human steps on the moon at an Oval Office meeting with former Apollo 11 astronauts.
July 19, 2019
The London markets closed higher as dovish comments from the Federal Reserve helped to bolster the European markets.
July 19, 2019
Japanese police have named a man suspected of starting a fire that killed 33 people in an animation studio.
July 19, 2019
Five guys were arrested after a skirmish broke out in a branch of Five Guys, police have revealed.
July 19, 2019
A man climbed several floors down the outside of a 19-storey building in Philadelphia to escape a fire that injured four residents and three police officers.
July 19, 2019
Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar was greeted at the airport on Thursday with chants of “welcome home”.
July 19, 2019
GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that if Brexit negotiations found a solution for the Irish border issue in the declaration on future ties between Britain and the European Union,...
July 19, 2019
A man has been jailed for 10 years over the drugging and death of a 15-year-old British girl whose body was found on a beach in the Indian city of...
July 19, 2019
An endangered chimpanzee has been born in front of surprised visitors at Chester Zoo.
July 19, 2019
US rapper ASAP Rocky has been remanded in custody for another week by a Swedish court to allow police to finish investigating a fight on June 30 in Stockholm.
July 19, 2019
US President Donald Trump says he is trying to help free rapper ASAP Rocky, who has been held in police custody in Sweden for weeks.
July 19, 2019
Officials at the competition watchdog have warned that the merger of two of the UK's biggest food and drink packaging companies could lead to a rise in prices for customers.
July 19, 2019
A CARE worker jailed for life for the "brutal and ferocious" murder of 13-year-old Lucy McHugh had previously been detained for holding a group of youngsters and staff hostage at...
July 19, 2019
THE family of Iris Goldsmith have released pictures of their "angel", who was killed in an accident on the family farm in Somerset, as the inquest into the teenager's death...
July 19, 2019
THE family of Iris Goldsmith have released pictures of their "angel", who was killed in an accident on the family farm in Somerset in England, as the inquest into the...
July 19, 2019
IRISHMAN Keith Byrne has said he has been "blown away" by the international interest in his case after being told by authorities to leave the United States today or face...
July 19, 2019
Former South African president Jacob Zuma has abandoned his testimony to a state commission investigating corruption allegations after claiming he is being treated unfairly.
