North Korea has described the firing of rocket artillery and an apparent short-range ballistic missile as a regular and defensive military exercise.
May 9, 2019
China will retaliate if US president Donald Trump goes ahead with more tariff hikes in a fight over technology and trade, ratcheting up tensions ahead of negotiations in Washington.
May 9, 2019
A school pupil has told how he and two fellow students leapt up from their desks to tackle a gunman in a US school with no thought for their own...
May 9, 2019
A school pupil has told how he and two fellow students leapt up from their desks to tackle a gunman in a US school with no thought for their own...
May 9, 2019
Chrissy Teigen's daughter Luna unwittingly recreated her mother's crying facial expression that was later turned into a popular meme.
May 9, 2019
Denver has become the first US city to decriminalise psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, following a public vote.
May 9, 2019
President Donald Trump, who won the presidency in part on his image as a successful business mogul, lost $1.17bn over 10 years on failed business deals, according to tax records...
May 9, 2019
Fifteen sheep have been enrolled at a French primary school after a class was set to close due to lack of pupils.
May 9, 2019
A coroner has found insufficient evidence to conclude The Prodigy singer Keith Flint intended to take his own life.
May 9, 2019
It sounds like the start of a joke - a Catholic, a Lutheran and a Protestant walk into a room to talk about the devil - but a conference on...
May 9, 2019
A US House of Representatives panel was poised to vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt for defying a congressional subpoena demanding the full, unredacted report by special...
May 9, 2019
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Harry and Meghan, have broken with royal convention once again by deciding not to use a title for their newborn baby who they have...
May 9, 2019
Iran has said it is pulling out of "some commitments" made under its international nuclear deal, and will resume higher enrichment of uranium in 60 days unless a new agreement...
May 9, 2019
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has dodged backbench demands for her departure timetable.
May 9, 2019
Heavy fighting between the army and militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola-stricken city of Butembo killed at least nine people yesterday.
May 9, 2019
Fifteen sheep have been enrolled at a French primary school after a class was set to close due to lack of pupils.
May 9, 2019
One student died and eight classmates were injured on Tuesday in a shooting at a suburban Denver school, law enforcement authorities said, less than a month after the region marked...
May 9, 2019
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has heaped pressure on British Prime Minister Theresa May to strike a deal with Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn by insisting he does not want the Brexit...
May 8, 2019
A charity is offering the chance to raise money for sick children by surprising a friend with a visit from a baby goat.
May 8, 2019
Tottenham MP David Lammy has asked Jeremy Corbyn to “make sure Theresa May doesn't call another vote” on the day of the Champions League final.
May 8, 2019
Tottenham MP David Lammy has asked Jeremy Corbyn to “make sure Theresa May doesn't call another vote” on the day of the Champions League final.
May 8, 2019
The science is in: the endless pursuit of economic growth is devouring the foundations of life on Earth, and no country – rich or poor – can expect to escape...
May 8, 2019
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill was among the many people to react on social media to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex naming their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
May 8, 2019
The single fatality in the Colorado high school shooting was Kendrick Castillo, 18, who leapt from his desk and charged the two attackers, sacrificing his life to buy classmates time...
May 8, 2019
R Kelly's lawyer has given a 62,000-dollar (£47,600) cheque to the singer's ex-wife to bring Kelly's child support payments up to date.
May 8, 2019
R Kelly's lawyer told a judge on Wednesday that the singer did not respond to a lawsuit brought by one of his sexual abuse accusers because he is illiterate.
May 8, 2019
Mel Gibson is to play Father Christmas in Fatman, a comedy that will be introduced at the forthcoming Cannes Film Festival.
May 8, 2019
One of the two suspects in the Colorado school shooting has appeared in court, with his head bowed and hair shielding his face.
May 8, 2019
The single fatality in the Colorado high school shooting was Kendrick Castillo, 18, who leapt from his desk and charged the two attackers, sacrificing his life to buy classmates time...
May 8, 2019
Tens of thousands have shared messages of congratulations to celebrate Sir David Attenborough's birthday.
May 8, 2019
At least five people were killed when Taliban fighters attacked the offices of a US-based aid organisation in the Afghan capital, the Interior Ministry has said.
May 8, 2019
An embarrassed MSP suffered a slip of the tongue when trying to say that a new currency in an independent Scotland would lead to “more cuts”.
May 8, 2019
The pound was in the doldrums on Wednesday as Brexit uncertainty continued to plague the currency.
May 8, 2019
Augmented reality is being used for the first time to build a race car intended for use in competitive racing, according to a university.
May 8, 2019
The White House is invoking executive privilege, reserving the right to block the full release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia probe, escalating President Donald Trump's battle...
May 8, 2019
The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to hold attorney general William Barr in contempt of Congress.
