A faulty heating system appeared to have caused a fire at a house in northern Poland where five teenage girls died while locked inside a...

US President Donald Trump said Friday he is confident Washington and Beijing will reach a deal to bring to a close the months-long trade dispute...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had only been in office for a few hours when a handful of Democrats defied her persistent calls not to begin...

About 50 young women joining the US Marine Corps will for the first time go through grueling boot camp training alongside male recruits.The Marine Corps...

Five teenage girls died and one man was seriously injured on Friday after a fire broke out in a room where they playing an escape...

Mexico’s austerity-crusader President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday his official declaration contained virtually no assets, showing his nearly empty wallet to reporters as evidence.Lopez...

The US military is trying to verify reports that it has killed one of the men behind a deadly attack on the USS Cole in...

US President Donald Trump has said he is prepared for a partial shutdown of the US government - now entering its third week - to...

Presidents and chairs of Universities UK, the Russell Group, Guild HE, Million Plus and University Alliance have co-signed an open letter detailing reasons why they...

China's capital of Beijing, and its surrounding industrial province of Hebei, cut smog emissions by at least 12 per cent in 2018 after a long...

Fiji’s Meteorological Service warned of intense rain and ‘damaging gale force winds’ to outer areas of the island nation Thursday, as the first tropical cyclone...

UK firms are being squeezed by labour shortages, rising prices and a slowdown in sales.More companies than ever before are finding it hard to recruit...

Donald Trump has shrugged off a stinging personal attack on his presidency from senior fellow Republican Mitt Romney.Mr Romney, who stood and lost for the...

South Africa's ex-President Jacob Zuma is embroiled in a new political row - after signing an unexpected record deal.The eThekwini district agreed to fund an...

A Dutch shipping firm has apologized after three German funeral urns washed up on beaches in the Netherlands.The urns, containing human ashes, were found in...

An Iranian national and a British man have been arrested on suspicion of arranging the "illegal movement of migrants" across the English Channel.The National Crime...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he looked forward to another summit with Kim Jong Un, a day after the North Korean leader warned Pyongyang could...

Last year saw a sharp rise in fatalities from air crashes compared with 2017 but 2018 was still the ninth safest year on record, figures...

Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has used his inaugural speech to promise to build a "society without discrimination or division".The former army captain told Congress...

US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) apologized Monday for a joke in ‘bad taste’ after tweeting it was ready to drop something "much bigger" than the traditional...

Fireworks, concerts, spiritual services and political addresses abounded to mark the transition to 2019 as revelers around the globe bid farewell Monday to a year...

The United Nations says 85 former Farc rebels have been killed in Colombia since the group signed a peace accord with the government two years...

French President Emmanuel Macron used his traditional New Year's Eve speech to sound a warning to extreme elements among anti-government protesters.He promised to keep order...

Three people were killed and another 79 were unaccounted for after a gas explosion rocked a residential building in Russia on Monday, leaving hundreds without...

A top Republican has said US President Donald Trump remains committed to defeating Islamic State (IS) in Syria, despite his plan to withdraw US troops.Senator...