Republican Chris Christie has dropped out of the US presidential race after a disappointing finish in...
President Barack Obama's plans to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide from US power plants have...
At least nine people were killed and scores more injured, police say, after two passenger trains collided...
Two boats on their way to Greece have capsized near Turkey, killing at least 33 migrants, Turkish media...
India's telecoms regulator has blocked Facebook's Free Basics internet service as part of a...
A male leopard which entered a school in the Indian city of Bangalore injured six people trying to capture...
North Korea has brought forward the possible date of a controversial "satellite" launch to...
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said he will turn himself over to UK police on Friday if a UN panel...
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has declared war on mosquitoes responsible for spreading the Zika...
Syria's government and the opposition have blamed each other for the suspension of peace talks in...
It could be the plot of a dystopian thriller: the sudden outbreak of a disease that spreads almost invisibly,...
Zika poses a global public health emergency requiring an urgent, united response, says the World Health...
World number one Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray in straight sets to win his sixth Australian Open title...
Turkey says a Russian jet has violated its airspace and it has summoned the Russian ambassador to Ankara....
Rock star David Bowie left an estate valued at about $100m (£70m), according to his will which...
Another 16 people have starved to death in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya since UN aid convoys reached...
Astronomers have discovered the largest known solar system, consisting of a large planet that takes nearly...
French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira has stepped down from her job, shortly before plans to strip...
Malaysia's top prosecutor has cleared Prime Minister Najib Razak of corruption in a long-running...
The Zika virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas, the World Health Organization has...
A cold snap sweeping across East Asia has led to more than 50 deaths in Taiwan and stranded at least...
