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You can get a pretty good idea of a country's wealth by seeing how much it shines at night - just compare the intense brightness of China and South Korea …

The witness made the statement to police.

Ten people died and five were missing after a small wooden boat capsized in rough seas and sank Sunday off Indonesia's Bintan island, south of Singapore, Indonesian officials said. …

Cecil Stephens sadly looked over the charred remains of the Summit Inn. The Southern California restaurant, once visited by Elvis Presley, had fallen victim to the Blue Cut wildfire.

Residents breed bees in urban spaces, providing a welcome addition to Seoul's polluted and industrialised capital.

Southeast Asian nation's economy expected to do well whether the 12-nation Trans Pacific Partnership succeeds or fails.

Prime Minister Theresa May should begin formal talks for the UK to leave the EU "as soon as possible", Brexit campaigner Iain Duncan Smith says.

ANKARA, Turkey -- A bomb attack targeting an outdoor wedding party in southeastern Turkey on Saturday killed at least 30 people and wounded 94 others, authorities said. Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said the “bar...

Fellow Olympians Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger have given statements disputing Lochte's version of events.

'I wish it wasn't over,' says Ernie Andrus, reaching St. Simon's Island in Georgia almost three years after starting his run in San Diego on 7 October, 2013 After two years and 10 months, 93-year-old Ernie Andrus has mad...

A number of devastating "firenadoes" are raging in California. How do they work?

The Israeli military says a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip has landed in southern Israel. …

Iraq hangs 36 members of so-called Islamic State over the massacre of up to 1,700 military recruits at the former US base, Camp Speicher, in 2014.

Two zika areas have been identified in Miami and officials are investigating eight other cases outside of the "hot zones."

Government plans to prevent radicalisation in prisons could lead to violent extremist prisoners being separated from other inmates.

He is now unclear on the matter

Victim was pronounced dead at Sandbanks beach, while five others have drowned in Jersey, Cornwall, Aberdeen and Essex Six people have drowned in the UK in two days as strong winds and high seas battered much of the Briti...

Fashion retail giant says it has taken action against its two factories after new book in Sweden raises fears about working conditions in the country Swedish fashion chain H&M worked with clothing factories in Myanmar wh...

A secondary school in West Sussex has been badly damaged by fire.

A mother and son who died after getting into difficulty in the sea off Aberdeen are named by police.

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London's new mayor has urged fellow members of the opposition Labour Party to ditch their leader in hopes of choosing someone more likely to win a national election. …