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People near the blaze when it broke out reported seeing thick black smoke and hearing explosions.

The psychologist talks about the widespread fear that smartphones are harmful to our wellbeing - and the difficulty of proving it Amy Orben is a research fellow at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the Univers...

A 19-year-man has died and a woman is seriously ill in hospital after they are believed to have taken MDMA at a student drum and bass party.

Officials will suspend overseas visas for nationals of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar and Nigeria. Sudanese and Tanzanian nationals face restrictions.       

The Senate voted Friday to not allow witnesses to testify in President Trump’s impeachment trial, paving the way for his likely acquittal next week -- but two days of long speeches and a final Senate floor vote still s...

The number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China rose by 46 to 259 on Friday, the country's health authority said on Saturday, as the United States announced new border curbs on foreign nationals who have been i...

Even some news outlets are publishing articles about the illness that are hyperbolic, fear-mongering and at times blatantly misleading It's no coincidence that internet phenomena share a vocabulary with certain diseases....

Marie Yovanovitch, who testified during House impeachment hearings against President Trump, will be retiring from the U.S. foreign service less than a year after her removal as ambassador to Ukraine. A source familiar wi...

Scientists at Hong Kong University published research in a medical journal on Saturday that projects as many as 75,815 people in Wuhan, China, may have been infected with Coronavirus, the South China Morning Post reporte...

The Palestinian Authority has cut all ties with the United States and Israel including security relations after rejecting a Middle East peace plan presented this week by U.S. President Donald Trump, Palestinian President...

The narrow vote came after Republican senators said they did not need to hear more evidence, and pressed toward acquitting President Trump next week.

Barreling into what could be the final day of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, a key Republican senator has made up his mind.

Anti-government demonstrations have been raging since October, demanding an end to political corruption.

Expats tell how they celebrated, or mourned, Brexit day in their adopted home If a fair few of the 300,000 Britons who live in Spain woke with pounding heads on Saturday morning, many could at least console themselves wi...

The move by the United States to impose travel restrictions on Kyrgyz citizens is a blow to bilateral relations, the Central Asian nation's foreign ministry said on Saturday.

Apple Inc. has become the latest victim of coronavirus in China. The company revealed Saturday it would close all its official mainland stores and corporate offices until Feb. 9 as the disease continues to spread in the ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to impose full customs and border checks on all European Union goods entering Britain from next year, in an attempt to increase pressure on the bloc in trade talks, The D...

Among the targets on a list found on Hasson's computer were Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes and Democratic Senator Kamala Harris.

This week the novelist received the Olof Palme prize for achievement in the spirit of the assassinated Swedish statesman. He reflects on how a lack of leadership today has allowed us to 'sleepwalk' into Brexit A range of...

City's yellow peril: Thousands of cabbies owe huge sums on loans for taxi medallions that have plunged in value.

China faced mounting isolation in the face of increasing international travel curbs and flight suspensions on Saturday, as the death toll from a spreading coronavirus outbreak rose to 259.

The Pentagon said on Saturday that it had approved a request from the Department of Health and Human Services for assistance for housing support for 1,000 people who may need to be quarantined after arriving from abroad ...