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Biden official: 'We reiterate our call for diplomacy' South Korean leader fears return to war threats of 2017 The US on Sunday made a direct appeal to North Korea to join direct talks with no preconditions about its nucl...

The bodies of at least two boys were found on a street behind the prison -- the first confirmed deaths among up to 700 teenagers who had been detained there because they were the children of ISIS fighters.

The UK government says the plan will cut red tape - but devolved nations are unhappy with the move.

Two Hillsborough County, Florida sheriff's deputies thought to be romantically involved have been found dead at a vacation home in a suspected murder-suicide.

Extrajudicial killings allegedly carried out despite Taliban assurances of safety for those linked to previous leadership or foreign forces The United Nations says it has received "credible allegations" that more than 10...

A man who is willing to save his life with a kidney transplant is not willing to get the COVID-19 vaccine to guard his health after the operation - rendering himself ineligible for an organ.

City records coldest January day in nearly a decade while temperatures across month plummet 2-6C below normal India's capital, New Delhi, is shivering through an unusually harsh bout of winter cold, blamed for killing sc...

• Authorities rush to contain oil spill moving toward Thai resort island

In DM exchange Tesla boss offers $5,000 for takedown but 19-year-old replies: 'Any chance to up that to $50K?' A row has broken out between the world's richest person, Elon Musk, and a 19-year-old student and aviation en...

As the Grenfell inquiry heads towards its concluding stages, politicians will be called to account for their part in the deadly fire. Our social affairs correspondent Robert Booth has been watching on throughout • How ...

In a surprising turnaround, former House Republican leader Themis Klarides dropped out of the race for governor Sunday and is instead running for the U.S. Senate.

As the Winter Olympics nears, the Chinese capital has locked down some neighbourhoods and is setting up 19 testing points Beijing officials have sealed off several residential communities north of the city centre after t...

Prime minister says parliamentary victory 'doesn't mean absolute power' but he will no longer need to negotiate to form a coalition Defying all odds, Portugal's ruling centre-left Socialists won an outright parliamentary...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile in the third such incident this month, according to authorities, as the Israeli President visited the country.

The government is expected to step back from requiring NHS and social care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Report says heightened dangers have prompted at least six to leave and many others to develop emergency exit plans The Chinese government is finding new ways to intimidate foreign journalists, their Chinese colleagues an...

The unusual pictures, published in state media, were allegedly taken during Sunday's missile launch.

A new map drawn by legislative leaders would reconfigure state congressional districts to benefit Democrats in their fight to maintain a grip on the House of Representatives.

The governing party emerged victorious from a snap election, but without the majority needed to avoid forming a coalition in the fractious parliament.

The preliminary map from Democrat-controlled Albany drew prompt accusations of gerrymandering, the act of drawing districts for partisan aims. The proposal would give the Democratic Party an advantage in 22 of the state'...

Former President Donald Trump in a statement Sunday said he wanted then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 presidential election, repeating the false claim that Pence had the power to do so and slamming recen...

The Senate may move to confirm President Biden's Supreme Court nominee by mid-April, the chair of the body's Judiciary Committee said Sunday.