US President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing "very mild symptoms", the White House has said.
The 79-year-old, who is fully...
Russia has restarted gas supplies to Europe through its biggest pipeline, Nord Stream 1, following a 10-day maintenance break.
There had been fears Moscow may...
More teenagers are turning away from traditional media outlets and getting their news from social media, new research from Ofcom has shown.
The number of...
A year-and-a-half after he was appointed as Italy's unelected head of a unity government, Mario Draghi has resigned as prime minister.
He told President Sergio...
Russia's military focus in Ukraine is no longer "only" the east of the country, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.
In an interview with Russian...
Tributes have been paid to a former football manager who died in a horror paragliding accident.
Martin Dyer, a nightclub doorman, was killed while on holiday in France...
Sri Lankan MPs have elected prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country's new president, despite his unpopularity with the public.
Mr Wickremesinghe faces the task...
Russia plans to annex more Ukrainian territory using a similar "playbook" to its take over of Crimea, the US says.
Citing US intelligence, National Security...
The UK has recorded temperatures of over 40C (104F) for the first time.
Thermometers hit 40.3C at Coningsby in Lincolnshire, at 16:00 BST, well above...
More than 2,000 tourists have been stranded in a Chinese coastal city after a surge in coronavirus cases.
Officials in Beihai locked down urban areas...
A trans inmate who was jailed after fatally stabbing her former foster father has been moved to a men’s facility after getting two fellow inmates pregnant.
Trans woman Demi...
Amazing footage has revealed how newborn twins were born while still inside their amniotic sacs.
Less than one in 80,000 infants are born 'en caul', which is...
Russia fined Google 21.1 billion rubles ($374 million) on Monday for repeatedly failing to “remove prohibited information” — content related to the country’s invasion...
A prominent feminist and LGBT activist has been acquitted of controversial "pornography" charges in Russia.
Yulia Tsvetkova, 29, was accused of distributing pornography and "LGBT...
Residents and holidaymakers have fled towns and villages in France as fires are whipped up by high winds and tinder-dry conditions in several countries...
Sri Lanka is seeking a way out of political and economic chaos after its President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned and fled the country.
Prime Minister Ranil...
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has tendered his resignation after populist coalition partner Five Star withdrew its support in a confidence vote.
The former head...
