Belgium’s ex-King Albert II submits DNA in paternity case
BBC News : Former Belgian King Albert II has submitted a DNA sample to avoid fines of €5,000 (£4,370) a day over claims he fathered a love-child in the 1960s. The 84-year-old, who has been fighting the paternity claim of Belgian artist Delphine Boël, 51, for over a decade, provided a ...
Tory leadership: Johnson says party on ‘final warning’
BBC News : Boris Johnson, the front-runner in the Tory leadership race, has said the pa...
Anthony Albanese: Australia’s Labor opposition elects new leader
BBC News : Australia's Labor opposition has chosen Anthony Albanese as its new leader a...
In Pictures: Donald Trump enjoys sumo tournament in Japan
BBC News : US President Donald Trump has attended a sumo wrestling tournament during hi...
NHS fines for 1.7 million people overturned, watchdog finds
"I was panicking, I didn't know what to do," said Trisha Costello, who faced a £160 ...
US jury awards $2bn damages in Roundup weedkiller cancer claim
A jury in California has awarded more than $2bn (£1.5bn) to a couple who said the wee...
WASHINGTON — President Obama welcomed President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia to the White House on Thursday for a buoyant celebration of the $10 billion, 15-ye...
BAGHDAD — Night after night, Mohammed al-Jabiry tossed and turned in his bed at a refugee center in Finland, comparing life in Europe with life in Baghdad. After...
In a case that echoes the Takata airbag recalls, automakers including Honda and Fiat Chrysler will recall about five million vehicles worldwide to fix a defect in ...
As concern grows over the Zika virus, major airlines are offering to re-assign flight crew concerned about contracting the disease from routes to affected countrie...
Bomb kills three US soldiers in Afghanistan
Three US service members and one contractor have been killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanis...
Afghanistan gold mine collapse in Badakhshan kills 30
At least 30 people have been killed in the collapse of a gold mine in north-eastern Afghani...
Refugees demand new shelter over fears theirs is haunted
Thirty-five asylum-seekers have asked to be relocated from a refugee housing facility in sou...
Pentagon pushing for long-term US presence at Bagram, as Taliban gain ground
The Pentagon is pushing to keep Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan open beyond 2017, defense off...
Mother nature not making it easy for millions of holiday travelers
DALLAS – Airlines are shifting the timing of thousands of flights, even adding dozens of ...
3 Super Bowl snack swaps that cut the salt
The Super Bowl is around the corner, which means it’s snack time. Since the new government...
Meat on famed 1950s Explorer Club gala menu was actually sea turtle
The meat eaten at a lavish New York City Explorers Club dinner in 1951 – which at one poin...
Venezuela: Thousands join rival rallies as power cuts continue
Rival demonstrations are taking place in Venezuela in response to calls by opposition leader Juan Guaidó and President Nicolás M...
Jeff Bezos: Amazon boss accuses National Enquirer of blackmail
The world's richest man, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, has accused the National Enquirer's owner of trying to blackmail him over ...
Change the way you eat in 2016
“Genes load the gun, the environment pulls the trigger.” Experts use this line to reference our current obesogenic world and the ...
For the fourth year in a row, Game of Thrones is the world’s most pirated TV show
Popularity can be a great thing, but when it comes to TV shows, it isn't necessarily all it's cracked up to be. Take Game of Thrones,...
7 of the weirdest sculpture parks in the world
When most people think of sculptures, classics like Rodin’s The Thinker or Michelangelo’s David come to mind, not gigantic hands ...
Daddy Longlegs fossil keeps erection for 99 million years
If you think an erection lasting more than 4 hours is a problem, try one lasting more than 99 million years. That's how long the p...
Jair Bolsonaro: Brazil’s new far-right president urges unity
Cruz fires back at Trump’s cheating charges, says ‘he’s losing it’
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit
