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...
Putin ignores Kerry plea, instead deploys Top Gun fighter jet to join Syria battle
Russia seemingly has ignored Secretary of State John Kerry’s appeals to stop bombing civil...
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...
Brexit: Theresa May to urge MPs to back deal as delay agreed
Theresa May will return to the UK later to try to convince MPs to support her withdrawal deal after the EU agreed to postpone Brex...
Negative ads blanketing airwaves in 2016 campaign
Voters say they hate negative ads – but if Iowa is any gauge, the campaigns aren’t too worried about that. Up to a third of ...
Jason Priestley breaks his silence on the death of former Beverly Hills 90210 castmate Luke Perry
Jason Priestley has broken his silence over the death of his Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star Luke Perry, who died on Monday at the ag...
George W Bush leads tributes to father with emotional eulogy at state funeral
George HW Bush has been celebrated with praise and loving humour as America bade farewell to the country's 41st president and the la...
Brumadinho: Thousands told to evacuate over second Brazil dam risk
Authorities have ordered thousands to evacuate from a dam at risk of giving way in south-eastern Brazil, just days after a nearby ...
Pulwama attack: Four Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir gun battle
Four soldiers have been killed in Indian-administered Kashmir in a gun battle with militants, police say. The clash occurred in...
For the fourth year in a row, Game of Thrones is the world’s most pirated TV show
Theresa May defeats Tory coup over Brexit deal but is left damaged
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit