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...
Unicef Report Finds Female Genital Cutting to Be Common in Indonesia
Female genital cutting has always been seen as an ancient ritual practiced in Africa and to ...
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...
‘Growing inequality threatens democracy’
Inequalities in pay and opportunities in the UK are becoming so extreme they are threatening democracy, an Institute for Fiscal St...
Venezuela crisis: White House ‘will respond to threats against diplomats’
The US has warned Venezuela that any threats against American diplomats or opposition leader Juan Guaidó will be met with "a sign...
Australia weather: Townsville warned as floodgates open
Officials in the Australian city of Townsville are deliberately flooding several neighbourhoods after record rainfall that has swo...
Man walks 25 miles to get help after pregnant woman becomes trapped in floodwaters
A man walked 25 miles to get help after his car, with a heavily pregnant woman inside, got stranded by floods in a remote part of Aus...
Purple People Eater Corvette races to auction
At one point in its life, this 1959 Chevrolet Corvette was sold for $800. Two men each split the cost to acquire this car back in 197...
TSA can now force travelers to take full-body scans
The Transportation Security Administration will being requiring travelers who have been selected for enhanced screening to pass throu...
Polar vortex death toll rises to 21 as US cold snap continues
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit
