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...
Iran offers prisoner swap for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian dual national being held in a Tehran jail o...
Iraq angered by Trump idea to watch Iran from US base
Iraq's President Barham Saleh has rebuked Donald Trump over his comments that he wanted to...
US unleashes sanctions on Iran, hitting oil, banking and shipping
BBC News The Trump administration reinstated all sanctions removed under the 2015 nucle...
BBC News The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, has responded robustly. "There is no d...
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...
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...
Insane drone photos of pink lakes, erupting volcanoes, and more
Our friends at SkyPixel are running a drone- and aerial-themed photography competition, highlighting the best of this world-changing ...
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 point was thought to have been woolly mammoth...
Islamic State group: Civilians evacuated from last Syria enclave
Civilians have been evacuated from the last village in Syria still held by the Islamic State (IS) group. At least 15 lorries car...
Take a gander: Audubon Society’s Christmas bird count underway
The National Audubon Society's 116th annual Christmas Bird Count is underway, which means it's the perfect time to unleash your inner...
Sri Lanka attacks: Who are National Thowheed Jamath?
A previously little-known group called the National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) is being accused of having carried out the Easter Sunday...
Syria conflict: Trump ‘committed to defeating IS’, says Lindsey Graham
Brazil’s new foreign minister believes climate change is a Marxist plot
Day care worker fired for photo apparently showing her in obscene gesture toward kids
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit
