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...
Japan’s Toshiba to withdraw from UK nuclear power project
BBC News NuGen was behind the development of the Moorside nuclear power station project...
Toll rises to 44 dead in Japan earthquake; Toyota Motors suspends operations in 16 assembly plants
Tokyo: The death toll from a powerful earthquake in northern Japan last week rose to 44, wit...
Insane drone photos of pink lakes, erupting volcanoes, and more
Our friends at SkyPixel are running a drone- and aerial-themed photography competition, high...
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...
Every day, more than 10,000 new campaigns are launched on GoFundMe.com, but for one Washington woman, the almost $16,000 she received...
National Front Party in France Is Dealt a Setback in Regional Elections
PARIS — French voters dealt a sharp setback to the far-right National Front in regional elections on Sunday, depriving the party of...
It might sound laughable to you for a candidate who has trafficked in the wildest rumors about his rivals to suddenly be in an enormo...
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...
Brumadinho dam collapse: ‘Little hope’ of finding missing in Brazil
About 300 people are missing after a dam collapsed at an iron ore mine in south-eastern Brazil, officials say. The break caused a...
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 officials confirmed to Fox News – an appea...
For the fourth year in a row, Game of Thrones is the world’s most pirated TV show
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit
