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...
Russian rescue amid deadly blaze on two cargo ships off Crimea
At least 11 people have died in a fire involving two Tanzanian-flagged cargo vessels in th...
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...
Olive Garden is charging $400 a person for NYE dinner
Dinner at the Olive Garden in Times Square on New Year’s Eve will set you back $400, and that’s not even the highest price among ...
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 ...
Russia ‘paved way for Ukraine ship seizures with fake news drive’
The Kremlin launched a year-long disinformation campaign to soften up public opinion before its recent seizure of three Ukrainian s...
An exhibition of photographs taken by blind people was organized by Sightsavers at the British Council during the week of the Interna...
US warns Turkey over Russian S-400 missile system deal
US Vice-President Mike Pence has warned Turkey against buying a Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system that Washington sees as...
Armistice Day: Macron and Merkel mark end of World War One
BBC News : They signed a book of remembrance in a railway carriage identical to the one in which the 1918 Armistice was sealed. ...
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit