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...
Russia laughs off ‘challenge’ by US warship in Sea of Japan
Russia has laughed off a US warship's "challenge" to its territorial claims in the Sea of...
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...
José Mourinho Spain tax fraud settled in multi-million deal
Ex-Manchester United boss José Mourinho has agreed a prison term in Spain for tax fraud but will not go to jail. A one-year pri...
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...
North Korea defector hack: Personal data of almost 1,000 leaked
Almost 1,000 North Korean defectors have had their personal data leaked after a computer at a South Korean resettlement centre was...
San Francisco goes after Justin Bieber over graffiti marketing new album
Justin Bieber is in trouble again, this time with the city of San Francisco. Graffiti promoting the singer's new album "Purpose" i...
Typhoon Mangkhut Slams Hong Kong and Southern China
HONG KONG — Typhoon Mangkhut battered Hong Kong and Macau on Sunday with 100 miles-per-hour wind gusts, drenching rains and 11-foot...
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 a lesser extent in the Middle East, but a...
Typhoon Mangkhut Slams Hong Kong and Southern China
Bangladesh fire: Blaze kills dozens in Dhaka historic district
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit