McDonald's has said it will permanently leave Russia after 30 years and has started to sell its restaurants there.
The move comes after it temporarily...
A Fitch report alleges that the Nigerian billionaire requires an additional $1.1 billion to complete the refinery but has invested all his cash and even borrowed...
An intense heatwave is sweeping through northern India with temperatures hitting a record 49.2C (120.5F) in parts of the capital, Delhi.
This is the fifth...
A couple has gone viral on social media for their unconventional entry to their reception.
Stuntman Gabe Jessop and his wife Ambyr Bambyr Mishelle chose...
Hundreds of Australians have been told to evacuate their homes as Queensland faces another flooding emergency.
More than a dozen warnings were issued on Friday,...
A Kenyan nurse who campaigns against early marriage and female genital mutilation says she is "speechless" after winning a prize of $250,000 (£205,000).
Anna Qabale...
Two women have been arrested following the death of an eight-month-old baby following a 'medical episode' at a nursery.
Greater Manchester Police were called to Tiny...
Large crowds have gathered at the funeral of reporter Shireen Abu Aqla, killed in disputed circumstances in the occupied West Bank.
It is taking place...
North Korea has confirmed its first death from Covid-19, with state media adding that tens of thousands more are experiencing fever symptoms.
Six people died...
A Miss Great Britain finalist from Lancashire was shocked to discover she's related to Princess Diana.
Niamh Gwen may not have been crowned queen of the major beauty...
A man being called “bald” is sexual harassment, an employment tribunal has ruled.
Tony Finn, 64, claimed he had been a victim of sexual harassment...
A small passenger plane carrying 11 people crashed in a forest near Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, on Wednesday, the Transport Ministry said.
The cause of...
North Korea has ordered a strict national lockdown after confirming its first official Covid infections.
State media have reported an Omicron outbreak in the capital,...
Former President John Mahama has condemned the murder of ace Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh.
Mr Mahama taking to his Twitter page eulogised...
A former Korean YouTuber and pharmacist was sentenced to jail for knowingly spreading a sexually transmitted disease.
Park Seung-jong, who went by the name...
Desperate Vladimir Putin is "in trouble" and requires nearly 600,000 troops to turn Russia's invasion of Ukraine around, a top former NATO chief has claimed.
But the ailing President may decide to launch...
A passenger with no flying experience safely landed a small plane in Florida Tuesday afternoon, May 10, after his pilot suffered a medical emergency...
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19.
The 66-year-old tech giant wrote in a tweet Tuesday that he is experiencing...
Malawi’s parliament has started public enquiries in the capital, Lilongwe, on a proposal to abolish the death penalty following last month’s adoption of a...
Zimbabwe’s elephants have killed 60 people so far this year, according to a government spokesperson.
Writing on Twitter, Nick Mangwana, said it was a sad topic.
“The...
Previously-unseen home movies from Queen Elizabeth II’s personal archive — including footage capturing the monarch as a young mother and her beaming at her...
Russian soldiers have been killed by members of their own army in another disastrous setback for Vladimir Putin 's forces involving "flamethrowers".
Ukrainian military chiefs said the...
Russia was behind a cyber-attack targeting American commercial satellite internet company Viasat, UK and US intelligence suggests.
The attack began about an hour before Russia...
