A plane was forced to return to an airport shortly after taking off when a horse got loose on board. Around half an hour after leaving...
The puteketeke, a bird that vomits, grunts, growls and has bizarre mating rituals, won New Zealand’s bird of the century competition after comedian John Oliver intervened in...
Israel has launched an overnight raid on Gaza’s largest medical facility – al Shifa hospital – hours after the US backed claims it was being used...
There is a place in Lebanon called Alma al Shaab which clings to the sunburnt hills that rise up from the Mediterranean. The community is surrounded...
The earthquake swarm in southwest Iceland has eased – but the threat of an eruption remains high. Most of the tremors in the last few hours...
A 1962 Ferrari has sold for a record $51.7m (£42m) at a Sotheby’s auction in New York. The striking red 330 LM/250 GTO model, which is...
The body of a man who went missing in August has been found in the Colorado mountains with his dog alive and still by his side....
A major air and land search is under way for a former Sydney radio presenter who went missing on a solo fishing trip in crocodile-infested waters...
Gaza’s hospitals have been a flashpoint of fighting, claims and counterclaims. Tens of thousands of people sought shelter in medical facilities after being driven from their...
It has been a year since President Xi and President Biden last met, and it’s hard to overstate just what a rollercoaster US-China relations have been...
Robert Jenrick has vowed the government will do “whatever it takes” to implement its Rwanda deportation plan – following Suella Braverman’s sacking as home secretary. The...
A huge operation is under way to rescue 40 construction workers trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel. The three-mile tunnel was being built in the...
Iceland is bracing for a volcanic eruption in the coming days after a series of earthquakes and evidence of hot magma flowing quickly underground. The fishing...
Greta Thunberg was interrupted as she addressed a climate protest in Amsterdam on Sunday after inviting a Palestinian and an Afghan woman on stage. The Swedish...
A “courageous” teenager in the US was beaten to death when he confronted a mob over a friend who was being bullied, his family has said....
A former American football player has been killed in a car crash in Houston. D J Hayden, 33, was among six people who died in the...
Tim Minchin has paid tribute to his mother, Ros, after announcing her death while performing a show in Australia. The comedian, musician and singer shared a...
More than 30 people have been trapped after an under-construction road tunnel collapsed in India. The tunnel collapsed on Sunday after a landslide in India’s northern...
Hamas has denied refusing an offer of fuel from Israel for Gaza’s biggest hospital, which the World Health Organisation says is “not functioning” due to bombing...
The chief surgeon for the International Committee of the Red Cross has given a harrowing account of an amputation his team performed at a hospital in...