The deputy leader of Hezbollah has warned Israel it will continue to suffer from attacks unless it agrees to a ceasefire. Naim Qassem said the group...
A man has been rescued after drifting in an inflatable boat for two months – but his brother and nephew were reportedly found dead on the...
North Korea has blown up roads and rail lines that lead up to the border with South Korea – a further sign of its rejection of...
Zoo experts are investigating after nine monkeys died in two days in Hong Kong’s oldest zoo. Eight of the animals were found dead on Sunday and...
Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll has apologised over what he called a “clumsy” joke where a “racial term was implied”. The BBC had to pause...
Microsoft users face more than 600 million cyber attacks every day, partly fuelled by a growing trend of cyber crime gangs working with nation states, according...
A woman turns up at the entrance of the tented cholera quarantine ward in Kassala Teaching Hospital. She has a small baby in her arms. “Does...
The narrow medieval streets and canals of Strasbourg in France, on the border with Germany, have little in common with Southport in the UK. Yet the...
European leaders will discuss new approaches to migration when they meet later this week, including the controversial prospect of setting up hubs outside the EU to...
Canada and India have each expelled six diplomats in tit-for-tat moves in an escalating row over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader. Canadian Prime Minister...
A burial ground containing 50 “exceptionally well-preserved” skeletons from the Viking Age has been discovered in Denmark. The 21,500sq ft site was found during a routine...
Nigeria’s football players have said they are going to boycott Tuesday’s African Cup Of Nations (AFCON) qualifier in Libya after being stranded at an airport in...
The Duchess of Edinburgh was moved to tears after meeting refugees who fled to Chad to escape the civil war in neighbouring Sudan. Sophie hugged five...
A former head of the Israeli national security council has called for a siege on northern Gaza. Interviewed on Sky News’ The World, Major General Giora...
For two weeks Israel has scored stunning successes against Hezbollah and made steady progress. Last night its enemy struck back with remarkable accuracy and timing. The...
An Indian politician who had close ties to Bollywood stars has been shot dead in Mumbai weeks before a state election. Baba Siddique, who was known...
Giorgio Armani – the founder of the luxury Italian fashion house which takes his name – says he plans to retire within the next two or...
Stargazers across the globe managed to capture the “comet of the century” as it whizzed across the northern hemisphere. Comet A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, did...
Scottish DJ and producer Jackmaster has died aged 38 after suffering a head injury, his family has said. The musician, whose real name was Jack Revill,...
The man who was prime minister of Lebanon during the last Israeli invasion of the country in 2006 has both Israel and Hezbollah in his sights....