Smoke was seen rising from blasts early on Saturday in Beirut Israel has carried out massive air strikes on central Beirut, ...

Donald Trump has nominated Scott Bessent to lead the US Treasury Department, a post with wide oversight of tax policy, public ...

More than 100 metres (328ft) beneath them is a lost world of ancient forests, plants and animals. All they can see is leafy ...

If these are indeed signs that China plans to take a more central role in the future, just as the US is stepping back, it ...

Vang Vieng - a tiny town on the Nam Song river surrounded by limestone mountains and paddy fields - is known for its scenery.

The stakes have never been higher in the Ukraine-Russia war. In the week that saw the conflict pass its 1000th day, Western ...

Russia has a stock of powerful new missiles "ready to be used", President Vladimir Putin has said, a day after his country ...

A jury has found that the mixed martial arts fighter, Conor McGregor, assaulted a woman who had accused him of raping her. He ...

An atmospheric river swept through Northern California, dumping record rain and deep snow in the region. In Santa Rosa, the ...

Storm Bert is expected to bring high winds and potential flooding as it hits the UK on Saturday. Disruption is expected over ...

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The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, which represents senior doctors in the NHS, has warned the whole situation has become ...