A van slammed into pedestrians near a Dutch campsite at a huge music festival early yesterday, killing one person and seriously injuring

Three people died in south London after being hit by a train, police said yesterday, amid reports they may have been graffiti artists.

Video gaming can be addictive in the same way as cocaine or gambling, the World Health Organization said yesterday in a much anticipated update of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11).

The number of civil conflicts worldwide has more than doubled since the start of the century, posing new challenges for curbing atrocities, the International Committee of the Red Cross said yesterday.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said he had been freed yesterday, the same day the World Cup kicks off in the country, after

Antarctica has lost a staggering three trillion tonnes of ice since 1992, according to a landmark study published Wednesday that suggests the frozen continent could redraw Earth's coastlines if global warming continues unchecked.

The German government yesterday acknowledged that it will miss a 2020 target for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, but vowed to

The United Nations General Assembly was set to vote on condemning Israel for Palestinian deaths in Gaza in a resolution fiercely

Italy postponed high-level talks with France yesterday after Paris blasted Rome for its "nauseating" refusal to take in a migrant rescue

Prime Minister Theresa May defeated a rebellion in parliament over her Brexit plans yesterday, but only after having to compromise and hand lawmakers more control over Britain's departure from the European Union.

Spain yesterday offered to take in a ship stranded in the Mediterranean with 629 migrants aboard after Italy and Malta refused to let the vessel dock in their ports.

Housing quarters of some hundreds of Bangladeshis were gutted in a giant fire in Greece’s Nea Manolada area.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed during a visit to Austria this week the possibility of Vienna playing host to a summit with his

The UN General Assembly will hold an emergency meeting next Wednesday at 3:00pm (19:00 GMT) to vote on an Arab-backed

Leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations headed for a summit in Canada yesterday more divided than at any time in the group's 42-year history, as US President Donald Trump's "America First" policies risk causing a global trade war and deep diplomatic schisms.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been caught on tape predicting a "meltdown" in Brexit talks and musing admiringly how US President Donald Trump might handle them.

Austria yesterday said it could expel up to 60 Turkish-funded imams and their families and would shut down seven mosques as part of a

Austria could expel up to 60 Turkish-funded imams and their families as part of a crackdown on "political Islam", Interior Minister Herbert Kickl says.

British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday unveiled a one-year backstop plan for the Irish border after Brexit, finding a compromise that may paper over differences in her government but may struggle to win over the European Union.

President Vladimir Putin yesterday lashed out at US trade tariffs and Western sanctions during an annual televised phone-in that also saw him warning against a possible civilization-destroying World War Three.