Two Ukrainian soldiers and one civilian were killed in the country's rebel-held east as clashes rattled an official truce aimed at ending

British newspaper The Guardian announced Friday that Kath Viner, the head of its US operations, had been appointed to take over as

Thousands of people eke out an existence living in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, a giant city racing to overhaul itself ahead of next

Millions of people in the UK and northern Europe have glimpsed the best solar eclipse in years

Four con artists have gone on trial for allegedly duping a German businessman of 1.3 million by pretending to sell him key buildings in

Two men were killed and more than 10 were wounded after gunmen burst into a pub firing automatic weapons in a suspected gang-

Serbian police yesterday detained seven people suspected of taking part in the 1995 Bosnian Srebrenica massacre, in the first arrests by

A German man was killed and a Portuguese man was injured when two work trains collided early yesterday while carrying out track

Russia plans to station state-of-the art missiles in its westernmost Baltic enclave and deploy nuclear-capable bombers to Crimea as part of massive war games to showcase its resurgent military power amid bitter tensions with the West over Ukraine

Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are sentenced to jail in Italy for one year and eight months for tax evasion

Three UK judges have been sacked for viewing pornographic material via their official IT accounts, the Judicial Conduct Investigations

Prince Harry, 30, yesterday announced he is to leave the British army after 10 years' service that has seen him fight on the front line

Veronika Scott, a design student finds a way to help the city's homeless: a coat which turns into a sleeping bag - which she wanted to employ homeless people to make

Prince Harry announces on Tuesday that he is to leave the British army after 10 years' service that has seen him fight on the front line twice in Afghanistan

An American nuclear expert has warned that Westinghouse's proposed reactor for Cumbria needs a $100m (£68m) filter to safeguard

Vladimir Putin has said Russia was so fearful of attack at the height of the Ukraine crisis that it was preparing to arm its nuclear

At least 49 people were killed Saturday when a tour bus plunged hundreds of meters into a densely wooded ravine in southern Brazil,

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini is to visit Cuba later this month in a bid to spur talks aimed at normalising ties with the

The Vatican's ambassador to the United Nations endorses military action against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria -- an unusual move because the Vatican traditionally has opposed force in the region

Pope Francis has suggested he may resign his papacy like his predecessor, rather than remain at the Vatican for life.