A state of emergency has been declared in New South Wales, Australia, amid fears a record-breaking heatwave will exacerbate the state’s bushfire crisis. The nation endured its hottest-... Read more
Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether he remains in office. The... Read more
Pope Francis has made changes to the way the Roman Catholic Church deals with cases of the sexual abuse of minors, by abolishing the rule of “pontifical secrecy” that covers them... Read more
General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s former military leader has been sentenced to death at a special court hearing in Islamabad. The three-member court sentenced him over a high treaso... Read more
Protests over a controversial new law on migrants are raging across several Indian cities, prompting police to clash with demonstrators. The new law entitles non-Muslim migrants from three M... Read more
The Conservatives have officially been declared winners of the General Election after crossing the 326-seat threshold. On an eventful night that saw the Labour vote collapse, Boris Johnson w... Read more
Three patients died when hundreds of lawyers attacked a hospital in Lahore during a furious dispute with doctors. Video showed the lawyers ransacking wards at the cardiac hospital, beating u... Read more
Film mogul Harvey Weinstein has reached a tentative $25m (£19m) settlement with dozens of women who have accused him of sexual misconduct, lawyers have said. Some 30 actresses and ex-employe... Read more
Generous bosses gave their employees a huge surprise this Christmas – after announcing an astonishing £8 million bonus would be divided between nearly 200 staff. Lucky workers at St John Pro... Read more
A French court has given far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon a three-month suspended prison term and an €8,000 (£6,700) fine for intimidating officials investigating his funding. In October 2... Read more
Finland’s Sanna Marin is to become the world’s youngest prime minister at the age of 34. The transport minister was picked by her Social Democratic party after its leader, Antti... Read more
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper has ordered a review of the screening process for foreign military in the US after a Saudi soldier launched a deadly attack at a Florida navy base. The gunman... Read more
A woman has been stung by a scorpion while travelling on a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Atlanta. The woman says she felt a stinging sensation on her leg during the flight on... Read more
More than 40 people have been killed in a large fire at a factory in the Indian capital, Delhi, officials say. The blaze broke out at the six-storey building in the city’s congested ol... Read more
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