A koala which drew world attention after being rescued from an Australian bush fire has died after failing to recover from burns. The koala, named Lewis had been taken to an animal hospital last week after...

A US federal judge on Tuesday ruled that White House staff can be made to testify before Congress, rejecting the Trump administration’s claims of immunity. The ruling specifically compels former...

  At least 23  people have been killed after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Albania, the Albanian defence ministry has said.. The quake hit 34km (21 miles) north-west of the capital, Tirana, in the...

The United States Navy Chief, Richard Spencer has been fired over his handling of the case of a Navy Seal demoted for misconduct. The case of Edward Gallagher, who was convicted for posing with a corpse...

Burglars have stolen three diamond jewelry sets from the Dresden Green Vault in eastern Germany which houses one of the largest treasure collections in Europe. The historic sets consist of 37 parts each...

Uber will not be granted a new licence to operate in London after repeated safety failures, Transport for London has said. Uber will however appeal and can continue to operate during that process. Uber...

Investigators have discovered 31 bodies hidden in clandestine graves outside Mexico‘s second-largest city, Guadalajara. Authorities in violence-torn Jalisco State Thursday said ten of the bodies...

A Japanese hotel is offering a room for just 100 yen or $1 per a night on the condition that guests that stay in that have to agree to livestream their stay on YouTube. The Asahi Ryokan in Fukuoka on...

Hundreds of Australian women left in debilitating pain by faulty trans-vaginal mesh devices have won a landmark case against multinational pharmaceutical manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson. The case was...

Austria’s Interior Ministry has announced that the house where Adolf Hitler was born will be turned into a police station. The announcement on Tuesday follows years of legal wrangling as the Austrian ...

An assailant has stabbed the son of former German president Richard von Weizsaecker to death in an attack at a hospital in Berlin. The attack also left one other person seriously injured. The German Police...

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday night clashed over which of them was best placed to safeguard the National Health Service (NHS) if they win the general election in Britain. In a testy live...

The Israeli Army says the country’s anti-missile defence system intercepted four rockets fired from neighbouring Syria on Tuesday. In a WhatsApp message posted on Tuesday morning, the Israeli Army said...

In what is seen as a further illustration of the central government’s broad powers over institutions in its territory, the Chinese government has appointed a new police chief in Hong Kong. The new...

Former Sri Lankan Defence Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been sworn in as the country’s new President. The country’s Chief Justice, Jayantha Jayasuriya on Monday administered the oath of office...

A state of emergency has been declared on the already flooded Italian city of Venice after it was hit by a new high tide of 160cm, giving residents no respite from a crisis costing millions of euros. World-famous...

International investigators looking into the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine on Thursday released intercepted phone calls showing close links between high-ranking Russian officials and rebel suspects...

United States Acting Ambassador to Ukraine, Bill Taylor on Wednesday told an impeachment inquiry that President Donald Trump directly asked for a Ukrainian investigation into his Democratic rival, Joe...

United States President, Donald Trump says Wednesday’s meeting between him and Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House failed to resolve an issue which has badly strained relations...

A ‘five shining star’ snow crab has been auctioned off in Tottori, Japan for a whopping 5 million yen ($46,000). According to the Tottori prefecture’s fishery promotion division which...