The BBC has come under fire from social media users over its controversial tweets about “black people and fried chicken” marking the end of Black History Month in the UK.
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Evidence of a self-sustaining life-support system has been found in water cut off from the Earth’s surface for over 2.5 billion years. Scientists say it could also indicate the existence of sub-surface life on other planets, such as Mars.
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This is the moment ill-tempered Puerto Rican boxer Juan Manuel Lopez knocked out bitter rival and countryman Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. – then charged across the ring to brawl with his trainer.
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The German army (Bundeswehr) is set to launch a new reality show covering the daily life of fresh recruits. The project, aimed at boosting the popularity of the military, faces mounting criticism from politicians, the public and activists.
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Terrorist attacks similar to those carried out in Paris last November were foiled before they could take place on the streets of Britain, the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Metropolitan Police have claimed.
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WikiLeaks has published its 24th batch of emails from the hacked account of Hillary Clinton’s campaign chair John Podesta.
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British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is hosting crisis talks with the Libyan prime minister in an attempt to tackle a political standoff preventing Tripoli’s UN-brokered unity government from expanding its authority outside the capital.
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A NASCAR fan is in police custody after a vehicle plowed into a group of 22 spectators following the Goody's Fast Relief 500 race at Martinsville Speedway, Virginia, on Sunday.
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A British government agency wants people to record sightings of witches’ marks this Halloween to show how the etchings on buildings, intended to ward off supernatural forces, were once “a common part of everyday life.”
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The reopening of the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails may result in a surprise outcome of the US presidential election on November 8, which could shock global stock markets worse than any ‘black swan’, Citi analysts warn.
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While footballers often roll around on the floor after the slightest touch, disabled cricketer Liam Thomas showed that nothing would stop him from carrying on playing during a Twenty20 game last week.
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A British Airways pilot has been suspended after allegedly taking lewd photos of himself wearing stockings and apparently masturbating in the cockpit of the plane while flying.
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The research wing of Russia’s Security Council has warned about foreign nations’ planning to attack Russia’s ‘historical memory’ and urged various measures, such as setting up a separate state commission to counter the falsification of history.
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One in seven of the world’s children breathe extremely polluted air, which is six and more times above the levels allowed by international guidelines, according to a new UN Children’s Fund report.
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The defeat of Islamic State militants in their Iraqi stronghold Mosul may spark terrorist attacks across Europe, the head of the German Federal Office for Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Hans-Georg Maassen, has said.
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Outraged by the rise of vandalism against memorials to Soviet soldiers in Poland, a group of volunteers has pledged to restore any damaged monuments. Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman thanked the Polish patriots for preserving the common history of the two states.
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