Australia’s opposition leader has ditched an election promise to end work from home options for public servants after a backlash. Peter Dutton on Monday said his Liberal-National Coalition had “made…

North Korea has held the Pyongyang International Marathon for the first time in six years, welcoming some 200 foreign runners to the streets of the reclusive country’s capital. The marathon,…

A second child has died from measles as an outbreak of the highly contagious virus continues to grow in western Texas. The school-aged child was not vaccinated, had no underlying…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced that the US is immediately revoking visas issued to all South Sudanese passport holders due to the African nation refusing to accept…

Video shows the moment a parachutist got caught on the roof of a stadium ahead of a rugby match. Two parachutists delivering the match ball landed safely on the pitch…

France’s far-right National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen has called a court ruling banning her from running for office for five years a “witch hunt”. “I won’t give up,”…

A pair of critically endangered giant tortoises aged about 100 years old have become first-time parents at Philadelphia Zoo. The zoo said this week it was “overjoyed” at the arrival…

A 9-year-old boy in Kentucky was swept away by flood waters on Friday, one of at least 16 people to die in a series of dramatic storms that continue to…

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced he will suspend tariffs on goods imported from the US in an attempt to build a “positive relationship” with President Donald Trump’s administration. The…

A manhunt is under way after three bodies were found in a residential building in a village in western Germany. The suspect fled when officers arrived at the scene in…