Getty Images Spain’s initial unity has been shattered by recriminations a week after the floods A week after flash floods hit eastern Spain, recriminations are flying over who was to…

Getty The tiny wood-panelled, solar-powered satellite will orbit Earth for six months The world’s first wood-panelled satellite has been launched into space to test the suitability of timber as a…

Iran’s judiciary has said Iranian-German dissident Jamshid Sharmahd died before his execution was reported by state media late last month. The judiciary’s news agency said on 28 October that Sharmahd…

EPA Police officers escort an arrested man in Karlsruhe, south-west Germany German police have arrested eight suspected members of a far-right group, which was allegedly plotting to mount a Nazi-inspired…

Civil servants caught having sex in their offices will face “severe measures”, the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea has warned after hundreds of allegedly pornographic videos were leaked to the public.…

In many countries it’s a teenage right of passage: a first kiss. But a new survey of Japanese high school students has revealed that four out of five 15-18-year-old boys…

Joe Rogan has given his endorsement to Donald Trump as Americans head to the polls in Tuesday’s presidential election. The podcaster said he was giving the Republican his backing after…

Getty Never in recent US political history has the outcome of a presidential been so in doubt – this is not a contest for the faint of heart. While past…

Getty Images Germany’s domestic intelligence says it was a stroke of fortune that a device in Leipzig had not ignited in mid-air (file pic) A series of parcel fires targeting…

New buyers were renovating their house in eastern France when they discovered something strange in the attic – the previous owner’s body, prosecutors said on Monday. Regional newspaper Le Republicain…