Former CIA director criticises Jared Kushner alleged over back channel links to Russia

Jared Kushner's alleged back channel links to Russia would have been considered spying if they had been set up by an intelligence o...

Iran says it has built third underground ballistic missile factory

By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran has built a third underground ballistic missile production factory and will keep developing it...

South Korean soldier given suspended jail term for gay sex

A South Korean military court has given an army captain a suspended six-month prison sentence for having sex with another male soldier....

Moody's downgrades China's credit rating

China's credit rating has been cut over fears that growth in the world's second-biggest economy will slow in the coming years. ...

Flamingo balancing act saves energy

Flamingos expend less energy standing on one leg than in a two-legged stance, scientists have confirmed. It may be their signature pose...

North Korea border object was balloon, says South

  South Korea says an object which drifted over the border from North Korea on Tuesday appears to have been a balloon carrying propaga...

Twitter suspends India singer's account over sexist abuse

Popular Indian Bollywood singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya's Twitter account has been suspended after he tweeted about a female student ...

North Korea confirms 'successful' new ballistic missile test

North Korea has confirmed it "successfully" launched another medium-range ballistic missile on Sunday. The state-run KCNA new...

Norway to boost protection of Arctic seed vault from climate change

Norway is boosting the flood defences of its Global Seed Vault on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard after water entered the entrance t...

Trump: FBI inquiry is 'greatest witch hunt' in history

  US President Donald Trump has lashed out at the decision to appoint a special counsel to oversee the inquiry into Russian influence o...

Nestle fails to trademark four-fingered KitKat shape

Court of Appeal judges in London have stuck two fingers up to Nestle's attempts to trademark the shape of its famous four-fingered ...

Dutch King Willem-Alexander reveals secret flights as co-pilot

For 21 years, the king of the Netherlands has flown twice a month as co-pilot while his passengers were in the dark, he has told a Dutc...

Paris Jackson explains nude Instagram posts

Paris Jackson has a message for her 1.4 million followers on Instagram - nudity is natural and "part of what makes us human"....

Eurovision 2017: Portugal's ballad wins contest

Portugal have won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in the competition's history. Salvador Sobral, 27, won with his lo...

Next cyber-attack could be imminent, warn experts

Another major cyber-attack could be imminent after Friday's global hit that infected more than 125,000 computer systems, security e...

North Korea carries out new ballistic missile test

North Korea has carried out another ballistic missile test, days after a new president took office in the South. Japanese officials say...

Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.25m trucks over software error

Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 1.25 million pickup trucks worldwide over a software error that "may be related" to a de...

Ivory Coast: Soldiers revolt over pay dispute

Soldiers at a number of Ivory Coast's military bases have been firing into the air and blocking streets in several cities in protes...

Ransomware infections reported worldwide

A massive ransomware campaign appears to have infected a number of organisations around the world. Computers in thousands of locations ...