At least 13 people were killed Thursday when a driver deliberately slammed a van into crowds on Barcelona’s most popular street in what police said was a “terror attack”. The attack, the latest in a wave of vehicle rammings...

A driver deliberately smashed a van into a crowd on Barcelona’s most popular street on Thursday, killing at least one person before fleeing to a nearby bar, police said. Officers in Spain’s second-largest city said the ramming on the...

Criticism grew Thursday over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s limited response to a US white supremacist rally and President Donald Trump’s controversial remarks about it, with calls for him to speak out against...

A driver deliberately ploughed a van into pedestrians on one of Spain’s busiest streets on Thursday, killing as many as 13 and wounding a number of people in what police said was a “terrorist attack”. Officers in Spain’s...

Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov finally claimed his first victory Wednesday during his much-watched comeback tournament in Missouri following 12 years of retirement — but also conceded two more defeats. After dominating the global...

Each month, Chris Hill gets together with friends to spend a few days in a remote forest in Georgia, deep in the heart of the American South. They trade stories over a campfire, feast on barbecue food — and practice raids with...

Disgraced US entertainer Bill Cosby is being forced to hire a new legal team after a second top-flight attorney withdrew from his upcoming re-trial for sexual assault. After Brian McMonagle quit earlier this month, his California-based...

US President Donald Trump was to meet with top law enforcement aides on Monday as criticism mounted over his failure to explicitly condemn a rally by white supremacists in Virginia which ended in bloodshed. Trump — who was expected to...

The White House on Sunday struggled to defuse the growing criticism of President Donald Trump’s initial failure to explicitly condemn white supremacists for their role in the violent protest Saturday in Virginia, insisting that his...

Those looking to savor US presidential history first-hand are being invited to rent Donald Trump’s childhood home at $725 a night on AirBnb, complete with a giant presidential cut-out in the living room. The $2 million, mock Tudor-style...

China responded to US President Donald Trump’s apocalyptic “fire and fury” threat against North Korea by pointedly warning on Wednesday against any rhetoric that could inflame tensions over Pyongyang’s weapons programmes....

Mozilla, the non-profit which runs the Firefox internet browser, said Wednesday it was launching a drive against “fake news” as fact-checking software backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar got its first run-out in public. The...

The Mormon church excommunicated one of its senior leaders Tuesday, without providing a reason for the rare dismissal. The removal of James Hamula as a “general authority” of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the...

Donald Trump described Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election as a “total fabrication” Thursday amid reports that a special prosecutor has impaneled a grand jury to investigate the issue — a step toward possible...

Archaeologists have unearthed a large, centuries-old statue that is believed to have once stood guard over an ancient hospital at Cambodia’s world-famous Angkor temple complex. The nearly two-metre-tall artwork, which is thought to date...