Venezuela to swap highest denomination banknotes for coins
The Venezuelan government has announced that it will pull its largest notes from circulation in the coming days
US not necessarily bound by 'one China' policy, Trump says
US President-elect Donald Trump has questioned the US's commitment to the 'One China' policy
Philippine mayor killed in prison shootout

Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. of Albuera town is the second politician to be...

Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. of Albuera town is the second...

Leave-voting Tory MP quits over May’s approach to Brexit

Tory MP Stephen Phillips quits over 'irreconcilable policy differences'...

Tory MP Stephen Phillips quits over 'irreconcilable...

Thirty civilians die in airstrike called to protect US and Afghan troops

As many as 30 civilians were killed in an airstrike • It is unclear who conducted the airstrike

As many as 30 civilians were killed in an airstrike •...

Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 'no longer in Mosul'

UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson has told British MPs that intelligence...

UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson has told British MPs...

Harvard suspends male soccer team over lewd rankings of female players

Harvard University has suspended its men’s soccer team for the remainder of the season because of an ‘extremely offensive scouting...

Harvard University has suspended its men’s...

One killed, more than 30 wounded as car bomb hits south-east Turkey

Dozens were wounded after a car bomb went off in the Baglar district of the...

Dozens were wounded after a car bomb went off in the Baglar...

UNHCR : Hundreds dead in shipwrecks off Libya

UN refugee agency says survivor accounts indicate as many as 240 people have...

UN refugee agency says survivor accounts indicate as many...

Insurgent bomb and gun attacks kill three in southern Thailand

Insurgents in southern Thailand killed three people in a spate of bomb and gun...

Insurgents in southern Thailand killed three people in a...

Central Italy hit by another earthquake

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck central Italy on Thursday morning, some 50km southeast of Perugia

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck...

Pakistan train collision kills at least 16

Two trains collided in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, killing at...

Two trains collided in the Pakistani port city of...

Daesh leader confident of victory, in first message about Mosul battle

Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi expressed confidence of the group's victory in the battle for Mosul, their last remaining Iraqi stronghold

Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi expressed confidence of...

Israel jails Palestinian minor for life for murder

An Israeli military court has sentenced a Palestinian minor to life in prison...

An Israeli military court has sentenced a Palestinian minor...

Last remaining Calais 'Jungle' children evacuated from camp

French authorities have begun transferring 1,500 unaccompanied migrant...

French authorities have begun transferring 1,500...

Saudi prince flogged in court-ordered punishment

An unnamed Saudi prince has been flogged in prison for an unknown offense

An unnamed Saudi prince has been flogged in prison for an...

Russia halts Syria peace talks indefinitely

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has blamed the West's failure...

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has blamed the...

[WATCH] Pope Francis confirms ban on women ordained as Roman Catholic priests

Pope Francis has ruled out the possibility of women ever having a bigger role in church-life by joining the priesthood

Pope Francis has ruled out the possibility of women ever...

Iraqi troops tread on Mosul ground for first time since 2014

Two years after the ultra-hardline militant group Daesh took over the city,...

Two years after the ultra-hardline militant group Daesh...

Bank of England governor Mark Carney to stay until 2019

Bank of England governor Mark Carney announced that he will not serve a full...

Bank of England governor Mark Carney announced that he will...