Boris Johnson's second attempt to trigger election fails
MPs have again rejected Boris Johnson's calls for a snap election, as the five-week suspension of Parliament begins
Zimbabwe ex-president Robert Mugabe dies aged 95
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's first post-independence leader, has died at the age of 95
Australian falls 111-metre drop and survives

Australian woman survives fall after bungee cord snaps during 111-metre leap...

Australian woman survives fall after bungee cord snaps...

Philippine Catholic pilgrims defy terror alert

A human sea of Catholic pilgrims flooded the Philippine capital on Monday in a...

A human sea of Catholic pilgrims flooded the Philippine...

Nigerians protest hiked fuel prices

Hundreds of Nigerians take to the streets to protest the removal of government fuel subsidies due to poor standard of living.

Hundreds of Nigerians take to the streets to protest the...

Arab League to discuss Syrian conflict

Foreign ministers from the Arab League to meet today to debate the initial findings of their mission in Syria and to discuss whether to ask for UN help

Foreign ministers from the Arab League to meet today to...

People flee from violent attacks in Nigeria

Violent attacks by Boko Haram group cause Nigerians to flee north-eastern areas...

Violent attacks by Boko Haram group cause Nigerians to flee...

Syrian regime to ‘strike back’ at recent violence

Syrian government vows to "strike back with an iron fist" at recent surge of...

Syrian government vows to "strike back with an iron fist"...

11 dead in hot air balloon crash in New Zealand

Five couples and a pilot are killed in a hot air balloon in New Zealand upon...

Five couples and a pilot are killed in a hot air balloon in...

Two Tibetans set themselves on fire in China

Human rights group Free Tibet, says two persons set themselves on fire on...

Human rights group Free Tibet, says two persons set...

Jamaica to become a republic

Jamaica's new Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, says she intends to make the island a republic, removing Queen Elizabeth as the head of state.

Jamaica's new Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, says...

Former Egyptian president faces death penalty

Prosecutors call for death penalty for Former Egyptian president saying he is...

Prosecutors call for death penalty for Former Egyptian...

Bombs kill at least 72 in Iraq

Bomb attacks in mainly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Iraq kill at least 72 people and many more are wounded on Thursday.

Bomb attacks in mainly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Iraq kill at...

Turkey’s former army chief arrested

A former head of the Turkish armed forces has been remanded in custody to face charges over an alleged plot to overthrow the government, the BBC reported.

A former head of the Turkish armed forces has been remanded...

Sweden recognises new file-sharing religious organisation

A church whose central belief is the right to file-share has been formally...

A church whose central belief is the right to file-share...

Ethiopian solidarity movement demands release of asylum seekers

Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia asks to send a delegation to Malta to...

Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia asks to send a...

Bluefin tuna beats two records in Japan

Record bluefin tuna caught off coast of Japan weighing in at 269 kilograms and sold for record amounts to sushi restaurant chain.

Record bluefin tuna caught off coast of Japan weighing in...

Burma vows to free political prisoners

Myanmar Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin vows to free political prisoners as first UK foreign secretary visits Burma after 55 years.

Myanmar Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin vows to free...

Row on Pinochet erupts in Chile

A political row breaks out in Chile because the centre-right government changes the way school textbooks refer to the military rule of Augusto Pinochet.

A political row breaks out in Chile because the...

Mining landslide kills 25 in the Philippines

At least 25 people killed and 150 missing after a landslide strikes a mining...

At least 25 people killed and 150 missing after a landslide...