Scientists have questioned the quality of raw data released by British satellite company Inmarsat that was used to determine Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 crashed into the Indian Ocean. They said the information was insufficient to plot its course.

A convoy of inspectors from the international watchdog overseeing the dismantling of Syria's chemical weapons programme came under fire yesterday, but all staff members were safe. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said ...

A convoy of inspectors from the international watchdog overseeing the dismantling of Syria's chemical weapons programme came under fire yesterday, but all staff members were safe. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said ...

Three people were killed and one badly injured when a gunman attacked the Jewish Museum in the centre of Brussels yesterday, authorities said. "Two women and one man are dead, a third person is in hospital," Interior Minister Joelle Milquet said at the ...

Louis van Gaal promised to “make history” and return Manchester United to winning ways after being named on Monday as manager of “the biggest club in the world”. One of the worst-kept secrets within soccer finally became public knowledge when the ...

Four Turkish labour unions called for a national one-day strike on Thursday in protest against the country's worst industrial disaster that killed at least 282 people in a coal mine in western Turkey. Representing workers in a range of industries, the unions are ...

Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi began his community service for tax fraud yesterday. The billionaire tycoon, who was convicted last year and has been expelled from parliament, has been ordered to work four hours once a week for up to a year ...

Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi began his community service for tax fraud yesterday. The billionaire tycoon, who was convicted last year and has been expelled from parliament, has been ordered to work four hours once a week for up to a year ...

Long-treatable everyday medical conditions such as urinary tract and bloodstream infections could once again become killers if antibiotic resistance continues at its current rate, the World Health Organisation has warned. The unprecedented WHO study, ...

The NBA banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life and fined him the maximum US$2.5 million for “deeply offensive and harmful” racist comments that sparked a national firestorm. Three days after a recording surfaced of Sterling urging his ...

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said today that it was 'highly unlikely' any debris would be found on the ocean surface from a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner, and that a new phase would now begin during which a much larger area of the ocean floor ...

Travel agencies have been advised to remove all camel rides from their tour itineraries in the light of the rising number of Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) infections around the world. Camels had been identified as one of the hosts that played an ...

Travel agencies have been advised to remove all camel rides from their tour itineraries in the light of the rising number of Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) infections around the world. Camels had been identified as one of the hosts that played an ...

Travel agencies have been advised to remove all camel rides from their tour itineraries in the light of the rising number of Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) infections around the world. Camels had been identified as one of the hosts that played an ...

When President Barack Obama arrives today in Manila, he'll seek to reassure Filipinos that the US would stand behind them in any confrontation with China, without doing so in a way that aggravates Beijing. It will be a delicate dance. Beijing is the United ...

The Japanese wartime system of sex slavery was a "terrible" violation of human rights and its victims need to be heard, Barack Obama said yesterday in Seoul. At a joint news conference with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, the US president also ...

A drunk passenger sparked a hijack alert on a Virgin Australia flight heading for the Indonesian resort island of Bali yesterday when he attempted to break into the cockpit, officials said. Members of the security forces rushed to the airport when the Boeing ...

Chelsea could field a weakened team in their top of the table Premier League game at Liverpool on Sunday, said manager Jose Mourinho after Tuesday's 0-0 draw at Atletico Madrid. The stalemate at the Vicente Calderon, which Atletico coach Diego ...

Celebrating Easter yesterday, Christianity's most joyous and hopeful day, Pope Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine and Syria and for an end to the terrorist attacks in Nigeria that have targeted many Christians. More than 150,000 tourists - Romans and ...

The foreign ministers of Russia, the US, European Union and Ukraine agreed on Thursday in Geneva on a deal to pull Ukraine back from the brink of a civil war which could spill over into a wider conflict sucking in the great powers. "Pro-Russian" ...