Richard III died in the thick of battle after losing his helmet and coming under a hail of blows from vicious medieval weapons, new research has shown. Detailed scans of the king's bones show that he sustained 11 wounds at or near the time of his death, nine ...

'Given the right conditions, nationalism will always discover an “other” against which to define itself.' Photograph: Murdo MacLeod. Since I believe the Scots are sensible, I think they will vote no to independence on Thursday. But, whichever way the vote goes, ...

Markus Persson: 'I'm aware this goes against a lot of what I've said in public.' Photograph: Emma Johansson/Press Association Images. Name: Markus Persson. AKA: Notch, Markus Alexei. Age: 35. Appearance: Bald, or wearing a hat. At a party or behind a ...

The French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, (right) and his Iraqi counterpart, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, during the paris conference. Photograph: Yoan Valat/EPA. Leaders and diplomats from more than 30 countries pledged to use "whatever means necessary" ...

Sir Roger Moore has said he is "totally distraught" at the death of Richard Kiel, who played steel-toothed villain Jaws in two James Bond films. Kiel appeared with Moore on Radio 4's The Reunion only last week to talk about the films. Moore, 86, said: "I am ...

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan at the Africa Union Peace and Security Council Summit on Terrorism last week. Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters. For a while it took centre stage in the world's gaze but five months on the kidnapping of schoolgirls ...

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan at the Africa Union Peace and Security Council Summit on Terrorism last week. Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters. For a while it took centre stage in the world's gaze but five months on the kidnapping of schoolgirls ...

The Apple Watch launches into a crowded market with dozens of rivals - but are any of them worth buying? Share · Tweet this. Email. Samuel Gibbs · theguardian.com, Thursday 11 September 2014 09.51 EDT. Jump to comments (…) Apple CEO Tim Cook ...

Apple unveils two new iPhones, The iPhone 6 and iPhone Plus, at an event in Cupertino, California. The two larger iPhones aim to meet consumer demand for larger "phablet" smartphones. Apple chief executive Tim Cook calls them the best Apple phones to ...

Dogs Asbo (L), wearing a union flag and Joined forces: the English take too much pride in a tradition that can hold us back. Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images. Perhaps Westminster politicians should have spent more time creating a more equal ...

Alex Salmond, as Scotland's first minister, has regular private meetings with the Queen. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA. Buckingham Palace last night insisted the outcome of the Scottish independence referendum is for the people of the country to decide ...

The findings are consistent with US and Ukrainian assertions the Boeing 777 was brought down by an anti-aircraft missile. Photograph: Alexander Khudoteply/AFP/Getty. Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was destroyed in an instant when the cockpit and other parts ...

A Greek car ferry has been hired as last-minute accommodation for Libya's embattled parliament, which has fled the country's civil war to the small eastern town of Tobruk. The 17,000-ton Elyros liner has been deployed, complete with its Greek crew, as a ...

A Greek car ferry has been hired as last-minute accommodation for Libya's embattled parliament, which has fled the country's civil war to the small eastern town of Tobruk. The 17,000-ton Elyros liner has been deployed, complete with its Greek crew, as a ...

Al-Shabaab has appointed a new leader, only days after Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in an air strike south of Mogadishu. Photograph: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP. Al-Shabaab, Somalia's Islamic extremist group, has named a new leader after confirming the ...

Russia has warned that there will be a reaction if the European Union imposes fresh economic sanctions against it over the crisis in Ukraine. The comment by the Russian foreign ministry came as a tentative ceasefire agreed between Kiev and separatist ...

Dr Margaret Chan says the Ebola outbreak is 'the largest, most complex and most severe we've ever seen'. Photograph: Salvatore Di Nolfi/AP. The Ebola epidemic can be stopped in its tracks, but it will take at least six to nine months and cost more than ...

David Cameron and Nick Clegg will embark on intensive negotiations over the weekend to try to agree a fresh round of measures to tackle the threat posed by terror suspects in Britain. The prime minister announced that he would unveil new measures in a ...

THE plan, which the organisers have laboured hard, in the last couple of months, to keep faith with is to flag off the first edition of Igbo Cultural Diaspora Summit in Accra, Ghana tomorrow, August 28.

Smoke fills the sky over Tripoli: rival militias have been fighting since mid-July in the capital for control of the city's main airport. Photograph: EPA. Forces from the Libyan city of Misrata have seized Tripoli's main airport after more than a month of fighting with a ...