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 ...

As Scotland goes to the polls to decide on its future, if there's anything you can say with any sense of certainty it's that it is too close to call. With both the Yes and No campaigns making the final days count before the nation decides we decided to provide some ...

In an effort to curb the worst Ebola outbreak in history, the Obama administration announced Tuesday it would send 3,000 troops to West Africa to build treatment centers and train health care workers to fight the disease. The U.S., in partnership with the United ...

The number of hungry people in the world has fallen sharply over the past decade, but 805 million, or one in nine of the global population, still do not have enough to eat, three United Nations food and agriculture agencies said on Tuesday. The number of ...

Police in Thailand are examining CCTV footage believed to show two British tourists leaving a bar – shortly followed by an Asian man - just hours before their battered bodies were discovered on a beach. Officers said they wanted to locate an “Asian-looking” ...

NASA will make a "major announcement" later Tuesday about its plans to partner with the private sector to transport astronauts to the international space station. The space agency said it will hold a news conference at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 4 ...

Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola confirmed today that Manchester United wanted to buy a number of his players this summer but said that the Old Trafford club couldn't afford them and they didn't want to leave for the Premier League anyway.

In December 2013, fishermen near Antarctica caught something that's almost never seen by humans: a colossal squid. It was only the second intact adult ever caught — the species typically lurks thousands of feet underwater. And by colossal squid, they do ...

MOSCOW – Russia's currency dropped to an all-time low against the dollar on Tuesday as investors fret about long-term economic damage from Western sanctions. The United States and the European Union last week imposed a new round of sanctions ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Tech stocks were mostly higher Tuesday, with Microsoft Corp. and Pandora Media Inc. among the gainers as the sector tried to stage a comeback after recording big losses in the prior day's session. Microsoft MSFT ...

Heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine since Monday has left at least seven people dead despite a declared ceasefire, authorities said Tuesday. Three government soldiers were killed and two others injured as rebel forces intensified attacks, Xinhua quoted Andrei ...

'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, ...

Nearly $US1.0 billion ($A1.1 billion) is needed to fight the Ebola outbreak raging in west Africa, the United Nations has said, warning that 20,000 could be infected by year end. UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said there was a "huge funding challenge".

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday the country was not always as safe for foreign visitors as their homelands, after the murder of two British tourists dealt a blow to the country's image. "What you (the media) need to do is explain to foreigners ...

A suicide car bomber killed at least three foreign servicemen during an attack on a convoy near the U.S. embassy in Kabul on Tuesday, including two Americans, according to a U.S. defense official. The official did not say whether they were civilians or ...

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 ...

US warplanes carried out their first air strike on Islamic State (IS) near Baghdad, as major nations pledged to support Iraq in its fight against the militants. The US early last month began air strikes against IS positions in northern Iraq, but Monday's ...

On Monday night, scientists at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa dissected a colossal squid. While perhaps less famous than your standard giant squid, the colossal is arguably the more impressive species. It has shorter tentacles but is larger ...

London - Chelsea are confident that Belgium midfielder Eden Hazard will commit his long-term future to the Premier League club by signing a new contract, manager Jose Mourinho said on Tuesday. Hazard, who was Chelsea's top scorer with 14 league ...

Musician Robin Thicke performs before a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, April 5, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo: Alex Gallardo/Associated Press ). 1 CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAIL ...