Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has pledged to make the country's smoggy skies blue again and "work faster" to address pollution caused by the burning of coal for heat and electricity. His words to delegates at the opening of the annual National People's ...

China is to increase its military spending by around 7 per cent this year, its government has announced – less than the 10 per cent by which Donald Trump has vowed to grow the US military budget. The slowdown in defence spending in China reflects what ...

A North Korean chemist deported from Malaysia has accused police of threatening to kill his family unless he confessed to the assassination of the half-brother of North Korea's leader, calling it a plot to tarnish his country's honour. Ri Jong Chol ...

You could have called it the crowning glory of a fine debut campaign at Manchester United, except there is still more to come. Zlatan Ibrahimovic so fittingly scored the late winner against Southampton to claim a trophy in the League Cup as well as his ...

No prizes for guessing why Jose Mourinho was underwhelmed by his first trophy at Manchester United. The performance was ragged, the prize modest for a double Champions League-winning manager. He was in no rush to encourage the idea that a ...

No prizes for guessing why Jose Mourinho was underwhelmed by his first trophy at Manchester United. The performance was ragged, the prize modest for a double Champions League-winning manager. He was in no rush to encourage the idea that a ...

Leicester City have sacked their manager Claudio Ranieri following a disastrous Premier League campaign that has seen the Foxes struggle for both form and results. With just five league wins to their name this season, the English champions currently ...

Three of the seven planets found circling the TRAPPIST-1 dwarf star appear to be rocky in nature and to host surface temperatures capable of sustaining liquid water and, therefore, oceans. By extension, this means that their atmospheric conditions ...

US states are making a stand after President Donald Trump's decision to rescind federal guidance that said transgender pupils should be able to use school toilets and changing rooms that match their gender identity. New York's top lawyer criticised the ...

In the final days of Bobby Charlton's Manchester United career he recalls, in his great autobiography, a game against Birmingham City when, in his own words he says: "I chased and chased but there was nothing there for me." Share. Email. Go To. Comments.

Malaysian police have named a North Korean diplomat they want to question in relation to the murder of Kim Jong-un's estranged half-brother. Chief Khalid Abu Bakar said that 44-year-old Hyon Kwang Song, a second secretary at North Korea's embassy, ...

Sweden's American embassy has taken to Twitter to poke fun at Donald Trump, after the US leader appeared to invent a terrorist attack in the country during a campaign-style rally in Florida. "We've got to keep our country safe," the President told ...

Sweden's American embassy has taken to Twitter to poke fun at Donald Trump, after the US leader appeared to invent a terrorist attack in the country during a campaign-style rally in Florida. "We've got to keep our country safe," the President told ...

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has told Chelsea they have the Premier League title in the bag and can already begin focusing on an FA Cup quarter-final against his side. Share. Email. Go To. Comments. United booked their place in the last eight ...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has insisted he will not sell out-of-favour defender Luke Shaw next summer after admitting he has still not fully recovered mentally and physically after a horrific double leg break last season. Share ...

Pakistani forces have killed and arrested dozens of terror suspects in sweeping overnight raids after a suicide bombing by the Isis group killed 75 worshippers at a famed Sufi shrine in the country's south. The terror attack - Pakistan's deadliest in ...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho revealed on Thursday night that his players were cracking so many jokes in the dressing room before the Europa League tie with Saint Etienne that he knew they were going to be off their game when the match ...

People watch a TV news program showing a photo published in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at Seoul Railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) A man ...

Donald Trump has reaffirmed America's long-standing "one China" policy in a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, potentially alleviating concerns about a major shift in Washington's relations with Beijing. The White House and China's state ...

The fierce battle over Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban is heading for a possible final showdown at the US Supreme Court. Share. Email. Go To. Comments. The Justice Department filed a new defence of the president's ban on travellers from seven ...