China has said it is “outraged” over US economic sanctions against a Chinese military agency and its director over the purchase of Russian fighter jets and surface-to-air missile equipment, and demanded the US cancel the measure.
A Chinese military agency and its director are facing US sanctions over the purchase of Russian weapons, the State Department has announced.
“This is a tough hurricane, one of the wettest we’ve ever seen from the standpoint of water.”
European shares rallied on Tuesday as trade war fears cooled, but the boost was not enough to keep London’s top-flight out of the red.
A man who was mocked online after he was filmed shaving on a train has shared his full story, asking people not to mock him.
The Emmy Awards 2018 saw celebrities from across the world descend on Los Angeles for the biggest night in US television.
The owner of one of Britain’s biggest oil refineries could be forced to sell the plant as a legal spat over unpaid debts intensifies.
A young deer and its mum had a lucky escape when they were rescued from a sticky situation by a crew of firefighters.
Flood waters are continuing to rise and rain is still falling in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in the US.
A teenager has gone viral for a beautiful drawing that made it to the final of a local art competition – despite containing a rude word hidden in the piece 54 times.
The FTSE 100 ended in positive territory on Friday as traders sounded a note of cautious optimism following weeks of fretting over global trade.
Efforts to find a sick young orca from a critically endangered population of killer whales in the Pacific Northwest have come up empty, with a scientist who tracks the animals declaring her dead – though authorities said they would keep looking.
A gunman in southern California fatally shot his ex-wife and a man at a trucking company before chasing after another man, killing him, and then driving to a home where he shot dead a father and daughter in a nearly 40-minute rampage.
A black bear had to be freed by firefighters after it got its head stuck in a milk jug.
When YouTuber and former Disney actor Jake Paul started trending on social media, the news didn’t have everyone clicking the trending topics.
Americans have been invited to shoot “guns at Hurricane Florence” in a bizarre event designed to scare the storm away.
Deliveroo is to launch in Taiwan as speculation mounts that the delivery firm will press the button on a stock market flotation.
Oil prices ticked higher on Tuesday as investors feared a shortage in the wake of Donald Trump’s sanctions on Iran and expected hurricanes in the US.
President Donald Trump is marking 17 years since the worst terrorist attack on US soil by visiting the Pennsylvania field that became a September 11 memorial.
Forget replica shirts and scarves, or even bedding and crockery.
When a student missed a lecture, she hoped one of her classmates would be able to help her out and bring her up to speed.
Zookeepers in Kansas have welcomed a gorgeous new face into the world – a baby Sumatran orangutan.
A would-be robber escaped with his trousers around his ankles and his underpants on display after his attempt to rob a shop went wrong.
Shares in Sirius Minerals tanked on Thursday after the firm warned over the escalating cost of its potash mine.
It doesn’t take much for the US President to offer his opinion on Twitter.
Asking your parents permission to get a dog is one of life’s great challenges, but Kelsey Johnstone has cracked it in some style.
From Argentina and Ireland to the United States, protesters across the world have been donning a red cloak and a white bonnet.
Green Man Gaming has announced its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange as it looks to tap the £30.4 billion online games market.
These pictures show a young bird which ended up stranded between railway tracks and in need of a helping hand.
A cute baby okapi has enjoyed its first day in the world after being born at Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas.
Peer-to-peer lender Funding Circle has announced plans to raise £300 million via a stock market flotation which will value the firm at up to £2 billion.
John McCain has been laid to rest at the US Naval Academy after five days of events remembering the life of the maverick senator.