Police in Australia asked a woman to remove tampon during a strip search, an official report has found.
Police in Australia asked a woman to remove tampon during a strip search, an official report has found.
A group of 27 Rohingya refugees due to be whipped in Malaysia have been spared after a judge overturned the punishment.
A bizarre message by Ukraine’s president promoting a Joaquin Phoenix film appears to have helped bring a hostage situation to a peaceful end.
Lewis Hamilton says he is disappointed with former racing drivers’ claims he has become “militant” about the Black Lives Matter campaign and there isn’t a “big problem” with diversity in Formula 1.
Scientists at the European Southern Observatory have taken the first ever direct photograph of a sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets.
The boss of a drugs company that has agreed to deliver up to 100 million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine to the UK has told Sky News there is a more than 50% chance of it reaching patients.
Two young brothers have been rescued from a burning apartment block after jumping from a third-floor window to a crowd below.
The Irish government has revealed the handful of countries that people can travel from to Ireland without the need to quarantine for two weeks – but the UK has missed out.
China has threatened retaliation after the US ordered its Houston consulate to close – with people later appearing to burn papers outside the building.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos became $13bn (£10bn) richer in a single day on Monday after shares in his company surged nearly 8%.
An Afghan girl has shot dead two Taliban militants and injured several others after they murdered her parents.
Portuguese police have reopened their investigation into the unsolved rape of an Irish woman after 16 years.
This is staggering – the UK doesn’t know if Russia interfered in the Brexit vote because it never sought to ask!
UK spy agencies took their “eye off the ball” over Russian interference and the government “badly underestimated” the threat, a watchdog has said.
An armed man has been detained after taking a busload of passengers hostage in Ukraine during a day-long standoff with police.
China has been accused of oppressing and breaching the human rights of the Uighur people in its western Xinjiang province.
Greta Thunberg has turned down the chance to become a millionaire and will instead donate a €1m (£902,000) prize to environmental causes.
Ryanair has taken aim at three bases of operation in Germany after pilots based in the country rejected proposed pay cuts.
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has urged nations around the world to push back against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) following talks with the UK’s foreign secretary.