The Duke of York has flown back to the UK after a woman claimed she was forced to have sex with him when she was underage. Prince Andrew was staying at a ski resort in Verbier, Switzerland, when...

Popular Italian singer and song-writer Pino Daniele has passed away aged 59 apparently after suffering a heart attack during the night. His death was first announced by long-time friend Eros...

Bleeding and alone, 7-year-old Sailor Gutzler had just survived a plane crash that killed her family. She walked through about a mile of woods, wearing only a short-sleeve shirt, shorts and no shoes...

Masked gunmen in northern Libya have kidnapped 13 Coptic Christian workers from Egypt, just a week after seven others were abducted. Eyewitnesses in the city of Sirte said suspected Islamist...

E-books and downloaded music are among products set to become more expensive under new EU sales tax rules which entered into force on New Years' Day. VAT on digital products such as ebooks, music...

Here's the latest news for Friday, January 2nd: U.S. imposes fresh sanctions against North Korea, Jury selection nears in Boston Marathon Bombing trial; More bodies recovered in AirAsia 8501 disaster;...

Even by the lacklustre standards of the Italian public service, it was a flagrant display of absenteeism - 83 per cent of Rome's police officers called in sick on New Year's Eve, as more than half a...

A woman who claims that an American investment banker loaned her to rich and powerful friends as an underage "sex slave" has alleged in a US court document that she was repeatedly forced to have...

The AirAsia jet that crashed into the Java Sea rose so high so fast and was thrust so violently into the water that it 'bordered on the edge of logic', a crash expert said today. Aviation...

A plane with 28 passengers on board has made an emergency landing after one of its engines caught fire. Firefighters were called to London Southend Airport at about 8.45am. The Blue Islands...