Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, famed for operas, films and television, has died in Rome at the age of 96. Zeffirelli's son Luciano said his father died at home at noon on Saturday. "He had...

US President Donald Trump has caused a splash on Twitter after he tweeted to say he had met the "Prince of Whales", the BBC reports. Trump made the mistake, intending to refer to Prince of Wales,...

Dame Cheryl Gillan with Charles Walker, left, and Bob Blackman, right, read out the results of the first ballot in the Tory leadership ballot at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London,...

Several people were injured in a hailstorm in southern Germany yesterday, police in Bavaria have said...

Britain is set to get a new prime minister, but only members of the Conservative Party have a say in the decision. The Conservatives are holding an election to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, who...

The father and grandmother of a man who killed his five children asked a jury on Monday to spare his life for the slayings because their family has seen so much death and sadness. Roberta...

The Vatican issued an official document Monday rejecting the idea that people can choose or change their genders and insisting on the sexual "complementarity" of men and women to make babies. The...

One person died when a helicopter crashed onto the roof of a Midtown Manhattan building in a hard landing on Monday, according to police and fire officials.  "People who were in the building...

A cruise operator says a passenger went overboard during a voyage in the Mediterranean Sea and a search for the missing Korean woman has been called off without her being found. Norwegian Cruise...

An 83-year-old man saved his wife from drowning but died of a heart attack a few minutes later, Italian media report. The couple were spending their summer holidays in Rimini, Il Resto del...