FBI director James Comey has told Congress the bureau is investigating newly found Hillary Clinton emails. Investigators discovered the emails "in connection with an unrelated case... that appear to be pertinent to the investigation", he said. Mr Comey ...

Historic buildings in central Italy have been badly damaged by two strong earthquakes that forced hundreds of residents out of their homes. It was "miraculous" no deaths had been reported, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said. Dozens of people were ...

Emotional tributes have been flowing in for the two men and two women killed on Tuesday at the Dreamworld theme park on Australia's Gold Coast. Six people were aboard a raft on the Thunder River Rapids ride when it flipped after a collision with ...

Fires are raging across parts of the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, three days into a French operation to demolish it. It was unclear who set the dozens of fires overnight and in the morning. The clearance began on Monday and about 4,000 migrants ...

The Dreamworld theme park, in the Australian state of Queensland, is to reopen on Friday, three days after an accident on a ride killed four people. The Gold Coast park said it hoped the reopening would begin the "healing process" and that all entry ...

A sister and brother have been named as among four people killed at a theme park in Australia on Tuesday. Kate Goodchild and Luke Dorsett, 32 and 35, died on the Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on Queensland's Gold Coast, their mother said.

Crews have begun dismantling the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais with sledgehammers as its inhabitants leave by coach for other parts of France. Workers in hard hats and orange jumpsuits have been pulling down unoccupied tents and shacks by hand.

Crews have begun dismantling the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais with sledgehammers as its inhabitants leave by coach for other parts of France. Workers in hard hats and orange jumpsuits have been pulling down unoccupied tents and shacks by hand.

Four people have been killed on a ride at a theme park on Australia's east coast, police and park officials say. Two men and two women died in the Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on Queensland's Gold Coast, a park spokeswoman said. The park in ...

France is set to begin the next stage of its clearance of the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, sending in teams to dismantle its structures. More than 2,300 migrants left the camp voluntarily on Monday, taken on buses to reception areas across France.

France is set to begin the next stage of its clearance of the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, sending in teams to dismantle its structures. More than 2,300 migrants left the camp voluntarily on Monday, taken on buses to reception areas across France.

US soldiers at a base near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have donned protective masks against toxic fumes from a sulphur plant set alight in fighting with so-called Islamic State. They took the precaution after the wind blew smoke from the fire ...

US soldiers at a base near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have donned protective masks against toxic fumes from a sulphur plant set alight in fighting with so-called Islamic State. They took the precaution after the wind blew smoke from the fire ...

The first televised presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was a bonanza for fact checkers. Here are some of the candidates' statements and how they compare with the facts.

Intensified attacks on the Syrian city of Aleppo have left nearly two million people without water, the UN says. The UN children's agency says fierce strikes on Friday prevented repairs to a damaged pumping station supplying rebel-held eastern areas of ...

Messaging app firm Snapchat has announced its first gadget - sunglasses with a built-in camera. The device, which the company is calling Spectacles, will go on sale later this year priced at $130 (£100). The glasses will record up to 30 seconds of ...

Messaging app firm Snapchat has announced its first gadget - sunglasses with a built-in camera. The device, which the company is calling Spectacles, will go on sale later this year priced at $130 (£100). The glasses will record up to 30 seconds of ...

Messaging app firm Snapchat has announced its first gadget - sunglasses with a built-in camera. The device, which the company is calling Spectacles, will go on sale later this year priced at $130 (£100). The glasses will record up to 30 seconds of ...

Oxford University has come top of the Times Higher Education world university rankings - a first for a UK university. Oxford knocks California Institute of Technology, the top performer for the past five years, into second place. But there are warnings ...

Oxford University has come top of the Times Higher Education world university rankings - a first for a UK university. Oxford knocks California Institute of Technology, the top performer for the past five years, into second place. But there are warnings ...