The United States is prepared to impose new sanctions on Russia, president Barack Obama has told four European leaders. The White House said the allies agreed Russia has not abided by an agreement to ease tensions with Ukraine and has escalated ...

The United States is prepared to impose new sanctions on Russia, president Barack Obama has told four European leaders. The White House said the allies agreed Russia has not abided by an agreement to ease tensions with Ukraine and has escalated ...

The United States is prepared to impose new sanctions on Russia, president Barack Obama has told four European leaders. The White House said the allies agreed Russia has not abided by an agreement to ease tensions with Ukraine and has escalated ...

The defence in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial has opened its case, calling a pathologist as its first witness. Professor Jan Botha was giving evidence at the High Court in Pretoria today following four weeks of prosecution-led testimony and a week's ...

Authorities in Ukraine say armed gunmen have occupied the local headquarters of the security services in an eastern city where secessionist sentiment has sparked frequent protests since the country's Russia-friendly president was ousted in February.

US Navy equipment has picked up signals consistent with the pings from aircraft black boxes, an Australian search official said today. He described the discovery as “a most promising lead” in the nearly month-long hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.

A US navy “black box” detector made its debut in the hunt for flight MH370 but Australia's search chief warned it was crunch time as the box's signal is set to expire soon. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said he believed the country's regime was ...

Unstable mental health may be the “fundamental, underlying cause” of a soldier's shooting rampage at a US military base, though an argument with another service member probably preceded the attack, according to investigators. Specialist Ivan Lopez ...

The couple - who are currently holidaying in the Bahamas with children Apple, nine, and Moses, seven - announced yesterday they were splitting, and friends say they brought in outside help to try and repair the cracks in their 11-year marriage. A source said: ...

Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp argued fiercely in the turbulent weeks before he killed her, according to phone messages revealed at the Olympian's murder trial. By Christopher Torchia, Pretoria. The athlete's girlfriend told him she was sometimes ...

A neighbour of Oscar Pistorius has testified at his murder trial that she heard gunshots as well as screams from both a man and a woman on the night that the double-amputee runner fatally shot his girlfriend. The testimony by Anette Stipp matched some of the ...

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho continues to seethe about events at Aston Villa on Saturday on the eve of the crucial Champions League last-16 second leg against Galatasaray. By Matt McGeehan. Along with Willian and Ramires, Mourinho was sent off by ...

Oscar Pistorius was in the process of buying six guns at the time he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, more than usually allowed under South African law, his murder trial heard. By Stephanie Findlay. Gun licenser Sean Rens testified that Pistorius ...

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, center, talks with Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, left, and Pierre Vimont, Secretary-General of the European External Action Service (EEAS). The EU has agreed to impose travel bans and asset freezes ...

Police photographs of a bare-chested Oscar Pistorius standing in his garage on blood-stained prosthetic legs and wearing shorts covered in blood, taken shortly after the athlete fatally shot his girlfriend, were shown to the court at his trial. By Christopher ...

At least seven people were killed and eight others injured when an old, seven-storey residential building collapsed in a Mumbai suburb today, police said. The building had already been condemned as unsafe when it crashed down into a huge pile of ...

Lionel Messi and Dani Alves both scored again as Barcelona claimed their place in the Champions League quarter-finals with victory over Manchester City. By Andy Hampson. The pair, who both struck in the 2-0 first-leg win, were on target in the second half ...

Lionel Messi and Dani Alves both scored again as Barcelona claimed their place in the Champions League quarter-finals with victory over Manchester City. By Andy Hampson. The pair, who both struck in the 2-0 first-leg win, were on target in the second half ...

The inventor of the world wide web has called for a global digital “bill of rights” similar to the Magna Carta to protect internet users as the medium he created prepared to mark its 25th anniversary. By Raziye Akkoc. Tim Berners-Lee called on the world to take a ...

Malaysian authorities have defended their handling of the hunt for the missing Boeing 777 – even as they acknowledged they are unsure which direction the plane was travelling in when it disappeared. The mystery over the plane's whereabouts has been ...