Motorway traffic was serverely disrupted near Dortmund in western Germany on Sunday after a lorry carrying liquid aluminium overturned on the A1. 16

American civil rights activist Julian Bond has died at the age of 75. Bond co-founded the Student Nonviolent Co-ordinating Committee in the 1960s

At least 93 people have died and hundreds have been admitted to hospital as temperatures soar in an Egyptian heatwave.

Britain’s Paul Bonhomme thrilled the home crowd by winning the Ascot stop on the Red Bull Air Race World Championship series. The victory was

Brazil’s third major demonstration of the year drew tens of thousands to Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach to call for the impeachment of President

Chelsea’s poor start to the season dragged on for another week with Jose Mourinho’s side suffering a 3-0 battering by Manchester City at the Etihad

The race for the MotoGP world title is tighter than ever following Jorge Lorenzo’s victory at the Czech Republic Grand Prix. The Spaniard is

Reports suggest Syrian government airstrikes northeast of the capital have killed at least 80 people. Images taken from social media purport to show

Rescuers in Northern Pakistan have dug desperately through the remains of a minister’s house flattened by a suicide bomb attack. At least nine people

A missing Trigana Air plane carrying 54 people has been found crashed in a remote area of Indonesia's Papua province.

Refugees from Syria have begun registering on a passenger ferry moored in the harbour at Kos. The aim is to help the small Greek island cope with the

Britain’s Gary Hunt had a rare off day when he failed to take home a medal at the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series event in Mostar in Bosnia

Sicily has received some of the 719 people rescued from the Mediterranean on Saturday (August 15). Three operations were carried out, coordinated by

A Trigana Air plane crashes over Indonesia's Papua province with 54 people on board

Salvage teams pick their way through the remains of a chemical plant in China, after an explosion so immense it was visible from space. Toxic

It is being claimed the governing body for world athletics has suppressed a study showing up to a third of top international athletes have violated

This Sunday wil be a day of protests across Brazil. Millions are expected to take to the streets to call for their president to be impeached

The final performances at Hungary’s Sziget festival will take place on Sunday night (August 16). Over the last seven days the international music

Syrian refugees on the Greek island of Kos started boarding a giant passenger ferry in the early hours of Sunday morning (August 16). Crowds of

The president of Ecuador has declared a state of emergency after the giant Cotopaxi volcano showed signs of increased activity. The move allows

A court in the Dominican Republic has sentenced four Frenchmen to 20 years in prison for involvement in a 700 kilogram shipment of cocaine. The

More than 400 flights were cancelled at airports along the US east coast on Saturday (August 15) because of an issue with a flight-tracking system in

Chinese police have confirmed the presence of deadly sodium cyanide after explosions in the city of Tianjin last week. The state-run Beijing News