Weavers of Ireland’s famous Donegal tweed have called for a special protected status for their product, as the craft industry battles a raft of cheaper...
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Father Christmas, driving a sleigh filled with NATO-branded rockets, is shot out of the sky above Moscow in an apparent new piece of Russian propaganda...
Passengers on a Eurostar train from London to Paris say they were stuck for hours in the Channel Tunnel after a train broke down. The 06.01am train left on...
South Korea’s parliament has voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo. The move could deepen a constitutional crisis triggered by a short-lived...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would be open to peace talks with Ukraine in Slovakia “if it comes to that”. Mr Putin said Slovakian...
Donald Trump has suggested the US could take control of Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal in a series of Christmas Day social media posts. The president...
Indonesia and Thailand are marking 20 years since a tsunami caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people in one of the worst natural disasters in modern...
On this day 20 years ago, the world looked aghast as the deadliest tsunami in history ripped across the Indian Ocean. It took just seconds for the...
The possibility that a power cable under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia has been sabotaged is being investigated after it stopped working on...
A funeral has taken place for five journalists killed in an Israeli strike outside a hospital in Gaza, according to its health ministry. They were among at...
The sinking of a Russian cargo ship that was sent to Syria to collect weapons was an “act of terrorism”, the vessel’s owner says. An engine...
Hundreds of inmates have escaped a prison riot in Mozambique’s capital which has left 33 people dead and 15 injured. About 1,534 people managed to flee...
Syrian officials say 14 of its forces, part of the group which toppled Bashar al Assad’s regime, have died in clashes with supporters of the ousted...
A Syrian former equestrian champion has told how he was jailed and tortured for 21 years after he beat Bashar al Assad’s older brother in a competition...
The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed killing 38 people was downed by a Russian air defence system, according to four Reuters sources. The Embraer 190...
Azerbaijan is observing a national day of mourning after 38 people were killed in a plane crash – as footage from inside the aircraft emerged. People can...
