US Secretary of State John Kerry says there is overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine.Mr Kerry called on Russia to take responsibility for the...

Diplomats have agreed a four-month extension to the deadline for an agreement between Iran and world powers on Iran’s nuclear programme.The US says it will unblock $2.8bn in frozen Iranian funds, in...

A team of international observers say pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine have limited their access to the wreckage of a Malaysia Airlines plane.An OSCE spokesman said access to the site had been controlled...

The US and EU have bolstered sanctions against Russia over its alleged support for separatists fighting in Ukraine.The US has targeted major banks including Gazprombank, defence firms and energy companies...

British actor Dave Legeno, who played a villain in three of the Harry Potter films, has died while hiking in California’s Death Valley.Police say Legeno, 50, was found by another pair of hikers and that...

Are the same separatists accused of shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 now looting, tampering with the evidence and stopping investigators from combing through the wreckage? Three days after the...

Hundreds of thousands of people have been urged to seek shelter as a powerful typhoon passes over Japan’s Okinawa island chain.Typhoon Neoguri was due to pass over Okinawa’s main island later on Tuesday,...