Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit

As Kim Jong-un arrived at the Vladivostok railway station on Wednesday, white-gloved attendants ran alongside his armoured train, ...

Charlie Whiting: F1 race director dies aged 66 on eve of season-opener in Melbourne

Charlie Whiting, the head of Formula 1 for governing body the FIA and one of the most influential people in the sport for decades,...

Polar vortex death toll rises to 21 as US cold snap continues

At least 21 people have died in one of the worst cold snaps to hit the US Midwest in decades. Ninety million people - a third of...

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un visits China’s Xi Jinping

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Beijing for an unannounced visit, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping...

‘Growing inequality threatens democracy’

Inequalities in pay and opportunities in the UK are becoming so extreme they are threatening democracy, an Institute for Fiscal St...

Officials could negotiate with terrorists to free kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria's government still is open to negotiating with Boko Haram extremists for the release of 209 schoolgirls k...