A record number of 274 people scaled Mount Everest via Nepal on Wednesday, after a late start to this year's spring season ...

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The inauguration of the new consulate comes amid a push by the US president for greater control over the island.

The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon cancelled a planned deployment of 4,000 troops to the country.

John Simpson analyses whether there has been a shift in the US-China relationship ...

She went on to found Chernobyl Children International, which became one of the most significant and sustained humanitarian ...

Most of Africa is rural, and although urbanisation is taking root now, the systems that deliver financial services to women ...

Thousands of music fans will attend BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend "Music is one of the best ways to bring everyone together," ...

Carlos Rodelo (left) and Jorge Cubillos are among a group of 15 people from Colombia, Peru and Ecuador held in a hotel in DR ...

The NCA and NPCC say children should be blocked from accessing sites which do not stop them seeing nudes or being contacted ...

Lucy Asson was sexually assaulted on a train in December but the perpetrator was never caught Train operators will be scored ...

Prediction markets are a fast-growing, multi-billion-dollar industry, and appeal disproportionately to young men ...