A rugby league international has fled the UK after being charged with sexual offences including rape, a court has reportedly heard.

US president-elect Donald Trump has had his victory certified by his defeated rival, Kamala Harris.

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau will resign after leading the country for nine years.

Few one-time golden boys manage to retain their lustre long into political office.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation.

Around 425,000 names of people suspected of collaborating with the Nazis in the Netherlands during the Second World War have been released for the first time.

Experts have said 32 dolphins have died since oil oozed out of two tankers in stormy weather three weeks ago near southern Russia.

The top bidder at a fish market auction in Tokyo has paid more than one million pounds for a tuna.

The body of an Indian investigative journalist has been found in a septic tank.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is likely to announce his resignation in the coming days, according to reports.

Donkey karts loaded with wrapped parcels of unknown goods weave around the large puddles of water left in the dried riverbed.

Hamas has approved a list of 34 Israeli hostages to be returned as part of a possible Gaza ceasefire deal, an official from the Palestinian group has claimed.

The world's oldest living person has been revealed - and she is a 116-year-old nun from Brazil.

New Orleans attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar wore smart glasses to film the city's French Quarter as he cycled, in the weeks before his deadly atrocity, the FBI has said.

Ukraine has launched a new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, according to the Kremlin.

Thousands of people have braved freezing temperatures and snow to protest both for and against South Korea's president outside his residence in Seoul.

Hamas has approved a list of 34 Israeli hostages to be returned as part of a possible Gaza ceasefire deal, an official from the Palestinian group has claimed.

A young boy has been found alive five days after going missing in a "lion-infested" game park in Zimbabwe, officials have said.

Every nation has its heroes, history and myths.

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has announced he will resign in the coming days after talks on forming a new government failed for a second time.