Stunning pictures of Mercury have been published revealing the sunlit plains and possibly icy craters of the smallest planet in the solar system.

World cricket bosses have no plans to ban Afghanistan's men from the Champions Trophy or to demand the Taliban allow a women's team to represent the country, Sky News has learned.

Lebanon has elected a new president after multiple failed attempts had left the country without a head of state since 2022.

AC/DC fans have expressed their outrage after developers flattened the childhood home where the Young brothers founded the legendary rock band in 1973.

What does Russia think of Donald Trump's plan to acquire Greenland? Well, on the face of things, it is alarmed.

People in Belgium have been warned not to eat their Christmas trees.

Ryanair has said it is taking legal action against a disruptive passenger.

A Japanese Yakuza leader has pleaded guilty in the US to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar.

So can you stop people smugglers by lumbering them with sanctions? That is the government's latest idea, and it is bold and innovative.

Two NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station since June 2024 have said they "do not feel like castaways".

The charity that one of the British hikers missing in northern Italy works for has said it is "aware of reports the body of Sam Harris has been recovered".

The family of a motorcyclist who died in a crash in Thailand say they have "suffered immeasurable loss".

US president-elect Donald Trump's threat to turn the world's second-largest country, Canada, into part of the United States by means of "economic force" represents the most serious threat to Canadian sovereignty since the War of 1812.

A third man has been arrested after an Iranian journalist was stabbed in the leg outside his home in London.

A real-life drama is unfolding just outside Hollywood. Ferocious wildfires have ballooned at an "alarming speed", in just a matter of hours. Why?

Since winning re-election, president-elect Donald Trump has expressed an interest in acquiring Greenland and the Panama Canal.

A body has been found in the search for two missing British hikers who went missing in the Dolomites, Italy's alpine rescue has said.

A hiker has been found nearly two weeks after he went missing in New South Wales mountains on Boxing Day - having survived by eating two muesli bars and foraging for berries.

Pacific Palisades is one of Los Angeles’s most expensive and exclusive suburbs, home to film stars and billionaires.

Soldiers working within the UK's special forces discussed concerns that Afghans who posed no threat were being murdered in raids against suspected Taliban insurgents, an inquiry has been told.