Germany has beaten the US to be named the best country in the world, according to a survey that rates nations on how they are perceived by outsiders
As Britain remembered the nation’s war dead with a two-minute silence, thousands gathered at an artistic installation at the Tower of London to pay their respects
An image of a small stream created by heavy rain among vast Glencoe mountains has won the Landscape Photographer of the Year awards
Sunday 9th of November marks 25 years since the Berlin Wall was torn down and the division between the east and the west of the city ended
At least 10 people were arrested as Russell Brand joined protests in central London organised by the collective anti-capitalist group Anonymous to mark Guy Fawkes Night
A driver has rammed a van into pedestrians in East Jerusalem in a suspected Hamas terror attack, killing one person and injuring a dozen more
The 29-year-old Cambridge graduate’s descent from a British banker working in the heart of Asia’s finance industry, to a man accused of murdering two Asian women in the former colony have been the talk of Hong Kong and the wider world
Antonio Olmos, internationally-renowned Mexican photographer who is recognised for his unique documentary style, has returned to the land of his birth for the first project of the ‘Sony RX Celebrate the Streets’ series
As the nights draw in, the clocks go back and a chill returns to the air, it's time once again to turn our thoughts to all things spooky, spectral, mysterious and monstrous
The four-day Hindu festival, Chhath Puja, the worship of the setting and rising Sun, is dedicated to the God of Sun (Surya) and Chhatti Mai (Goddess of Power)
Surrey Police says three officers being investigated over decision to return guns to puppy farmer despite warnings
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We don’t often see them wandering the streets, but at any given time there are more than 100,000 stray dogs in the UK
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The festival is celebrated by a range of religions, including Jains, Sikhs and Hindus. Celebrations focus on light using firework displays and decorating houses in traditional rangoli artwork, as well as giving to charity
A Canadian soldier has been shot and at least one gunman has been killed following an incident at the National War Memorial in Ottawa
The honour of ‘Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ has been bestowed on a US man who followed a pride of female lions in Tanzania for six months
Oscar Pistorius sentenced to five years in prison over culpable homicide of Reeva Steenkamp
The Loose Women presenter passed away on Sunday "in her husband's arms", according to her agent Sue Latimer
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Students of the Ayotzinapa Teacher Training College have started protests, demanding the government find 43 of their classmates missing since last month's deadly clashes, outside the City Hall in Chilpancingo
Midwives, nurses, paramedics, ambulance staff, hospital porters and cleaners have walked out as part of the NHS’s biggest strike in 32 years
Five of Europe’s deadliest freshwater species are now in UK waters wreaking havoc on the environment, a Cambridge University study has warned. At least 10 more are expected in the next half-decade
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Police in Thailand have paraded the two Burmese workers who confessed to killing two British tourists in front of cameras to reconstruct the murders
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From rural life in India to a chick growing inside its embryo and a sea turtle eating a purple jellyfish, the Society of Biology has released their photography competition shortlist
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Scotland Yard searching the Bodleian Library for Dickens Dossier on alleged child sex abuse
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In-your-face racism has returned and few are fighting against it
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Labour funding crisis: Jewish donors drop 'toxic' Ed Miliband
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Virus that 'makes humans more stupid' discovered
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EU surcharge: George Osborne 'used accounting trick to claim cut in Brussels bill'
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Jesus 'married Mary Magdalene and had children', according to ancient manuscript
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Nigel Farage caught on video suggesting NHS should be run privately
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