We all remember the episode when Monica, Chandler and Joey head to the beach. Monica gets stung by a jellyfish and to ease her pain Chandler urinates on her leg. And thus a worldwide health lesson was learned.

An unexpected boom in the number of jellyfish swarming around our coasts has prompted an unusual warning from the British Red Cross – don’t pee on a jellyfish sting.

Antonio Reyes had set off on Wednesday with his wife Rosa Quijano and their daughter Fátima to meet friends in Santiago de Compostela.

Sharp-eyed commentators are asking whether an image released showing a military exercise taking place in North Korea was actually photoshopped

March's dismal weather has been breaking records. David Randall reports on the disruption and chaos that have hit most of Britain

Mark Wallinger's new commission, 'Labyrinth', aims to subvert London Underground's iconography and disorient the viewer

The Red Cross is distributing food aid across Europe at levels not seen since the end of the Second World War, the head of the organisation has said, showing how deeply the economic crisis and austerity measures are being felt by ordinary people.

Two months. That's how long we have to create a generations of life-saving heroes

Switzerland has about the highest standard of living in the world. Apart from a few oil exporters and Luxembourg, it is by most measures the richest – an extraordinary achievement for a land-bound country with no natural resources. Yet because it is familiar we tend not to understand its exceptional qualities – though some people have begun to ponder whether it could become a model for Britain, as a member of the European Free Trade Association rather than the EU.

Swingeing cuts to preventative care could leave thousands without the care they need if we are not careful – but the voluntary sector can help.

As crisis worsens, councils say budget cuts have left them exposed to private contracts

Thousands of Syrians headed toward Turkey on Monday after President Bashar al-Assad's air force attacked populated areas near the border, Arabic and Turkish media reported.

With Sandy blown, the race must go on. But it's certainly not making life as a campaign manager any easier. When Mitt Romney turned a recent event into a disaster relief rally, aides worried that supporters would ruin the photo-op by arriving without supplies to donate.