Olympic torchbearers have cashed in on their once-in-a-lifetime privilege by selling their torches on eBay.

A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground today after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second abort of the historic flight.

Authoritative study concludes Carlos de Luna was wrongly given lethal injection over 1989 killing

Two people died in a motorway collision today, police said.

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Crown Prince Salman admits there is danger but refuses to consider cancelling the race

At least 10 cases of alleged racism by the Met Police have been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission in three weeks.

Terrorist group kidnaps 40 workers less than a week after Peru's President said it had been 'totally defeated'

A "dangerous and manipulative" property developer who strangled his cancer-suffering partner and was on his way to dispose of her body when he crashed his van has been jailed for life.

Gunmen loyal to Yemen's ousted president blasted buildings at the country's main airport with anti-aircraft guns today, forcing authorities to shut it down, an airport official said.

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A father and his teenage daughter were shot in an ambush today.

An Afghan policeman killed nine colleagues in an attack in eastern province Paktika, the governor's office said today, the latest in a string of rogue shootings that has also targeted foreign forces.

A friend of a teenager accused of murdering two British tourists in Florida received a phone call from him just before they were shot dead saying he had seen the "crackers", or white men, walking in the area, a court heard today.