Drinking large quantities of Coca-Cola was a “substantial factor” in the death of a 30-year-old woman in New Zealand, a coroner has said. Natasha Harris,
The largest saltwater crocodile in captivity has died in the Philippines. Officials said the six-metre reptile, weighing more than 1,000kg, flipped over with a bloated
Chinese table-tennis player Zhuang Zedong, who had an instrumental role in the so-called ping-pong diplomacy that led to a thaw in US-China relations in the
Two Russian fighter jets have violated Japanese airspace, prompting Tokyo to scramble its own aircraft, reports say. Japan lodged a protest after the planes were
Tunisia’s political crisis is deepening after the assassination of a leading opposition leader earlier this week. The killing of anti-Islamist politician Chokri Belaid sparked violent
Iran’s supreme leader has dismissed a US offer of one-to-one talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech posted online that