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The historic Coronation Chair on which Henry VIII and other monarchs of England and later Britain have been crowned for some 700 years is getting a makeover ahead of this year's ceremony for King Charles, London's Westminster Abbey said.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Northern Ireland on Tuesday to convince pro-UK unionists to back his breakthrough deal with the European Union that overhauls post-Brexit trading rules in the province.

New research has revealed that the gas price hike caused by the Russia-Ukraine war could cause an extra million malnourishment deaths.

Iran's deputy health minister, Younes Panahi, has confirmed reports that claimed schoolgirls in some of the cities were being poisoned.

Elvis Francois, a 47-year-old man from Dominica, managed to survive for 24 days at sea because of a bottle of tomato ketchup.

The two countries have the support of all but two of NATO's 30 members, the holdouts being Hungary and particularly Turkey.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a new deal on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland on Monday, gambling that the reward of better ties with the European Union is worth any discord it might cause within his own party.

Britain and the European Union were on Monday poised to agree a crucial overhaul of trade rules in Northern Ireland, in a breakthrough aimed at resetting strained relations since Brexit.

An agreement between Britain and the European Union over post-Brexit trade rules in Northern Ireland appears imminent.

Elliott was one of 23 criminals who were set to be deported but were saved after 60 celebrities signed an open letter opposing the deportation.

If found guilty, Bryan Kohberger could face the firing squad after shortage of lethal injections.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed concerns after an 11-year-old girl died of a bird flu infection.

Claire Bye would not have been alive today had she not been flown to the UK after a dolphin nearly bit her foot off earlier in January.

As many as 59 people, including an infant, children and women, died after the wooden boat they were travelling in broke apart off the coast of Calabria.

The body of Hong Kong model Abby Choi was found at a house rented by her former in-laws in a village in Tai Po.

Moscow will send Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov to address the council in person on Thursday.

An Australian archaeologist and two Papua New Guinea researchers held for a week by 20 armed men in a remote part of the Pacific Island nation were released on Sunday.

Igor Girkin, a former Russian intelligence officer criticised Russia's failure in Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin cast the confrontation with the West over the Ukraine war as an existential battle for the survival of Russia and the Russian people.

Macron to visit China after Beijing's Ukraine peace plan.

Parents of children found watching Hollywood films will be sent to prison camps for six months, whereas the children face a harsher term.

Ajay Banga, U.S. President Joe Biden's pick to run the World Bank, will face a tough slate of issues around the institution's finances and capital structure.

In Turkey's only remaining ethnic Armenian village, Vakifli, the elderly population thank God that not one of them died during the devastating earthquakes that struck the region.

A former Russian Federal Security Service general accused Vladimir Putin of being "terribly terrified" since his failure to capture Ukraine.

Thérèse Coffey sparked controversy with her remarks while addressing the House of Commons regarding the shortage of vegetables in supermarkets.

Enid Blyton wrote the bulk of her work between 1928 and 1960, and is known to be one of the most popular and controversial children's authors of her times.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan next week, the State Department said Thursday, courting former Soviet republics uneasy over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Philippine President Ferdinand "BongBong" Marcos Jr. has visited nine countries in the eight months since he first assumed position.

An 11-year-old girl died in Cambodia's eastern Prey Veng province after being infected by the bird flu virus.