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House Democrats in Washington have moved aggressively to draw up formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying he "leaves them no choice" but to act swiftly because he's likely to "corrupt the system" again unless removed before next year's election.

North Korea has threatened to resume insults of President Donald Trump and consider him a "dotard" if he keeps using provocative language such as referring to its leader as "rocket man".

Someone once said that ­cities, like books, can be read. Slums in Brazil ­provide the most thrilling manuscripts one can study. With more than 6,300 spread throughout the country, these ­makeshift towns are home to more than 12 million people who have ­fallen out of the housing system and are forced to creatively fend for ­themselves as best as they can.

A new police unit has just been set up in Scotland to tackle child trafficking. It started because increasing numbers of Vietnamese young people were seeking help from Edinburgh local authorities after being trafficked to the city, likely destined to work in nail bars, car washes, on cannabis farms or in the sex industry. This follows on from the recent news that sent shockwaves through the UK; 39 Vietnamese migrants found frozen to death in a lorry in Essex.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel has the "full right" to annex the Jordan Valley if it chose to, even as the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court warned the country against taking the bold step.

For the sake of liberal democracy, Conservative leader Boris Johnson must turn away from the dangerous path of ‘populism’.

Evidence of a giant planet orbiting a dead white dwarf star has been found for the first time.

A mother is fearing the worst after the last contact with her son was when he said he was going to walk - through a typhoon.

A well-travelled Land Rover that was driven around 100 countries and broke down nearly 2,000 times in eight years has gone on display in a museum.

This year has been one of the hottest on record, as the world comes to the end of a decade of “exceptional” heat, the World Meteorological Organisation has said.

The historic Nato alliance is under threat as its political credibility shrinks amid infighting and Donald Trump tries to bend it to his will, writes Martyn McLaughlin.

If we trust in science, humanity will be able to prevent the worst effects of global warming and look forward to a bright future. If not, we face catastrophe.

Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness has said he is only just getting started when it comes to breaking the stigma surrounding HIV.

The suggestion by David Wohl, who has stood in for Donald Trump at election campaign events, that terror attacks like the one on London Bridge would be less likely if the public had easy access to guns is ignorant and insulting, writes Alex Cole-Hamilton.

A second person missing in the punishing Australian outback for almost two weeks has been found, but a search was continuing on Tuesday for the pair's missing friend.

The Queen is preparing to host US President Donald Trump at a Buckingham Palace reception for Nato leaders.

The world is facing a number of ‘tipping points’ that would make the chance of catastrophic climate change even higher and politicians must now act to address this global emergency, writes Dr Richard Dixon.