The referendum is part of a carefully negotiated de-colonisation plan agreed in 1998 to put an end to decade-long conflict

Families of victims of America's worst mass shooting – a rampage that left 58 dead and more than 800 wounded – now 'closer to closure'

At least a dozen Napa wineries and vineyards were burned this week

Armenian PM says it is not ‘appropriate’ to talk about negotiations in times of ‘intensive hostilities’

Bill will extend funding past the November 3 presidential election

It will be in force after govt finalises scheme to care for cattle too old to plough fields

Alexander De Croo will head 7-party coalition govt

Taku Sekine’s family say he ‘got caught in a violent spiral of depression’ after becoming target of ‘false and malicious gossip’ online

This increase in defence expenditure marks nine straight years of spending

The case sparked widespread anger that was further fuelled by accusations police seized the body and cremated it against the family's wishes

The killer's lawyers want the charges against him reduced because the victims supposedly gave their consent to be killed

The Hong Kongers were detained in August by the Chinese coastguard as they tried to flee to Taiwan in a speedboat

After a fiery back-and-forth, Biden eventually blurted out: 'You're the worst president America has ever had.'