Iraq invaded Iran on 22 September 1980, triggering a bitter eight-year war which destabilised the region and devastated both countries. The then Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein claimed as a reason for the ...

A man in Manchester may have made legal history in the UK after being acquitted of murdering his father because he was sleepwalking at the time. He was found not guilty due to insanity and sent to a ...

Singer Katie Melua has entered the record books by playing the world's deepest underwater concert. Melua and her band performed for workers 303 metres below sea level on the Statoil Troll A gas rig in ...

West End star Stephanie Lawrence died of natural causes after suffering from liver disease, it has been revealed. A coroner decided there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of the ...

Insults written on a memorial to British war dead in a French cemetery have been deplored in France. One of the slogans used particularly stood out. So why do the French call the British "les rosbifs" ...

"No one can imagine that chimpanzees - young chimpanzees at the age of five - have a better performance in a memory task than humans. "Here we show for the first time that young chimpanzees have an ...

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Actor Pat Morita, who was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Ralph Macchio's mentor Mr Miyagi in The Karate Kid, has died. The 73-year-old died at his home in Las Vegas on Thursday of natural ...

The former husband of singer Diana Ross has fallen to his death while mountaineering in South Africa. Norwegian billionaire Arne Naess, 66, died as he tried to abseil down a cliff after turning back ...

The Indian state of Kerala has banned the production and sale of Coca Cola and Pepsi following a report that the drinks contain harmful pesticides. It said it was taking the step because the drinks ...

More than 300 soldiers who were shot for military offences during World War I will receive formal pardons, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. Defence Secretary Des Browne said he would be seeking ...

Elvis Presley's roots can be traced back to a village in Aberdeenshire, according to a Scottish author. Allan Morrison, from Greenock, said he had discovered that the musical icon's ancestors lived in ...