A second health worker in the US state of Texas has tested positive for Ebola, health officials say. A 26-year-old female nurse is already receiving treatment after becoming infected by a Liberian man who died from the deadly virus last week. US...

Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi have won the Nobel Peace Prize. At 17, Malala is the youngest recipient of the prize. The teenager was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen...

The first alleged Isil-linked terror plot on UK soil has been foiled by police  and MI5 amid fears jihadists are returning from Syria to carry out   beheadings on British streets. Four men were arrested in dramatic armed raids in London...

Five children in Texas who came into contact with a man infected with Ebola are being monitored at home. At a news conference at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, the state’s governor Rick Perry said parents were concerned...

Hong Kong democracy protesters defied volleys of tear gas and police baton charges to stand firm in the centre of the global financial hub on Monday, one of the biggest political challenges for Beijing since the Tiananmen Square crackdown 25...

China has pledged for the first time to take firm action on climate change, telling a UN summit that its emissions, the world’s highest, would soon peak. Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli also said China would make its economy much more carbon...

THE man who led the failed push for Scottish independence Alex Salmond (pictured with the UK’s Queen) has resigned as the UK union continues to unravel in the fallout from yesterday’s historic referendum in Scotland. Salmond’s resignation...