Astronomers have discovered the three smallest planets ever found outside our own solar system. more

More than 15 people have died in avalanches caused by heavy snowfall in Badakhshan. more

2011 was the most expensive year in history for governments and insurance companies.  more

Today is officially the happiest Monday of the year. Do you agree? more

At least 19 people died when a five-storey block of flats came down in Beirut, Lebanon.  more

A secret weapons stash belonging to former Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi has been found. more

Thousands of people have formed a human chain reaching to the top of an extinct volcano, as a pro... more

The world’s largest solar power station has begun producing energy for the first time. more

A Lost world of unknown sea creatures has been discovered living in the deep sea near Antarctica. more

A cheetah that jumped out of its zoo enclosure in Germany didn’t get far after being kicked... more

Thousands of people visited a lantern festival to celebrate the start of the Chinese Year of the ... more

POLICE scuba divers are searching the sunken section of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, of... more

There are fears that violence in Syria will get worse, after a peace plan was rejected. more

The results of our poll to find out your favourite things to do on holiday are now in. &... more

This is the daily journey to school for the children in Lebak, Indonesia. more