Enjoli Liston

The brutal killing of a young woman in Guatemala City has been linked to criminal gangs seeking to warn the government against curbing illegal transport rackets, according to the authorities in the central American country.

Universities are used to competing with each other. But rather than sport, the new battleground is in epic, lip-sync music videos

Elton delivers on the hits... pity about the misses

A hypersonic aircraft billed as the “world’s fastest plane” has crashed into the Pacific Ocean after engineers lost contact with it, according to a US defence agency.

Flashing eyes, plastic pigtails and a tinny voice are not necessarily what a bride and groom look for in their wedding master of ceremonies, unless they work in Japan’s robotic industry.

Liam shines with his A-list friends at Japan aid gig

A team of international toxicologists has been called in to investigate the sudden deaths of five foreign tourists in the Thai city of Chiang Mai, after doubts were cast over claims made by local authorities that the deaths were coincidental, and potentially caused by food poisoning.

Questions raised about safety of Thai city following spate of heart attacks officially blamed on virus

Glenn Beck is the fastest-rising star on American TV. He’s part of a right-wing broadcasting boom that’s become the most powerful opposition to the President. Guy Adams reports

Meningitis B cost Diana Man her legs – and almost killed her. She explains why it’s made her determined to make the most of life, and her hopes that a new vaccine will spare others the same fate

Prominent polar scientists have said there is “no support” for potentially “damaging” claims, made by The Times Atlas of the World last week, that Greenland’s ice cover has shrunk by 15 per cent over the past 12 years as a result of global warming.

International efforts to tackle the “global threat” of illicit drugs must be “rejuvenated” in accordance with a 50-year-old convention despite a series of major failings, the head of the UN drugs and crime agency has told The Independent.