A beautiful sight as dozens of multicoloured kites fly in the sky above Hsinchu City in Taiwan for the International Kite Festival.

As Hurricane Harvey causes widespread damage in Texas, officials warn of more devastation to come.

Footage from the International Space Station shows the scale of Hurricane Harvey just before it battered the coast of Texas.

Two police officers were injured outside Buckingham Palace while trying to arrest a man found carrying a knife.

The single biggest lottery jackpot winner in history has received her cheque.

"Poland today is not a country that can show Europe the way," Emmanuel Macron said. "It's a country that has decided to go against European interests in many areas."

People are being urged not to travel by train in some parts of Britain.

The incident involving the former Australian prime minister has been a poorly kept secret in political circles for eight years.

Climate change has enabled a Russian tanker to travel through the Arctic without icebreaker escort for the first time.

Just days after the US said it would increase troop numbers in Afghanistan.

It is a damning report.

"Though some of it makes one tingle with pride, we all know the reality: that these measures are merely sticking plasters over the great gaping wound in Libyan society," writes Boris Johnson.

The clean up has begun after Typhoon Hato tore through Macau, Hong Kong and southern China, leaving a trail of destruction.

A disgruntled ex-employee shot and killed a chef and held a "small number" of people hostage before he was shot by police at a crowded restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina.