The port of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar has been shut down after an oil spill triggered an environmental alert. Environmentalists warn of a "toxic cloud" covering the Strait…
By Shantanu Guharay Ajai Chowdhry, father of India’s electronic hardware and mobile telephony, has a habit of surprising his guests. At a conference in the Indian Capital, he remarked India's…
A painting by legendary 17th century Spanish artist Diego Velazquez has been sold at auction for a staggering EUR 4.27 million. The remarkably preserved oil painting 'Retrato de caballero' ('Portrait…
A painting which was sold to German-American film director William Dieterle in 1940 to avoid it being destroyed by the Nazis during World War II is set to be auctioned…
Turkish vets have used 15 litres of olive oil to clean up a cat which had fallen into an oil tank and was totally covered in black grease. The ginger…
A three-year-old child who burnt his whole face with boiling oil and underwent eight surgeries has asked for a Spiderman suit to cover his burns. Little Marcos Levi Ruiz Pontes…
Dolphin carcasses are washing up on Mauritius after the MV Wakashio was sunk off its coast following a devastating oil spill that threatens the island's numerous critically endangered species and…
British multi-millionaire Shoja Shojai has been declared in contempt of court by the Spanish authorities after he failed to show up in the dock for allegedly sexually abusing five women…
The Icelandic authorities are investigating after dozens of birds covered in oil were washed up on the shore and died after swallowing the oil as they tried to clean themselves.…
Coastguard divers planning to plug a leak on a sunken British oil tanker from World War II say the problem is more complicated than expected because there is still a…