Thousands of Britons who have bought homes in the Costas face losing their investments as Spain's real estate and construction industry goes into meltdown.

France's bid to have its cuisine enshrined as a Unesco world cultural treasure appears heading for the chop after a top official of the United Nations body all but wrote it off.

Rosie Milne meets a Japanese monster in the heart of Singapore.

A Briton left brain-dead after being mugged while on a golfing holiday in Portugal has had his life support machine switched off.

Residents in southern India are earning a penny every time they spend one at public lavatories in an effort to clean up the streets.