The Independent

If walls could talk, they’d have much to say about the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, says Kate Wickers, who found out why this stalwart has been ‘the’ place to stay since 1901

Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth

Iran’s atomic agency says an airstrike has hit near its Bushehr nuclear facility, killing a security guard and damaging a support building

Lord Walker of Broxton, executive chairman of Iceland, told The Times ‘just one incident of violence against my staff is too many’.