The brother of one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent accusers has welcomed the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, saying he hopes it marks the start of the collapse of a "house of cards".

An Austrian court has found an amateur mountaineer guilty of manslaughter over his girlfriend's death of cold near Austria's highest summit after he left her to fetch help.

Australian police say they have launched an investigation after a threatening letter was sent to the country’s largest mosque.

Ten skiers were missing and another six were stranded after an avalanche struck near Lake Tahoe in the midst of heavy snow in California's Sierra Nevada mountains.

Oscar winner Robert Duvall, a versatile actor who made lasting impressions in a range of parts from starring to supporting roles like the napalm-loving colonel of "Apocalypse Now" or the spectral Boo Radley in "To Kill a Mockingbird," has died at age 95.