A fresh wave of rail strikes will affect train journeys across the country this week. Ongoing pay disputes between the government and the ASLEF and RMT...
New oil and gas developments in the North Sea would be blocked under a Labour government, it has been reported. Granting new licenses for oil and...
A 15-year-old girl has been charged – as an adult – with murdering 19 people after she allegedly set fire to a secondary school dormitory in...
The deadline for the government to hand over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages to the COVID Inquiry has been extended. Inquiry chair Lady Hallett had ordered the...
At least 10 people were killed and 55 injured when a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims fell into a gorge in India. The bus skidded off a...
A British man has died after he was reportedly hit by lightning while paddleboarding in Greece. The unnamed 26-year-old was in the sea during a thunderstorm...
A man has managed to prise a crocodile’s jaws from around his head when he was attacked near a luxury resort in Queensland, Australia. Marcus McGowan...
Two members of the Italian intelligence service were among four people who died after a tourist boat capsized on Lake Maggiore, officials say. A pensioner, who...
A nun whose body has barely decayed since her death has unintentionally attracted hundreds to the site of her burial in a small US town. People...
Nine people have been injured in a shooting on a boardwalk by Hollywood Beach, Florida. Several of the victims were taken to a nearby children’s hospital....
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are preparing to launch a legal battle over COVID secrets, just hours before a deadline for handing over sensitive material to...
The sun beats down on us. I’m sweating, and there is noise from every angle. Two marine engines thrum behind me, churning the water of the...
New anti-gay legislation that could mean the death penalty in some cases has been signed into law in Uganda, amid outcry by LGBT charities. The version...
Immigration minister Robert Jenrick is visiting Mediterranean countries this week as part of a government focus on tackling illegal migration. He will be visiting Algeria, Tunisia...
The man who revels in his image as Turkey’s strongman took an early lead almost as soon as polls closed in the second round of voting...
Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have joined world leaders in congratulating Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his election win. In a letter to president Erdogan...
A boat carrying at least 20 tourists and crew members has overturned in a whirlwind on Italy’s Lake Maggiore. At least two people have died and...
Men in crisp white thobes sit on mats under a leafy thorn tree carefully cutting pieces of white material. They slowly stitch them together with tender,...
A memorial ceremony and rally are to be held in protest against a concert by Pink Lloyd star Roger Waters in Frankfurt on Sunday night. Police...
Paris St Germain goalkeeper Sergio Rico is in intensive care following a riding accident. The French football club confirmed reports that Rico is in the ICU...