Connect with us
A Syrian former equestrian champion has told how he was jailed and tortured for 21 years after he beat Bashar al Assad’s older brother in a...
The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed killing 38 people was downed by a Russian air defence system, according to four Reuters sources. The Embraer 190 passenger...
Indonesia and Thailand are marking 20 years since a tsunami caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people in one of the worst natural disasters...
The possibility that a power cable under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia has been sabotaged is being investigated after it stopped working on Christmas...
Sir Keir Starmer has condemned Russia’s Christmas Day bombardment of Ukraine, saying the hail of missiles and drones was “bloody and brutal”. The prime minister lamented...
Dozens are feared dead after a passenger plane carrying 67 people crashed in Kazakhstan, the country’s emergencies ministry said. Authorities say 27 people survived the Christmas...
The sense of hollowness of the Church of the Nativity is deeper than absent tourists. The chants and prayers are pain-stricken and desperate. Down in the...
Syria’s de facto leader has reached an agreement with the heads of rebel factions to dissolve their groups and work under the country’s defence ministry, his...
Hundreds of people have protested in Christian areas of the Syrian capital of Damascus after a video emerged showing hooded fighters setting a Christmas tree on...
A Russian cargo ship that Ukraine claims was sent to Syria to collect weapons has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, according to officials in Moscow. Two...
Slovakia’s prime minister has drawn criticism from across Europe and from his own people after his surprise visit to Moscow for face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin...
In early December 1955, the phone rang at an air base in Colorado Springs. The officers on the watch floor of the Continental Air Defense Command...
The sister of a British man who has been missing in Spain for nine days has said “panic” is setting in. Courtney George last spoke to...
The mother of a nine-year-old boy killed in the German Christmas market attack has paid tribute to “my little teddy bear”. Andre Gleissner was one of...
The iconic crocodile who starred in hit film Crocodile Dundee has died, his zoo has announced. Crocosaurus Cove, where Burt had been kept since 2008, said...
Warning: This story contains distressing images To find safety from Gaza, you need first to become the victim of a catastrophic injury and then be lucky...
The suspect in the German Christmas market attack “threatened to do something that would attract international attention” in 2013 and was flagged as a potential threat...
After the carnage at the Magdeburg Christmas market, there are now questions about whether something was missed. Could the man accused of killing five and injuring...
The mother of a nine-year-old boy killed in the German Christmas market attack has paid tribute to “my little teddy bear”. Andre Gleissner was one of...
Police in Nigeria say at least 67 people have died after three stampedes within days of each other. On Saturday, 32 people were killed, including at...
Post Office to unveil £1.75bn banking deal with big British lenders
Trump trade war: How UK figures show his tariff argument doesn’t add up
Public failed by water regulators and government as bills rise, spending watchdog says
Hundreds of jobs at risk as The Original Factory Shop launches survival plan
Nandy to sign off appointment of Kogan as top football referee
Virginia Giuffre, who accused Prince Andrew of sexual assault, has died, her family says
Fighter jets, a naval destroyer and guns on show: The ‘unprecedented’ security operation for Pope’s funeral
Kremlin blames Ukraine for car bomb killing of Russian general near Moscow – as Trump envoy meets Putin
Full order of service for Pope Francis’s funeral
Kashmir ‘terror attack’: What happened and how have India and Pakistan reacted?
