Doctors in Gaza have appealed for international help after the arrest of the director of al Shifa hospital by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). One fellow...
The trial of “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius gripped the world in 2014 when he was convicted of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius has now served...
Police said a “complete hooligan lunatic faction driven by far-right ideology” was behind violent protests in Dublin after three young children were injured in a stabbing...
The World Health Organisation has asked China for more detailed information about an outbreak of a respiratory illness and reported clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children....
The man often called the Netherlands’ answer to Donald Trump appears to have won the Dutch election – but who is the inflammatory political outsider and...
Rescuers are facing a 17-hour mission to reach 41 workers who have now been trapped inside a tunnel in India for 11 days. Crews have been...
The director of Gaza’s largest hospital has been arrested, the Hamas-run health ministry has said. Dr Muhammad Abu Salmiya, who heads al Shifa hospital in Gaza...
The new era began in a meeting room that was too small to cope with the crowd. At one end, a crush of journalists – cameras...
A man has died during a stand-off with armed police in east London. Officers were called to an address in Weston Green, Dagenham, on Thursday evening...
The stabbing of an Uber driver and several dangerous approaches to women may be linked, “extremely concerned” police have warned. One suspect has been connected to...
Amazon workers in the UK are to go on strike today to coincide with Black Friday – one of the company’s busiest shopping days of the...
Residents in the Cambridgeshire town of March have criticised its new Christmas tree, calling it “wonky”. One person said it appeared to have been “plonked down...
The threat of fraud and cyber scams is a 365-days-a-year problem when it comes to online shopping. But just as the rate at which retailers hit...
Consumer confidence has improved in recent weeks as shoppers look to “loosen their purse strings”, according to a closely watched survey. GfK, which carried out the...
If I was nervous, how must our two guests have been feeling? The last time they’d met, one was blocking a road and the other looked...
People suffering from chronic liver and kidney diseases, as well as those with learning disabilities, are at greater risk of dying from sepsis, scientists have warned....
Scarlett Roberts’ diary of her four months inside a women’s jail last year is a rare and shocking account of mostly male prison officers allegedly abusing...
A temporary truce period between Israel and Hamas has begun – with the first group of Israeli women and children due to be released later today....
Amazon workers in the UK are to go on strike today to coincide with Black Friday – one of the company’s busiest shopping days of the...
Australia’s tax regulator has been unable to clarify confusing aspects of its new guidance that suggests capital gains tax (CGT) is payable on a slate of...