Samarco – a joint venture of Vale and BHP – was responsible for what has been called the country’s worst environmental ...

North Korean troops are poised to be deployed by Russia on the battlefield in Ukraine as early as this weekend, Ukrainian ...

In Gaza, Israeli air strikes and shelling hit houses in eastern areas of the southern city of Khan Younis late Thursday and ...

Alex Salmond died following a heart attack on October 12 while attending the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy conference in Orhid in North Macedonia.

England head coach Steve Borthwick has named 17 players who have been awarded the first enhanced Elite Player Squad contracts in English rugby.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the Prime Minister is a “working person” as the Government continues to be asked to pin down the term ahead of tax rises expected in next week’s Budget. “The Prime ...

All five of One Direction’s studio albums have returned to the UK top 40 as fans mourn the death of former member Liam Payne. The 31-year-old singer fell from the third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur ...

Police have confirmed the formal identification of Victoria Taylor  following the recovery of a body from the River Derwent at 11.45am ...

Team England Rugby, run by and for England players, has brokered a new four-year elite player squad (EPS) agreement with the Rugby Football Union. Here, the PA news agency takes a closer look at the ...

An online predator who drove one of his catfish victims in the US to take her own life has been jailed for at least 20 years. Alexander McCartney, 26, who admitted 185 charges involving 70 children, ...

Two Scottish pensioners have been given permission to proceed with their legal challenge against the UK and Scottish and governments’ decision to cut the winter fuel payment.

Teenager Brianna Ghey was unlawfully killed by her classmate and her friend but their schools or local authority could not have foreseen her murder, a coroner has ruled.