The Government has been accused of “running scared of rather nasty right-wingers” over plans to block new sentencing guidelines. New guidance from the independent Sentencing Council would have ...

Actor Michael Pitt, known for his TV roles in Boardwalk Empire and Dawson’s Creek, has been accused of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend, choking her, and attacking her with a cinder block and a ...

The strikes included one attack on a school sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians, which killed 27 people, officials ...

Indian missiles fired into Pakistani-controlled territory in several locations early on Wednesday have killed at least eight ...

Both of the most recent conclaves, in 2005 to elect Pope Benedict and 2013 to elect Pope Francis lasted just two days. This ...

The statement came a day after US President Donald Trump said only 21 of 24 hostages believed alive had survived.

MPs have rejected a bid to force public authorities to record sex data purely based on biological sex, amid concerns it would lead to the “mass outing of trans people”. The Conservatives had put ...

The country’s new Chancellor Friedrich Merz had vowed to toughen the country’s migration policy during his election campaign.

All eyes are on Vatican City for the sign of a new pope, as cardinals processed into the Sistine Chapel to begin the secret conclave meeting. The 133 electors, dressed in distinctive bright red ...

Harbour Energy has revealed plans to axe around 250 jobs in Scotland as the firm laid the blame on “punitive” government measures. The oil and gas firm said the cuts – about a quarter of its workforce ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves defended her actions in office as pressure mounted on Labour to U-turn on the winter fuel payment cut.

Disney will build its seventh theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates, the entertainment company said on Wednesday. The waterfront resort will be built on Yas Island on the outskirts of Abu ...