A former prison officer who was attacked by an inmate while she was on duty is campaigning for mandatory protective gear for all prison staff in the UK. Claire Lewis, 50, from Washington in Sunderland ...

Israeli ministers have agreed to ramp up the war against Hamas in Gaza, an official said, with plans to capture more territory in the beleaguered Palestinian enclave and call up tens of thousands of ...

Four boats capsized in a sudden storm on a river in southwestern China, leaving nine dead and one missing, state media said on Monday. More than 80 people fell into the Wu River when strong winds hit ...

Crouch End ward councillor and leader Haringey Council Liberal Democrat leader Luke Cawley-Harrison says Keir Starmer must stand up to ...

A fundraiser set up to support the mother of a 14-year-old boy who died following a fire at an industrial estate in Gateshead has raised more than £13,000.

An appeal for prostate cancer to be routinely tested for all men has been made by Freemason lodges across north-west London.

Hard-right nationalist George Simion is set to secure a decisive win in the first round of Romania’s presidential election ...

A small plane has crashed into a neighbourhood in Simi Valley, California, killing two people and a dog on board the aircraft ...

The attack on Ben-Gurion International Airport came hours before senior Israeli cabinet ministers were set to vote on whether ...

Two tourist boats carrying roughly 70 people between them have capsized in the Wu river in China’s southwestern Guizhou province, leaving 14 people missing and three dead, state media said on Monday.

Former vice president Mike Pence repeatedly invoked the US Constitution and said it is what “binds us all together” after receiving the John F Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Sunday. Mr Pence ...

The president said he had authorised the tariffs on ‘any and all’ movies coming into the US that had been produced overseas.