A train carrying thousands of gallons of fuel has hit a herd of wild elephants in north-east Sri Lanka, killing two and ...

The warning covers seven counties on Sunday while a yellow wind warning will be in effect for the rest of the island of Ireland.

The force said two allegations were included in files of evidence passed to the CPS, despite 21 women coming forward.

At least 50 people have been killed in new Israeli strikes in Gaza, including children, according to hospital officials. In ...

The mother of a vulnerable NHS worker raped and killed by a predator on a park bench has told of her “absolute contempt” for him after he showed “no remorse”. Cas Shotter Weetman said she was not ...

Kamala Harris insisted it was time to “end the suffering” in the Middle East while Donald Trump visited one of the nation’s ...

Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes paused his concert to pay tribute to the late One Direction singer Liam Payne. Payne died aged 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony at the Casa Sur Hotel ...

The Cuban government has announced emergency measures to slash electricity demand, including suspending classes, shutting down some state-owned workplaces and cancelling nonessential services.

Philip G Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial Stanford Prison Experiment which was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has died at the age of 91. Stanford ...

A teenager has appeared in court accused of murdering a young father who died after he was assaulted in a street in Essex. Kieran Shepherd, 30, died in Meadgate Avenue, Chelmsford, at around midday on ...

Vigils for One Direction singer Liam Payne have continued over the weekend after his death in fall from a hotel room balcony in Argentina. There was a gathering of Directioners, the name given to ...

Sunday’s Great South Run has been cancelled because of high winds and rain expected from Storm Ashley, organisers have said. Great Run, which organises the annual 10-mile race in Portsmouth, Hampshire ...