Trailblazing actress Cleo Sylvestre has died aged 79, her agent has confirmed. She was the first black actress to play a ...

Israel's military has launched an investigation after its soldiers were filmed throwing the bodies of three dead Palestinians ...

The police watchdog has apologised for what have been described as "abhorrent, degrading and cruel" letters it sent to ...

Here are the unanswered questions. Some early speculation suggested that the pagers could have been targeted by a complex ...

A "volatile and out-of-control" teenager who was 16 when he stabbed a man to death has been sentenced to at least 13 years.

More than 70,000 people fighting in Russia’s military have now died in Ukraine, according to data analysed by the BBC. And ...

A Lebanese surgeon has described how the sheer volume of severe wounds from two days of exploding device attacks forced him ...

Lawyers representing victims say the store should "take responsibility" after sexual abuse allegations emerge.

The killing of a Japanese schoolboy in the Chinese city of Shenzhen has sparked worry among Japanese expats living in China, ...

On 19 September 1944 an RAF Liberator bomber plane crashed into the Preseli hills, killing six RAF servicemen and injuring ...

Naismith believes a win is just around the corner, as he prepares his side for a trip to St Mirren on Saturday. "We need to ...

Members of the strategic planning committee for Westmorland and Furness Council approved plans for a research and development ...