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

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

David Lammy said it had been important to ‘restart dialogue’ with China, adding there had not been ‘sufficient contact’ under ...

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 ...

A difficult pool will be the perfect platform for the Red Roses according to skipper Marlie Packer after England were drawn alongside Australia, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The documentary follows campaigners from Hope not Hate, which describes itself as an organisation working to expose and oppose far-right extremism.

The former boss of Stirling Council has been appointed as the SNP’s interim chief executive after the resignation of Murray Foote. Carol Beattie was appointed interim chief executive by the party’s ...

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

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 ...

The court said they cannot be sent back to their countries of origin, Bangladesh and Egypt, because the court did not deem ...