Painstaking work has commenced to conserve and digitise one of the oldest paper documents still in existence on the island of ...

Israeli air strikes in Yemen have targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital of Sanaa and the port city of Hodeida. The World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general said the bombardment occurred as he ...

Victims and survivors of the Boxing Day tsunami are being remembered 20 years on from the disaster. A 9.1 magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean on December 26 2004 triggered the tsunami which ...

The superheroes fancy dress theme saw Batman, The Incredibles, Wonderwoman and a whole crew of emergency services dashing into the chilly water.

As hundreds of bathers dashed for the water, a magical moment was happening between Victoria Tansey and Philip Frith.

Finnish authorities have detained a Russia-linked ship as they investigate whether it damaged a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables, according to police and news media reports. In the ...

India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform programme and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died aged 92. Mr Singh was ...

Analysts predicted Boxing Day shoppers would spend £236 each on average in the Boxing Day sales this year, with most purchases made online.

An Israeli strike has killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said.

Footage circulating online appeared to show the aircraft making a steep descent before smashing into the ground in a fireball.

The FSB said the suspected organisers of the attacks were planning to kill a senior defence official using a remotely controlled car bomb.

Temperatures are expected to reach up to 14C with widely cloudy conditions and patchy rain in some areas, the Met Office said.