Marxist-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to tallies released on Sunday by the Election Commission. However, he ...

New York City’s interim police commissioner revealed late on Saturday that federal authorities had executed search warrants at his homes. Thomas Donlon, who became the interim commissioner just one ...

Israeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early on Sunday. Israel has also ordered the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign ...

Roma Taylor, 61, had spent the afternoon drinking with John Garrett in Tiptree last March when she went to his flat to return his coat.

Hezbollah announced overnight that 15 of its operatives had been killed by Israeli forces, but it did not how or where they died. The Israeli military confirmed that about 90 rockets had been fired at ...

A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed on Saturday by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, ...

The UN warned that violence in the country was worsening as gangs expand their control over the Caribbean nation.

Anthony Joshua vowed to fight on despite being crushed inside five rounds by IBF world heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois at Wembley. Joshua was floored four times as the magnificent Dubois launched a ...

Labour is braced for a clash with unions over its winter fuel payment decision, as it weathers the storms of multiple rows at the heart ...

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has said that Labour is failing to deliver the change it promised voters in Scotland at the UK general election. Speaking before Labour’s party conference starts ...

Thunderstorms and heavy rain will persist across parts of the UK, as summer officially comes to an end. Thunder and lightning, hail and rain struck various parts of the country on Saturday, including ...

Police have launched an investigation after graffiti saying “Jail Starmer” was daubed on the window of an MP’s office. The Metropolitan Police say the graffiti was daubed on the window on Friday and ...