The European Court of Human Rights has demanded answers in relation to state responsibilities for victims of trafficking.

Russian drones have blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa in an overnight ...

Drummers pounded in the new year and a stampede of computer-generated horses was shown over a section of the Great Wall as China joined the rest of the world in marking the start of 2026. Temple bells ...

The chairwoman of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Emily Thornberry, criticised ‘serious shortcomings’ in information sharing.

Pope Leo XIV has closed out 2025 with a prayer that the city of Rome might be a welcoming place for foreigners and fragile people, young and old.

Bosses at Edinburgh Zoo have postponed the Wee Waddle, an event where penguins parade along a walkway next to their enclosure, amid fears bird flu is on the rise in the UK. The event generally takes ...

Researchers claim to have re-discovered forgotten meanings contained within historic architecture, including at Westminster ...

A spokesperson for the charity said on Monday: “The decision to close Primrose Hill on New Year’s Eve was not taken lightly.

A snowboarder with motor neurone disease (MND) is training in a last-ditch effort to become the first person with the ...

A CAR came off the road and ended up in a ditch in a village near Cirencester at the weekend. Police were called just after 6pm with a report of a single-vehicle crash in Siddington’s Ashton Road on ...

Hong Kong has marked the start of 2026 without fireworks over Victoria Harbour after a massive fire in November killed at least 161 people.

A WOMAN has suffered serious injuries after being hit by a van in Cirencester. The woman, who is in her 60s, was struck by the vehicle in Brewery Court in the town at around 12.30pm on Monday, ...