The Church is currently in “sede vacante”, or “the vacant See”. This happened at the moment of the Pope’s death. The secret ...

Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 17 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and destroyed bulldozers and ...

A shiver of endangered dusky and sandbar sharks has been swimming near a beach close to the city of Hadera for years.

A rare Victorian engine once used in an Edinburgh police building has been found in an attic during renovation work. The Crossley engine lay hidden for decades before it was discovered in the attic of ...

The Conservatives pressed communities minister Jim McMahon to ‘rule out the humiliation of service personnel ever having to collect refuse’.

A 13-year-old boy has died and two other people have been taken to hospital after a three-vehicle crash. Officers were called to reports of the collision on the A25 in Bletchingley, near Redhill, at ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said actions were being taken to better protect prison staff and the public.

The Defence Secretary told the Commons that ministers and officials, including from the US and Europe, would discuss long-term peace on Wednesday.

A van driver took “at least 20 lines of cocaine” in the hours before he hit a tram and then collided with a three-year-old girl on a city centre pavement, a court has heard. Louisa Palmisano, known as ...

At least 20 tourists have been killed by gunmen at a tourist resort in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said. Two senior officers said at least four gunmen, whom they described as militants, fired at ...

The President of Ireland said Pope Francis had “unfinished business” and that he hopes the next pope will build on the steps he was able to take during his tenure. Michael D Higgins will be among ...

The Social Justice Secretary vowed to change the guidance after the Scottish Government’s Supreme Court defeat – but could not say when ...