The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) regional director-elect for Africa has died while receiving medical treatment in India, Tanzania’s parliament speaker said. Plans to repatriate the body of Dr ...

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has asked judges to issue an arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar’s military regime for crimes committed against the country’s Rohingya Muslim ...

Public satisfaction with how often potholes are seen locally is no better than 10% in more than a third of English council areas, according to new research. The AA described the figures as “dismal” ...

All lines between Blackfriars and London St Pancras have been blocked since 7.30am today (November 27). Trains running between these stations may be cancelled or delayed by up to 30 minutes. National ...

A 25-strong shortlist of images taken from entries to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest is being put to a public ...

The carrier reported headline pre-tax profits of £610 million for the year to September 30, up from £455 million 12 months earlier.

Ashley Beedle, who remixed Elton John’s 1979 single Are You Ready For Love in 2003, has been battling health complications in ...

Australia’s House of Representatives have passed a bill that would ban children younger than 16 years old from social media, leaving it to the Senate to finalise the world-first law.

Imran Khan has been in a prison for more than a year and faces more than 150 criminal cases that his party says are ...

Israel has approved a US-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, setting the stage for an end to nearly 14 ...

Four bodies have been recovered and two more people have been rescued as the search continues for missing tourists, including ...

Hezbollah began firing into northern Israel, saying it was showing support for the Palestinians, a day after Hamas carried ...