The shock offensive sent residents fleeing and added fresh uncertainty to a region reeling from multiple wars.

More bodies buried under the mud were retrieved in eastern Uganda and an injured person died in a hospital, bringing the ...

A swift, three-day trial against Alexei Gorinov, once a low-profile activist, underscored Moscow’s intolerance of any ...

Two children and a 50-year-old were taken to hospital in Deir al-Balah, where a doctor confirmed they had died of suffocation ...

The family of John MacKinnon have described his killer brother-in-law as “evil and selfish” and said “lies” told by the ...

Fine Gael (21) and Fianna Fail (19.5) are virtually neck-and-neck in terms of first preference votes in the Irish ...

The deal to cede sovereignty over the archipelago to the Mauritian government was announced earlier this year.

Syrian insurgents have breached the country’s second largest city, Aleppo, after blowing up two car bombs, and were clashing ...

Syria’s state media said projectiles from insurgents landed in the student accommodation at Aleppo’s university, killing four ...

The strike forced ITA airlines to cancel dozens of domestic and international flights, and hit schools, hospitals and local ...

Police and protesters have clashed in Georgia after the country’s ruling party suspended negotiations to join the European ...

The BBC licence fee will increase in line with inflation each year until 2027, rising in April to £174.50, the Government has announced. It will be an increase of £5, or an extra 42p a month, after ...