On 15 September, eight people died when a small boat carrying 60 people got into difficulty off the coast of France.

The deputy prime minister has told the BBC she wants the government's Right to Buy housing scheme to continue but that it ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner says she does not believe she has broken parliamentary rules over declaring a stay in a ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a leftist politician, has taken a commanding lead in Sri Lanka's presidential election. The ...

In his younger years, Henry Orlik once had work hung alongside masters such as Salvador Dalí. After more than 40 years away, ...

That conflict, between the Tamil Tiger rebels and the Sri Lankan state, erupted in 1983. The Tigers eventually had vast areas ...

As a result of climate change, English wine producers are now able to grow grapes traditionally associated with Champagne and ...

The AfD became the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since World War Two, in the eastern state of ...

At least four people have been killed and 18 injured in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, police say. “Multiple ...

Kenya has pledged to send 600 more police officers to Haiti in the coming weeks to help fight gangs controlling much of the ...

Among the cuts was the disbandment of the "hospice at home" service which serves the local area. The NHS in south west London ...

“Candidates with acne that may affect the ability to wear military clothing or to operate military equipment should normally ...