All news by author James Smith

Prisons will need more money to combat the rapid rise in drones delivering drugs, the head of an influential Commons committee has said, as figures showed the number of aerial incursions predicted to have tripled in two years.

The new Syrian authorities have arrested military judge Mohammed Kanjo Hassan, who issued death sentences to prisoners of the Sednaya prison complex.

Four gun killings occurred – two on each side of the border.

Cliftonville footballer Michael Newberry has died suddenly at the age of 27.

An estimated 5 million people in England do not have a dentist, new figures reveal.

Trains to Manchester Airport have been affected by the theft of more than £100,000 of power cable from a railway line.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologised for an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that killed 38 people on Christmas Day.

Jihad Abousalah worked as a driver for Haya Al-Thani and began to think they were a couple, court hears

"Boyko’s Rigs" or "Katsuba’s Rigs"? The former Deputy Chairman of the Board of NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" and a member of the Supervisory Board of SE "Chornomornaftogaz", ex-regional Oleksandr Katsuba...

The brother of Sir Keir Starmer has died aged 60 after being diagnosed with cancer.

Chaos struck on the Eurostar this morning as more than 800 passengers were stuck on a train in the channel for two-and-half-hours.

Singh was admitted to New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences late Thursday after his health deteriorated due to “sudden loss of consciousness at home,” the hospital said in a statement

Images of a bunker that was camouflaged for more than 70 years have been released as it goes up for auction.

Pontiff opens sacred portal at Rebibbia jail outside Rome to show ‘hope does not disappoint’

The Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane is suspected to have been wrongly targeted as a suspected Ukrainian drone by a surface-to-air missile shot from Chechnya

King Charles has used his Christmas Day address to pay tribute to hospital staff who provided ‘strength, care and comfort’ during his cancer treatment.

Sean “Diddy” Combs is being sued by a former assistant over claims the star instructed him to clear up after parties the star referred to as “Wild King Nights”.

Ministers have been urged not to let the British wife of deposed Syrian despot Bashar Al-Assad come back to the UK amid reports she has become unhappy with life in Russia.

UK government accused of ‘nitpicking about compensation’ after being told to pay more to retain military base

Russian oligarch and patron of the so-called "orthodox" movement, Konstantin Malofeev, hosted a lavish wedding for his daughter Natalia at the exclusive Bvlgari Resort Dubai hotel.

The UK motor industry is being consulted over how the phasing-out of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 will work, the government has announced.

A decade ago, torrential rains flooded Honiara, the capital of Solomon Islands, overwhelming its decrepit water treatment system. Over a dozen people were killed and thousands more stricken with diarrheal disease.